8th April 2009, 09:23 AM
Quote:quote: a person with a history of theft is no real danger to children, but is pretty hazardous for the organisation and other volunteers
again... granted... but in this society, I was under the impression that you considered having done your time after conviction of a crime.. therefore, to suggest that if you saw a person had previous for theft, they would be barred from volunteering (ps.. not saying this is the case in the original post content) is just the sort of thing to create a career criminal.. nobody will touch them, because of their past. just a thought.
the health check idea as well, seems to swing about a bit.. health check on a fire brigade volunteer ( hats off to you Sean by the way) is a bit different from a person doing some gentle troweling .. (even less so if it is the remarkable and sharpened bladed Battiferro Trowel! http://www.pasthorizons.com/shop/default...duct_id=72 [:I] cough)
I agree with this:
Quote:quote:You can, however, ask for first aider information purposes whether anyone has any specific health issues that the first aider needs to know about, but that must come AFTER any selection, not before.
there have been over the years a few adverts that asked for fitness and health as part of the advert content.. I refused every time.. and the reworded advert went ahead (in BAJR anyway) arguement with the americans did not work though...
can I remind people that no matter what, you will descriminate, whether you mean to or not. IF you see a person with theft as a conviction, or a person in a wheelchair.. you no longer put them on an equal footing with everyone who applies... they are 'different' they are discriminated against.
Perhaps the trouble is in our heads... there are lots of good reasons to know about health issues, lots of good reasons to know if a person is a habitual criminal... but with knowledge of a disibility that couldbe overcome, or a petty crime that should not affect the persons future, the bottom line is, these are negatives in the selection process.
:face-huh:
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