Appointment and Induction Process

Purpose

The purpose of the appointment process is to ensure that all those adults that the Movement accepts as volunteers:-

• Are fit and proper persons to volunteer with The Scout Association;
• Are appropriate for the roles they are undertaking;
• Fully accept the responsibilities of the roles and, where appropriate, the responsibilities of membership of The Scout Association

Principles

The appointment process must be run so that:

• The applicant feels welcomed and not threatened by the appointment process;
• The applicant is kept informed of progress through the appointment process;
• The Association has robust assurance of appointing only appropriate people;
• The applicant takes a role that is appropriate to his/her skills, knowledge and attitude.

Application

1. Agreement of role with line manager and discussion about Scouting and its key policies
2. Obtain appropriate form (including yellow card) from Chris Jay.
   (Please destroy any older versions of the forms that you may have.)
3. Completion of application form, GSL to assist in completing the form and to witness forms of ID (although any Leader may do this)
4. For AA forms, applicant to supply NI number, 2 forms of ID, the names and addresses of 2 referees and have asked their permission to do so.
5. Return appropriate form to Chris Jay
6. Record created on scouts.org.uk (if required)
7. CRB/DBS Disclosure will be applied for (if required)
8. Referees will be requested to fill in form RF in Paper or online at https://www.brighousescouts.org.uk/contact-us/online-reference-form/
9. Pre-provisional appointment.

Approval

In any order:

• Completion of a Disclosure check
• Return of at least two references
• A meeting with the Appointments Advisory Committee
• Approval from relevant Commissioner

When these stages have been completed, you will receive your provisional appointment and Welcome Pack from HQ at Gilwell.

Appointment

1. Training Advisor gets in touch and arranges meeting.
2. Completion of Getting Started training within five months
3. Full appointment
4. Appointment card sent to you and appointment certificate presented locally

Induction

Induction starts immediately and goes on throughout the whole process.

Guides to training are available at http://members.scouts.org.uk/appointment

Module and safeguarding training can be booked on the wyscouts website http://www.wyscouts.org.uk/adulttraining/  (select the link “book your training online”).