Application Process

Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer for OCD-UK.

Volunteering for OCD-UK can be rewarding, challenging and great fun but can also involve dealing with delicate, sensitive and challenging issues, which is why we take great care in matching our volunteers with our volunteer positions.

We hope this explanation of our volunteer application process will help you understand what happens next. Please do get in touch should you have any further questions.

 

Step by Step Guide to Volunteering for OCD-UK

Step 1 - You complete and submit your application
Submit your application online, or by posting to us.

Step 2 - We review your application
Time Period: 1-2 weeks. OCD-UK will review your application and assess initial volunteering opportunities for you.

Step 3 - Together we agree a suitable interview time
Time Period: 1 week. We will agree a time frame to initially discuss your volunteering application.

Step 4 - You complete CRB / ISA applications
Depending on the volunteering role applied for, we may require you to complete a CRB and/or ISA applications.

Step 5 - We process CRB / ISA applications
Time Period: 4-8 weeks. Applications are processed for OCD-UK and you will be sent a copy of your CRB check.

Step 6 - We start your volunteering training
Time Period: 1-4 weeks. This can be carried out whilst awaiting your CRB / ISA approval.

Step 7 - You begin volunteering
Time Period: 2 week. You are approved to begin your volunteering for OCD-UK.

Step 8 - Together we have an initial volunteering review
After two weeks we hold an informal interview to discuss how you find volunteering and review training needs.

Step 9 - We buddy you up
Time Period: 2 week. We buddy you up with another OCD-UK volunteer to exchange ideas and support.

Ongoing
Once you volunteer for OCD-UK we will send you online interactive training to complete every 4-8 weeks and offer ongoing feedback. We will hold regular interviews to ensure you continue to evolve in your volunteering. We will ask all volunteers to update their CRB / ISA checks on a yearly basis.

 

OCD-UK Ensuring Confidence In Volunteers

OCD-UK is committed to ensuring that all individuals that come into contact with OCD-UK are kept safe and can have confidence in knowing that OCD-UK only allow the most appropriate of individuals to volunteer for our charity.

Checks or screening may seem intrusive but are necessary for the following reasons:

The public need to know that they, and the money they donate, are in safe hands.
They provide the volunteer with a degree of credibility.
They act as a basis of trust for volunteers and their colleagues.

These will be Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) standard check and / or Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) check. This will be discussed with you upon your application and OCD-UK will provide application guidance and there will usually be no cost to the volunteer.

From October 2009, when we recruit someone to work with children or vulnerable adults, by law we will be required to check their ISA status. OCD-UK go further than this and will also insist on a CRB check for many of our roles.

The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) has been created to help prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults.

Having a criminal record does not necessarily prevent someone from volunteering for OCD-UK. It depends on the nature of the position applied for, and the circumstances and background of the offences.

 

How to apply for any of our volunteer roles

View open volunteer opportunities

If you have any questions about any of these volunteer opportunities, or are interested in applying for any of the positions please contact us by emailing volunteer @ ocduk.org

The application form can be completed online and attached straight to your email. Open the volunteer application form.

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