Volunteer
At Covenant of Mercy we encourage people to volunteer to serve in the house of The Lord with integrity, therefore we are committed to abiding with safeguarding guidelines to ensure we implement a safe recruitment process, abiding with biblical legislative principles, and practices.
Consequently, our safeguarding guidelines are used to deter, identify, and decline unsuitable applicants, who may pose a risk to children, vulnerable beneficiaries, and other volunteers at covenant of mercy.
Our robust Safer Recruitment Policy follows a strategic step by step framework across the recruitment process.
The three principal and mandatory steps are:
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Application
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Agreement
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Induction
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Voluneer's Handbook Hand book
The Volunteer's Handbook comprises of a number of policies, and codes of practices at Covenant of Mercy, including:
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Safeguarding
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Volunteer's Recruitment Policy
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Bullying and Harassment
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Complaints Policy
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Conduct and behaviour... and more
It is mandatory that all volunteer's read, and understand the Covenant of Mercy Volunteer's Agreement.
Therefore, confirmation that candidate volunteer's have read, and understood the Volunteer's Agreement, is embedded in the volunteer's application process.
Please note that filling in the Voluntary Worker's Application Form means you are applying to work as a voluntary worker at Covenant of Mercy. Please read to the Voluntary Worker’s Handbook to know what is expected of you before applying, as you will need to sign the Voluntary Worker's Agreement.
Privacy Policy
Covenant of Mercy's Data Processing Team comply with a strict internal GDPR Policy for processing applicant's data. Subsequently, our Data Processing Team can ensure each applicant's data will be retained confidentially and safely, and will be used for the purpose of this application ONLY.
The collected data from each volunteer candidate is obligatory obtained, to process and verify mandatory information (according to UK Safer Recruitment laws and guidelines).