volunteer worker
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volunteer
noun[C]
uk/ˌvɒl.ənˈtɪər/us/ˌvɑː.lənˈtɪr/
a person who does something, especially helping other people, willingly and without being forced or paid to ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk/ˈwɜː.kər/us/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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That is only one category of temporaryvolunteerworker.
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Thevolunteerworkerhas to catch a train, have meals away from home, and spend two or three days away supporting a sport on a voluntary basis.
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He is assigned to an elderly man who has the ability to make avolunteerworkerrun home in tears.
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The last and most important thing in her travel is that she decided to devote her life to helping refugees as avolunteerworker.
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These volunteer workers can be contacted for answers to questions, advice, or just to tell one's story.
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In the process it will inevitably lose, and may already have lost, some of the qualities that commended it to patients and to volunteer workers.
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Clubs and their volunteer workers have been hit hard in recent months.
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So we train the consumer organisation staff who then can train volunteer workers.
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To obtain unanimity from that great body of volunteer workers is not always possible.
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European volunteer workers on arrival in this country are issued with the ordinary civilian clothing ration.
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Of course, obligation is also due to volunteer workers all over the country, both men and women.
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No one can say which period will be the shorter, but it is certain that if it is prolonged the difficulty of finding volunteer workers will be an ever-increasing factor.
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It has been said that there ought to be a tribunal for deciding disputes should they arise between the volunteer workers and their employer.
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There is a great need to return to many of the volunteer workers who have been displaced by some of these social workers.
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European volunteer workers come to this country under an organised scheme designed to provide additional workers for the undermanned industries.
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Ex-offenders are not exempt under this clause, yet while they are there they need the support of the volunteer workers.
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It is not diverting the volunteer workers, but there is a danger that such bodies will begin to believe their own propaganda.
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We appeal to women volunteer workers who respond, only to find that they are unable to continue at their work.
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One example from this country which we felt might be of interest to other countries is the use of volunteer workers to provide personal care in independent living schemes.
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