There are up to seven steps in the volunteer joining journey – these can be completed in any order.
All the relevant steps need to happen so that new volunteers feel welcome and understand what they need to do to become a fully appointed adult member of the Movement.
The steps that are required for different roles are listed in the teams table, which can be found in the current edition of Policy, Organisation, & Rules – often known as POR, (chapter 16, rule 16.11.1)
Here’s a handy illustration which explains the steps new volunteers will take to become a full member:
Timescales
All the steps required must be completed within 180 days of the new adult’s personal details being entered into the membership system with the exception of:
- Growing Roots safety and safeguarding learning, and the criminal records (DBS) check must be completed within 30 days of the new adult being added to the membership system.
- First Response training must be completed within 12 months of the role start date on the membership system.
If the relevant seven steps of the volunteer joining journey (as specified in the teams table), are not completed within the required timings, the Lead Volunteer must either apply appropriate restrictions (as detailed in POR rule 16.7) or end the volunteers role.
Joining Journey Checklist
Download our printable checklist of the seven-step
You can read more about the volunteer joining journey on the main scout website:
The volunteer joining journey | Scouts
Once the necessary steps of the volunteer joining journey are satisfactorily completed, the membership system will change the role status to ‘Full’.
When the role shows as status full on the membership system and includes a criminal record check, the volunteer no longer needs to be supervised when with young people and may undertake regulated activity according to our Rules and Safeguarding Code of Conduct for Adults (Yellow Card).
