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Volunteer Adviser Application Form

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us. If you are still interested then please complete this form.

We want to understand more about your interests and availability so we can look at matching you to a suitable role and shortlist suitable applications for interview. Before completing this form please read the last section on Policies and Data Protection. If you want this form in an alternative format please email us office@bdcab.org.uk

Volunteer application

About you

References

If you start with us we will need references. Please give us the names and contact details of two people, who know you in a work related, academic or professional capacity. This could be an employer, teacher, tutor, a colleague, or former-colleague where you have worked or volunteered before. It could also be someone who knows you well (but not a member of your family).

Referee 1

Mr / Mrs / Miss / Ms / Mx

Address (inc. organisation if applicable)

City

County

Postcode

Country

Phone number

In what capacity do they know you?

How long have they known you?

Referee 2

Mr / Mrs / Miss / Ms / Mx

Address (inc. organisation if applicable)

City

County

Postcode

Country

Phone number

In what capacity do they know you?

How long have they known you?

What happens next?

Once we've reviewed your application, we'll be in touch. If you are shortlisted we will invite you to an informal interview, either online or in-person, to get to know you better.

If you're successful at the interview, we may ask you to provide us with ID (ideally photo ID, but don’t worry if you haven’t got this, we can discuss other options as this isn’t a barrier to volunteering with us).

We will also write to your referees.

Declaration

Policies & Data Protection

Entitlement to work or volunteer

If you are not a UK or Irish citizen, it’s important
you check you are permitted to volunteer or carry out ‘unpaid work’ in addition to your main reason for entering the country, to avoid jeopardising your visa status. You can find more information on the NCVO website.

Our policy on convictions

We only ask about criminal convictions and criminal records after we’ve made a conditional offer of volunteering. This is to help make sure that volunteers are selected based on their skills and potential.

Having a criminal record is not in itself a barrier to volunteering. Please note that it is Citizens Advice policy not to recruit any individual who has an unspent conviction (for all roles) for a sexual offence against a vulnerable adult or child and our policy not to recruit any individual who has a spent, or unspent, conviction (for roles that require a Standard or Enhanced DBS check) for a sexual offence against a vulnerable adult or child. This is the case regardless of when the offence took place. Citizens Advice public liability insurance excludes this. Where an offer of volunteering is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, we will inform you of this.

If you wish to contact us to discuss your individual circumstances at an earlier stage, please contact us on the email above. There is no expectation or requirement for you to do so as we will provide you with a Criminal Record self-disclosure form to complete after a conditional offer of a volunteering role has been made. The self-disclosure form you will receive contains information about privacy notice and legal rights over your data in relation to convictions and criminal records data.

Privacy Notice

We’ll use the information you provide in your application form in order for Citizens Advice Barking & Dagenham to progress your application for becoming a volunteer. This is done under our legitimate interests in potentially onboarding you as a volunteer and to contact you to further progress your application.

Your information will be accessed by colleagues involved in the recruitment process and will be securely stored on our RDP Share drive for 6 months.If you'd like to exercise any of your individual rights under data protection legislation please contact us on the email above. Please see our Privacy Policy at www.bdcab.org.uk

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About Citizens Advice Barking & Dagenham

Charity Registration No: 1123253

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Registered Office 339 Heathway, Essex RM9 5AF

Citizens Advice Barking & Dagenham is the trading name of Barking & Dagenham Citizens Advice Bureau

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