Volunteer and Intern Policy
Sets role, supervision and safeguarding requirements for volunteers and interns.
Governing Body members, employees, consultants, volunteers, interns, facilitators and contractors where the subject relates to their role.
Before work starts
- Provide a written role and named supervisor.
- Explain hours, location, expenses and permitted tasks.
- Complete code of conduct, confidentiality and safeguarding orientation.
- Use references or screening suited to contact with children or vulnerable participants.
- Explain reporting and emergency routes.
Boundaries
Volunteers and interns may perform only approved duties. They cannot speak for Punjabi Samvad, collect funds, publish participant information or make programme commitments without written authority.
Supervision and concerns
The supervisor checks work, gives feedback and addresses safety or conduct concerns. Punjabi Samvad may pause or end an engagement when the role is no longer available or when conduct, performance or risk requires it.
Employment status
An internship or volunteer role does not remove any employment right that law gives to the person based on the facts of the arrangement. Punjabi Samvad reviews paid, long-term or staff-like roles before classifying them.
Punjabi Samvad follows applicable law where it sets a stricter rule or a different process. This public page does not replace a statutory committee order, employment term, funding agreement or signed internal procedure.