Garfield County Public Library District Volunteer Application (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

activity, each volunteer will be required to submit a Volunteer Application form and visit with a

supervisory staff member. Court Ordered Community Service volunteers will provide paperwork in the

form of a timesheet provided by the referring agency. It is the Court Ordered Community Service

volunteer’s responsibility to make sure the timesheet is signed each time work is performed. Upon

approval of the Branch Manager, the volunteer may be scheduled for training and work assignments.

Volunteers may be asked to work on projects that are supportive of staff efforts. Examples include

shelving books, returning books, processing new materials, storytelling, helping to prepare for programs,

assisting with maintenance of vertical files, discarding materials, maintenance of periodicals, and public

relations activities.

Hours of volunteer service will be determined by the supervisory staff member in discussion with the

volunteer. Volunteers are expected to arrive at the library in time to begin work as scheduled or call the

library if they will be absent. All volunteer work must be completed within normal library hours.

Exceptions may be made by the Branch Manager or designee. Court Ordered Community Service

volunteers will always present timesheet paperwork before and after any volunteer times of service.

The supervising staff member will sign in the Court Ordered Community Service volunteer at the

beginning and end of each shift using the referral agency timesheet and comment on the quality of work

performed only when the work is completed for each shift.

RECRUITMENT AND SUPERVISION OF VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers will be sought through a variety of methods (i.e., newspaper announcement, in-library

publicity, requests through volunteer coordination organizations) to meet specific as well as general

project needs. Court Ordered Community Service volunteers are responsible for contacting each branch

library manager or supervising staff person via phone or in person with referral agency paperwork in

hand to discuss the possibility of performing Court Ordered Community Service at that particular

branch. Each library Branch supervising staff has the right and authorization to accept or decline

allowing individual Court Ordered Community Service volunteers to work at the branch library.

Volunteers will work directly with library staff members to receive training and complete projects. All

volunteers will be assigned one primary staff member to guide them in their work; however, staff

members may offer guidance to any of the volunteers.

There is no formal evaluation process for volunteers. Court Ordered Community Service volunteers will

be evaluated on the referring agency’s provided timesheet.

ATTACHMENT: Volunteer Application: Adult and Juvenile

Approved by the Board of Trustees on December 4, 2008, Amended June 5, 2014

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