Youth Volunteer Form


Section A: Personal Details

Section B: Emergency Contacts

Please give details of someone you would like us to contact in the event of an emergency

School Contact:


Section C: Character References

Please give the name and address of one referee, who have known you for at least two years. They should not be relatives or partners.


Section D: Volunteering

Volunteering role examples: • Meet and Greet • Patient Surveys • Kindness Companion

Chest size for Volunteer polo tops and shirts/blouses

A variety of sizes are available on request.


Section E: Foundation Trust Membership

Becoming a Trust volunteer automatically enrols you as a Foundation Trust Member.

https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/get-involved/become-a-member/


Section F: Health Declaration

Have you been immunised against:

GP/Health Professional Authorisation


Section G: Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

The Voluntary work you are applying for involves direct contact with people who are receiving a health service, therefore all prospective volunteers will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

In accordance with current legislation (Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) volunteers are not en-titled to withhold any information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. In the event of you undertaking voluntary work, any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Trust.

The disclosure of cautions or convictions may not necessarily debar for voluntary work but may influence which placements are available to you. The decision will be in accordance with our Equal Opportunities policy.

Please enter not applicable if this does not apply to you.


Section H: Eligibility to work in the UK

Section I: Monitoring information

The NHS and the East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust are anxious to ensure that they do not discriminate against any person on the grounds of sex, race, ethnic origin or disability. Similar information is being collected about all staff members and patients. This information is used for statistical monitoring only and will not be shared with any third party without your express permission.

Ethnic Origin

I would describe my ethnic origin as:

Disability

Do you consider yourself to have a disability or long-term health condition?

Please state the type of disability / impairment which applies to you. People may experience more than one type of impairment, in which case you may indicate more than one. If none of the categories apply, please mark ‘other’.

Sexual Orientation


Section J: About you

Please use this space to tell us a little about yourself and why you wish to volunteer for the Trust.


Section K: Code of Conduct in Respect of Confidentiality

During the course of your time in the Trust, you may acquire or have access to confidential information which must not be disclosed to any other person unless in pursuit of your duties or with specific permission given by a person on behalf of the Trust. This condition applies during your relationship with the Trust and after the relationship ceases.

Confidential information includes all information relating to the Trust, its patients and employees. You may come into contact with this information through handling patient’s records, ward whiteboards, telephone enquiries about patients or staff, electronic database or methods of communication, , handwritten notes made containing patient sensitive health information or even seeing a person who is known to you attending for treatment, etc. If you are in doubt as to what information may be disclosed, you should check with your manager.

The Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) regulate the use of all personal information and together with the Computer Misuse Act 1990 provide criminal offences relating to unauthorised access to such information. Relevant details of these acts can be found in the Trusts Data Protection, Information Governance and Information Security Policies, which are available in the work access or Trust Intranet. If you are found to have made unauthorised access to or have disclosure staff or patient personal information you may face legal action.


Section L: Confidentiality and data protection