Recruiting volunteers with a criminal history
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1. Recruiting volunteers with a criminal history
  In April 2019 Bolton CVS launched the Giving Back in Bolton Project which aims to make it easier for people with a criminal record get into volunteering. By completing this survey, you will be helping us to pull together best practice guidance for the voluntary sector of Bolton and beyond. This will help us improve the recruitment, management and support of volunteers with criminal records, and so help people come back into the community.
 
1. Which borough or geographic areas does your organisation cover? *
 
 
 
2. On a scale of 1-10 (1 being low and 10 being high) how comfortable and confident does your organisation feel about positively recruiting and supporting volunteers with a criminal record? *
 
 
 
3. Are there barriers to your organisation recruiting volunteers who have criminal records?  *
      
 
 
 
4. If you answered yes, what are the barriers?
 
 
 
5. Would it be more difficult to recruit volunteers to your organisation who had committed a certain kind of crime?  *
      
 
 
 
6. If you answered yes, which crimes make it difficult to recruit volunteers and why?
 
 
 
7. A volunteer who has a criminal record may need some additional or ongoing support to successfully carry out their role - is this a concern or barrier during recruitment?  *
      
 
 
 
8. If you answered yes, can you explain why. *
 
 
 
9. Do you feel that your organisation supports giving people who have committed criminal offences with a chance to come back into society?  *
      
 
 
 
10. Please can you explain how your organisation does this. Or if it doesn't, what would help your organisation to do more?
 
 
 
11. Is recruiting and supporting volunteers with a criminal record included in your organisations policies and procedures?  *
      
 
 
 
12. If you answered yes, please describe which policies and procedures support your organisation to recruit and support volunteers with a criminal record. 
 
 
 
13. Is organisational reputation a consideration in your volunteer recruitment process?  *
      
 
 
 
14. If you answered yes, can you please describe to what extent organisational reputation has an impact on who you might recruit. *
 
 
 
15. What would potentially increase your confidence in appropriately supporting people with a criminal record through your volunteer recruitment process? *