I headed off to have my medical the other day, was pretty painless, had a nice chat with a very nice doctor, whose daughter and sister had both done VSO! I though I was home free on the Examination charge, but alas it was not to be, I did get a discount though, so thanks Doc! She didn't raise any concerns so hopefully another hurdle crossed.
Done more online training, picked up my train tickets to go to Harborne Hall this weekend, filled in some of the paperwork ready to send off done a little research.
One of my referees confirmed she has been contacted by VSO and has sent off whatever they wanted.
That's it for now!
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
More admin
I've booked my medical (2nd Feb) sent off my CV and profile and arranged a phone chat with Skev.
At the end of week 2 of the online training course- Volunteering Starts Here, which has been lots of fun so far.
I'm not looking forward to the medical (and I have a hospital appt the same day so will be fun packed), I have visions of my fairly good health turning into multiple reasons for being rejected... Wait and see, but realistically I don't see any issues.
At the end of week 2 of the online training course- Volunteering Starts Here, which has been lots of fun so far.
I'm not looking forward to the medical (and I have a hospital appt the same day so will be fun packed), I have visions of my fairly good health turning into multiple reasons for being rejected... Wait and see, but realistically I don't see any issues.
Post Assessment admin
So I got my acceptance email, I figured things would start happening, it did mention that there might be up to 10 days before I got my adviser assigned so I didn't worry... yet.
The acceptance email had an invite to training on it so I signed up for the next course, checked quickly in work if I could book a few days off for the 1st stage in Harborne Hall (Prepare to Volunteer course), and was happy to find that it was OK.
I had confirmation that I was on the training schedule, with online training starting on the 19th of January!
I got my enhanced disclosure form back in record time, I received it on the 24th, which means it was sent on the 21st or 8 days maximum since it was received at the CRB office! (Note: my last CRB took over 8 months to get back, but it was doen via an agency.
However I didn't hear any more from the VSO office and time started to go by, so as the 10 days mentioned were up I called the VSO office, and emailed them, I didn't get through and left a few voicemails, I didn't have the voicemails or emails returned, but eventually I managed to speak to a nice lady named Alice.
Alice sent me an email which should have been sent on the 13th (maybe it was and it went up in smoke?), with loads of things to do.
All told I needed 8 passport photos, 2 photocopies of my disclosure form, a filled in emergency contact form, bank details form, 2 photocopies of my qualifications, 2 photocopies of my passport. I need to chase my referees, book a medical exam, and fill in a long questionnaire.
I also had an email from Skev who is my assigned VPA (Volunteer and Program Advisor) with more things to fill in (Profile and VSO style CV).
The acceptance email had an invite to training on it so I signed up for the next course, checked quickly in work if I could book a few days off for the 1st stage in Harborne Hall (Prepare to Volunteer course), and was happy to find that it was OK.
I had confirmation that I was on the training schedule, with online training starting on the 19th of January!
I got my enhanced disclosure form back in record time, I received it on the 24th, which means it was sent on the 21st or 8 days maximum since it was received at the CRB office! (Note: my last CRB took over 8 months to get back, but it was doen via an agency.
However I didn't hear any more from the VSO office and time started to go by, so as the 10 days mentioned were up I called the VSO office, and emailed them, I didn't get through and left a few voicemails, I didn't have the voicemails or emails returned, but eventually I managed to speak to a nice lady named Alice.
Alice sent me an email which should have been sent on the 13th (maybe it was and it went up in smoke?), with loads of things to do.
All told I needed 8 passport photos, 2 photocopies of my disclosure form, a filled in emergency contact form, bank details form, 2 photocopies of my qualifications, 2 photocopies of my passport. I need to chase my referees, book a medical exam, and fill in a long questionnaire.
I also had an email from Skev who is my assigned VPA (Volunteer and Program Advisor) with more things to fill in (Profile and VSO style CV).
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