Volunteer Application Form

Personal Details

Name *

First

Name

Surname

Address *

Address

City

County

Postcode

Email address *

Phone number *

Preferred method of contact

Volunteer role, skills and experience

Are you interested in any particular type of volunteer role(s)?

What motivated you to apply to volunteer with Citizens Advice? *

Availability

How many hours per week, or days per week would you like to volunteer for?

Are there are times that you are unlikely to be available, e.g. school holidays?

Are the any adjustments or additional equipment and support you will need us to provide to assist you in the volunteering role or the interview process?

How did you hear about this opportunity?

Are you a current client of Citizens Advice?

Are you aware of any circumstances that could be a conflict of interest?

What happens next?

Once we've reviewed your application, we'll be in touch. If shortlisted we will invite you to an informal interview, either online or in-person, to get to know you better. We will ask you about any additional support needs you think we should know about in order to enable you to participate in an interview.

If you're successful at the interview, we will ask if you can 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 ask you for 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).

References

Please give 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).

Reference 1 - Name

Reference 1 - Address

City

County

Postcode

Reference 1 - Email address / Contact phone number

In what capacity do they know you?

Reference 2 - Name

Reference 2 - Address

City

County

Postcode

Reference 2 - Email address / Contact phone number

In what capacity do they know you?

Policies and Declaration

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 when we acknowledge your application. 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.

Have you had any previous convictions not regarded as spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974?

Yes

No

If YES please provide details of the offence and the date of conviction:

Privacy Notice

We’ll use the information you provide in your application form in order for Citizens Advice Luton 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 computer system for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed.

If you'd like to exercise any of your individual rights under data protection legislation please contact the Office Manager. View Privacy Policy

Declaration

All of the information I have provided above is accurate to the best of my knowledge

If you are under 16, please also ask your parent or legal guardian to give consent

I understand the volunteer role and possible time commitment and give permission for the above named applicant to undertake this role if successful

Relationship to applicant

Personal Details

Volunteer role, skills and experience

Availability

What happens next?

References

Policies and Declaration

Entitlement to work or volunteer

Our policy on convictions

Privacy Notice

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