Buddy System Training

Buddy volunteer training is only half of the solution.

The Buddy System is all about how to set up and sustain your Buddy volunteers to cultivate a thriving disability ministry where everyone encounters the gospel.

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Learning Goals

How to recruit, equip, and sustain your Buddy volunteers
Who can serve as a Buddy
The 3 levels of disability and the 3 types of volunteers
Why safety is extra important
Buddy system flowchart from intake to integration
Logistical best practices for 1-on-1 Buddies </aside>

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Pre-requisites:

Disability Awareness Training
Buddy Volunteer Training </aside>

https://youtu.be/hEcForV2XMw

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Making Communication Easy

Your feedback will help shape what we create, but it’s in our plans to make a Discord template.

If you’ve never used Discord before, it’s a simple and modern way to communicate with lots of different people and is WAY better than group texts with your team.

Features

Message volunteers/staff/parents directly
Message only certain groups of volunteers/staff/parents
Host VIP bios in volunteer restricted areas for easy access (reducing # of emails you send!)
Encourage your volunteers, share wins, and talk through challenges (without excessive threads)
And a bunch more. So stay tuned! </aside>