Volunteering in Social Organizations. A theoretical-practical approach

This 6-week course makes a deep analysis of volunteering in Social Organization: from theoretical guidelines up to their everyday practical application.

The course will be given in Spanish

Duration: Six weeks

Estimated devoted time:

6 hours a week, on the days and times that each participant may have

Syllabus:

Module 1: Volunteering in Social Organizations
•   What is Volunteering? Where are the volunteers?
•   Short history of Volunteering in Latin America
•   Prospects and incentives of the actors involved in volunteering
•   Potentials and limits of the experiences of volunteers
•   The role of freeness in volunteering experiences
•   Volunteering: from an utilitarian vision to a relational vision

Module 2: Volunteering at present
•   Volunteering in the global, Latin American and Argentinean context
•   Development models and the concept of volunteering
•   Organizations promoting volunteering
     -Organizations in Argentina
     -Organizations in Latin America

Module 3: Actors of Volunteering (1st part). A view into volunteering from the standpoint of Social Organizations
•   Classification of Social Organizations
•   The importance of Institutional Communication
•   Volunteering in a Social Organization. A detailed explanation of the procedure to incorporate a volunteer:
     -Information and integration
     -Planning of tasks
     -Procedure of placement and determination of the contract
     -Coaching and monitoring
     -Systematization of knowledge
     -Evaluation
     -Farewell meeting and closing of the procedure of volunteering

Module 4: Actors of Volunteering (2nd part). A view into volunteering from the standpoint of volunteers
•   The volunteering and individuals
•   The incentives of the volunteer
•   Values of the volunteer
•   Principles and rules that govern the behavior of the volunteer. Ethics code.
•   Different types of experiences of volunteers
•   The importance of training volunteers

Module 5: Technical and legal tool to implement a Volunteering program in a Social Organization
•   Legal framework of volunteering
•   Tools that frame the implementation of a volunteering program:
      a. Agreements,
      b. Contracts,
      c. Forms, etc
•   Closing and general overview


Professor: María Laura Schiffrin See resume

Procedure:

Readings and bibliography
Group and individual activities
Interaction between professors and students through forums and chat

More information: tel: +(54) 11 4314-1015-/31  de 10 a 18 hs. e-mail: info@claritas.org


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The courses of Fundación Cláritas are paid courses in order to cover operative costs of their conduction. For the courses to be a specified answer to the needs of Social Organizations, the Foundation is committed to look for financing in order to offer scholarships to such institutions that are not able to pay the total cost. These scholarships will depend in each case on the financing obtained for such purpose and they will be duly announced before each edition of the course.