Volunteers across East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen can now benefit from the introduction of a Volunteer Learning Passport which makes it easier to volunteer with multiple health and social care organisations.
The Volunteer Learning Passport, developed and funded in partnership with Health Education England (HEE) e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH), is an online training package that enables volunteers to work in more than one organisations without having to repeat the same basic training.
Among the NHS, Councils, Voluntary, Community and Faith Sectors signed up to the Volunteer Learning Passport are Blackburn Community CVS (Community and Voluntary Services), Blackburn with Darwen Council, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale CVS, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hyndburn and Ribble CVS and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The online training, which needs to be completed by 28 February 2019, covers six key areas:
1. Health and Safety
2. Data Security Awareness
3. Equality, Diversity and Human Rights
4. Safeguarding Adults
5. Safeguarding Children
6. Fire Safety
Kate Quinn, Associate Director for Workforce and Transformation, at Together a Healthier Future, said: “All the partners are working together and with local people to create healthier neighbourhoods. We greatly value all our volunteers and we want to make it as easy as possible for them to benefit from the many opportunities volunteering offers.
“Getting a Volunteer Learning Passport means someone is able to volunteer in each organisation without having to repeat the same basic training. It’s both a better use of valuable resources and an opportunity to standardise the quality of training.”
For more information on the Volunteer Learning Passport, please email ELCCG.PennineLancsTransformationProgramme@nhs.net
The Volunteer Learning Passport is one of eight workstreams in the Pennine Lancashire Volunteer Strategy and Action Plan for 2018/19. You can read the plan on the ‘Together A Healthier Future’ website - togetherahealthierfuture.org.uk