Features of volunteer selection technology for working with adolescents of the risk group

Traditionally young people were and are a band with an active social position, which can be the basis of volunteerism. Particularly effective is the work of young volunteers on the technology of “equal to Equal” as the children in difficult life situations have more confidence and are in touch with young people of their own age. The urgent need to work with minors as well due to the alarming statistics. Despite the fact that the number of crimes (committed by minors) for the last 6 years has decreased, this is largely due to the decrease in the total population of adolescents to the criminal age in our country. For selection of suitable project volunteers needed to assess those who meet the criteria established by the program. This selection can be a variety of ways: observation, interview, testing. You can use these methods separately or together. For selection of volunteers for programs in technology, “peer” is mostly used methods of questionnaire and interview. Thus, it is possible to allocate three basic stages of selection of volunteers for participation in the program “Elder brother, elder sister”: (1) initial evaluation, (2) training (training in a School of volunteers), (3) in-depth evaluation. The passage volunteer the three main stages of selection allows the program coordinators an opportunity to better understand the characteristics and features of the volunteer and decide whether he is ready to proceed with such an important job, such as working with teenagers. Compliance with the rules and all the conditions a project must, in order to ensure the safety of the child. In order to exclude any abuse by the participants and organizers of the program. Only when executing all the rules and regulations of the project are to achieve high results. The research subject is the peculiarities of the selection of volunteers. The goal is allocation of the basic stages of selection of volunteers. Research methods: analysis of literature in the field of working with adolescents at risk.