7th April 2009, 09:51 AM
I agree that asking for Vollies to have a CRB seems a bit much. On the public projects that I have worked on staff were required to be CRB checked. We also didn't have volunteers under the age of 16 (YAC did its own thing with staff). We were also aware to keep an eye on vulnerable adults (think bullying or sexual harrasement). All in all we had no problems. The health issue allowed ask to task accordingly for volunteers with physical or mental health issues. I felt it was more so that I could look after the wellfare of the volunteers working for me. As far as CRB checks- vounteers shouldn't be left in a position were they are unsupervised (from a health and safety point anyway).
David, I don't know if you remember the movie stripes?(Bill Murry) There was a nice bit of play on words with regards to criminal convictions when they were interviewed for the Army.
David, I don't know if you remember the movie stripes?(Bill Murry) There was a nice bit of play on words with regards to criminal convictions when they were interviewed for the Army.