Volunteer/Agency Agreement & Release of Liability
This agreement is intended to emphasize the importance of our Volunteer Program and our commitment to offering you a positive and rewarding volunteer experience.
We, United Rehabilitation Services, agree to accept your services and commit to the following:
1. To provide adequate information, training, and assistance for you to be able to meet the responsibilities of your positions.
2. To ensure supervisory aid to the volunteer, and to provide feedback on their performance.
3. To respect the skills, dignity, and individual needs of the volunteer, and to do our best to adjust to these individual requirements.
4. To be receptive to any comments from the volunteer regarding ways in which we might mutually better accomplish our respective tasks.
5. To treat the volunteer as an equal partner with agency staff, jointly responsible for accomplishment of the agency’s Mission.
I, as a URS volunteer, agree to serve as a volunteer and commit to the following:
1. To perform my volunteer duties to the best of my ability.
2. To adhere to agency rules and procedures, including recordkeeping requirements and confidentiality of agency and client information.
3. To seek permission and guidance from United Rehabilitation Services staff before taking photographs of clients to ensure we are protecting the confidentiality and rights of our clients.
4. To meet time and duty commitment, or to provide adequate notice so that the staff can adjust to the change.
5. To act at all times as a member of the team responsible for accomplishing the Mission of this agency.
I, as a URS volunteer, agree to serve as a volunteer and commit to the following:
In consideration for permission to participate as a volunteer, I hereby release, waive, discharge and covenant not to sue United Rehabilitation Services (including its officers, directors, trustees, employees and volunteers) for any and all claims, liabilities, demands, costs and expenses which I may incur or claim to incur arising out of or related to services provided relative to this volunteer agreement, whether caused by the negligence of URS and its agents, or alleged as such.
I am fully aware of the risks and hazards connected with the work I have agreed to perform, including but not limited to injury resulting from slips, trips and falls, and I hereby elect to voluntarily participate with full knowledge that any such activities may be hazardous to me and/or my property. I voluntarily assume full responsibility for any risks of loss, property damage or bodily injury, including death, that may be sustained by me, whether caused by the negligence of URS and its agents, or alleged as such.
It is the express intent that this Release bind my spouse and other members of family, as well as my heirs, assigns and personal representatives.
