How are selected volunteers matched to placements overseas?
• Matching process: Selected volunteers go through a process of being matched to a suitable placement. The Volunteer Placement Adviser (VPA) will discuss with you available placements, timescales and other personal requirements. Due to the nature of VSO’s work, there may be occasional delays in departure and possibly frustrations brought on by factors outside our control. In such cases, we will do everything we can to resolve such problems, so please bear with us. • Placement offers: We offer volunteers a placement that would best suit their qualifications and experience. We send your CV to the VSO programme office overseas and to the organisation requesting the volunteer. They then decide if the volunteers’ qualifications and experience meet their requirements and are appropriate to the needs of the requesting organisation. • Learning needs assessment: Once a volunteer has accepted a placement and the requesting organisation has accepted the volunteer, the VPA and the volunteer will t
