define employment
he state of having paid work, usually contracted occupational in which labour is exchanged for specific remuneration.
define volunteer work
a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task, a person who works for an organisation without being paid.
consequences of employment
- Imposes a time structure on ones day
- Enforces a predictibable demand for action/ builds routines
- Links individulas to broader work/ community goals and purposes beyond their own personal goals
- Creates oppitunity to contribute, advnce and acumlate
- Source of seld respect, personal challenge, growth and fulfilment
define productivity
“Occupations that make a social or economic contribution, or that provide for economic sustenance.”
whats a volunteer
someone who benefits the community by freely undertaking work in a designated voluntary position without financial payment
benefits of volunteering
Increased perception of health, sense of purpose and life satisfaction (older adults)
• Reduction in mortality (older adults)
• Social contact and social support
• Valued role and identity as a change from work / to replace lost roles
• Increased emotional and intellectual maturity (college students)
• Increased expression of intrinsic values related to work, caring, community involvement (adolescents)
dimensions of experience; do live well framework for employment
- Contributing to community and society
- Building security/prosperity
- Developing and expressing idenity
- Developing capability and potential.
dimensions of experience do live well framework for volunteering
- Connecting with others
- Contributing to community and society
- Developing and expressing identity
employment potential transition poin
- developmental distruption related to productivity roles
- work place challenges for employed persons
- employment interruption or seperation
- employment marginalisation
human productivity is driven by
- Survival strategy
- Gain satisfaction from working towards and reaching a personal goal.
- Physiological need for challenge.
whats the flow theory
- Flow is a state of consciousness in which one is involved in an occupation that nothing else is noticed.
- Finding flow in work gives us a unique sense of enjoyment and satisfaction that we cannot enjoy without striving toward goals.
average age of volunteering
Age: 35-55 years
Gender: female
Employment: part time
How much time: 1x per week 1-2 hrs
outcomes of volunteering
- Opportunity to make new friends andbuild social networks
- Increase interpersonal communication skills and self awareness
- Opportunities to learn new skills including vocational and organisational skills
- Opportunities to explore career options and gain work related experiences
