Volunteer Application Form - CLCH

Central London Community Healthcare Trust - Conditions of volunteer roles.

1. Confidential information - during your volunteering you may have access to information of a confidential nature, you must not disclose such information to any unauthorised persons (including the media). Breach in confidentiality may result in the termination of your volunteering role. 
2. Misconduct - any event of misconduct or poor performance may result in the termination of your volunteering role.
3. Your volunteering role does not constitute employment at the Trust and you will not be entitled to any form of payment on its cessation. Employment with the Trust is not guaranteed or conferred by volunteering.
4. Adhering to policy and procedures - whilst a volunteer at the Trust, you will comply with the policies and procedures as prescribed and direct any concerns/complaints to a member of the Volunteering Team.
5. Health and safety - the Trust has an obligation under the Health & Safety At Work Act 1974 to provide safe and healthy working conditions and methods. You are required to co-operate with staff in discharging its responsibilities under the Act and to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others. You have a duty to inform staff if, for any reason, you have difficulty in carrying out a task delegated to you.
6. Equal opportunities - it is the policy of the Trust to ensure that no employee or volunteer receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their: race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, age, creed, colour, nationality, national origin or ethnic origin (whether actual or perceived) or on the grounds of their association with someone in one of these groups, nor is disadvantaged by any provision, criterion or practice which cannot be shown to be justified. You will uphold these values and must not discriminate against any individual as you undertake your volunteer role.
7. Infection control - all staff and volunteers are expected to practice at all times in accordance with infection prevention and control standards specified in trust arrangements, policies and procedures and the Health Act (2006) Code of Practice for the prevention and control of health care associated infections. Please note that MRSA is most commonly transmitted on the hands of health staff and survives in dust. Transmission can be greatly reduced by adherence to basic infection control measures such as hand washing before and after contact with each patient and general environmental cleanliness.
8. Criminal records check - I understand that the Trust on licensing authority can request a DBS check if I am working in a position listed in the Exceptions Order to Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. I certify that information given to the Volunteering Team is true to the best of my knowledge, and understand that deliberate misrepresentation may result in disqualification or dismissal.
9. Use of AI - whilst the use of AI is permitted in the application process for new volunteering roles, we ask that you do not rely solely on AI for your responses. A good approach is to consider constructing your own responses to the questions, using AI only to make suggestions or support you to structure the responses you have written yourself.