Volunteer application form

Apply online for this volunteering role.

A DBS check will be provided by WSCC.

Volunteer application form template - support worker - 12116

Completing this form

  • You will need to provide details of an emergency contact and any unspent criminal convictions.
  • If you have a driving licence, it will be useful to have it available for reference.
  • Depending on the role you are applying for you may be asked to give details of one or two personal referees, your qualifications, work experience and reasons for applying.
  • The questions marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory and require an answer. You do not have to answer all of the other questions, but it would help us if you do.

Your data privacy



Before completing this form please read our general Privacy Policy (opens in a new window).

This explains why we ask for your data, what we do with it and how long we will keep it. It also explains how you can find out what data we hold about you and how you can ask us to delete it.

  • This form will take around 15 minutes to complete.
  • Please allow yourself enough time to complete it in one session as there is no option to save and come back to it later.

Your details

Enter your title if not listed above.
Enter your first name.
Enter your last name.
Enter your address name or number. This could be a flat, house or building name or number.
Enter the first line of your address. This could be the street name.
Enter the second line of your address if you need to. This could be the village name.
Enter the town or city of your postal address.
Enter your postcode, with or without spaces.
Enter an email address where we can write to you.
Enter a daytime phone number that we can ring you on. This can be a mobile or land line number.
Unspent criminal convictions Select 'Yes' if you have been convicted of any criminal offence which is not considered 'spent' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Criminal records will only be taken into account for recruitment purposes when the conviction is relevant. Having unspent convictions will not necessarily bar you from volunteering.


Give details if you have selected 'Yes' above.

Criminal convictions

Owing to the nature of its activities, this role is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and its associated Order. This means you need to disclose details of any warnings, reprimands, cautions and convictions which would not be removed as part of the police filtering process when carrying out a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. See GOV.UK for guidance on this update service (opens in a new window).

You will have the opportunity to discuss these details during your interview. You will also be subject to an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check before you can proceed as a volunteer.

Criminal records will only be taken into account when the conviction is relevant; having a conviction will not necessarily bar you from volunteering.

Have you been convicted of any criminal offence or received any warnings, reprimands or cautions from the police which would not be removed under the filtering process of a DBS check? Select 'Yes' if the above statement applies to you.

Give details if you have selected 'Yes' above.

Your qualifications

Briefly list any qualifications you have, particularly those that are relevant to this role.

Your work experience

Briefly outline all any paid or voluntary work experience, including the dates you started the role and if applicable, finished it.
Having read the role description, briefly explain what has attracted you to apply for this volunteer role.
Having read the role description, indicate if you are able to make a commitment to the time required to undertake this role.

Driving licence information

Driving licence * Select 'Yes' if you have a current driving licence.

Driving licence has category D1 entitlement Select 'Yes' if your driving licence entitles you to drive category D1 vehicles. See GOV.UK for more information (opens in new window).

Access to vehicles for use in voluntary role Select any of the below vehicles that you have access to use and would be prepared to use within the voluntary role if requested.




Your references

Please provide the name and contact details for two people (unrelated to you) whom you have known for three years in a personal, work or voluntary capacity who have agreed to provide a reference for you.

Enter your referee's first name.
Enter your referee's last name.
Enter the address name or number. This could be a flat, house or building name or number.
Enter the first line of the address. This could be the street name.
Enter the second line of the address if you need to. This could be the village name.
Enter the town or city of the postal address.
Enter the postcode, with or without spaces.
Enter a daytime phone number that we can ring your referee on. This can be a mobile or land line number.
Enter an email address where we can write to your referee.
Enter your second referee's first name.
Enter your second referee's last name.
Enter the address name or number. This could be a flat, house or building name or number.
Enter the first line of the address. This could be the street name.
Enter the second line of the address if you need to. This could be the village name.
Enter the town or city of the postal address.
Enter the postcode, with or without spaces.
Enter a daytime phone number that we can ring your referee on. This can be a mobile or land line number.
Enter an email address where we can write to your referee.

Your emergency contact

Enter your emergency contact's first name.
Enter your emergency contact's last name.
Enter a daytime phone number that we can ring your emergency contact on. This can be a mobile or land line number.
Enter another phone number we can reach your emergency contact on. This can be a mobile or land line number.

Declaration


By entering your name below and submitting this application form you are declaring that you have completed this application to the best of your ability and believe the information provided is accurate and correct.

Enter your full name to show you agree to the above statement.

To send your form to us press the 'Submit' button once.


After a few moments you will see our 'Thank you' page. If you do not see the 'Thank you' page we will not have received your form.

 
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