First stage of Project Volunteer recruitment

Branches should refer to the SKIP bylaws before commencing volunteer recruitment to ensure that the recruitment processes reflect the ethos of SKIP and follow the requirements laid out within these bylaws.

Branches should make every attempt to complete recruitment by the recruitment deadline date. If more time is required, this should be negotiated with the Recruitment Co-ordinator, Branch Buddy and Mentor.

As branches recruit volunteers, they should upload a list of names and contact details to the relevant g-drive folder.

Second stage of Project Volunteer recruitment

Before a prospective volunteer is confirmed, they must complete all the ‘SKIP Steps to Summer’.

Step 1: Sign up for SKIP membership

Once signed up with our online platform, the prospective volunteers will receive emails with essential information to allow them to complete the ‘Steps to Summer’. In this step, they will be required to sign the SKIP Code of Conduct.

Step 2: Pay the volunteer fee

Breakdown of the fee:

• SKIP membership fee = All SKIP members, regardless of whether they are going on project, are required to pay this fee.

• SKIP overseas fee = All SKIP volunteers who travel abroad are required to pay this fee, which covers SKIP’s public liability and organisational insurance, giving us international protection from any claims made against us for damages occurring as a result of our activities .

• Criminal Record Check = Every SKIP project volunteer is required to have a valid criminal record check.

Step 3: Complete SKIP Volunteer forms

This includes:
• SKIP Volunteer Agreement - detailing what we expect from a SKIP volunteer and in turn, what a volunteer can expect from SKIP. Volunteers are required to electronically sign and date this agreement.

• Volunteer contact details

• Next of Kin (NOK) contact details

• Health Declaration - information on any health issues – this will remain confidential and is overseen by a SKIP Trustee. If required, the SKIP Trustee may contact the volunteer and gain consent to share the information.

• Contingency fund agreement - this fund is a designated pool of money that SKIP can use to make short-term loans to support volunteers in a emergency. 

• Guarantor contact details for contingency fund agreement

• Criminal Record Disclosure

• First Aid qualifications – Volunteers will be asked who provided the first aid training and the date of the certificate.

Step 4: Obtain criminal record check

All SKIP Project Volunteers must have a valid criminal record check.

Step 5: Guarantor to complete Contingency Fund Agreement

Project Volunteers are required to provide contact details for a person whom they have allocated as their guarantor for the contingency fund repayment, if required.

Step 6: Complete mandatory online training

All SKIP volunteers are required to complete online training modules covering mandatory topics.(Which if you are a SKIP Project Volunteer, you are doing right now! So well done.)

Step 7: Complete SKIP Travel Form

The SKIP travel form collects information on travel plans, asks for a personal travel risk assessment and for confirmation that the volunteer has purchased travel insurance. Travel insurance is a personal responsibility and SKIP strongly advises that volunteers purchase a policy as soon as they book flights. Please follow branch guidance on purchasing insurance.

SKIP Recruitment Policy