Yes , but not OH screening they will need to go
thru CRB as do many other volunteers.
As a Community First Responder (i.e. a volunteer
that is sent out by the Ambulance Service on 999 calls with oxygen and a
defib) we have a paper health screen and we must be CRB cleared. The
paper health screen is a bit of a laugh though - my friend, also a responder
and just over 60, ex nurse, said she had arthritis in her knees on the form
so they said she is 'not fit'. They have not interviewed her, nor have
they asked her GP. She does have an enormous vegetable garden that she tends
with no problem!!!!! So far the OX Ambulance Service have ignored the advice
that she is not fit. - Oh and she saved a life a few weeks ago so
she is doing a worthwhile service!
I'd go with the risk assessment for the volunteer
jobs and a paper screen at least to cover yourself. After all a lot of
volunteer jobs do not require a lot of manual or physical work and
in my experience there are a lot of sedentary, overweight young people who can't manage to work properly and
are at far greater risk of doing themselves damage and they still seem to
get employed!
Greta
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Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 1:28
PM
Subject: Re: Pre-employment for
volunteers??
Jackie,
That is not technically correct. Appointing someone
does not imply that they are being paid. A charity or any other organisation
can appoint a volunteer, having undertaken any relevant screening
procedures.
Take it from another
angle. Take a volunteer working in a hospital on a paediatric ward. Would
you screen them for anything?
With kind regards,
James Beresford
Occupational Health
Adviser RN MIIRSM MIOSH DipOHN Spohn
Heales Medical Ltd
You can't do pre-employment
assessments if they are not going to be
employees (out of interest the
new DPA part 4 advises that you cannot do
assessments if you have no
intention of appointing an individual!). Similar
scenario to that of a
young person on work experience. You need to do a risk
assessment of the
area/role they are going into to identify any risk they
may come into
contact with. You then screne then to see if they have any
particular
conditions which would impact on the risks identified.
Hope this
helps.
Jackie
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn
Raybone [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 18 March 2004 08:52
To:
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Subject: Pre-employment for
volunteers??
Hello all,
can I ask what your views are on
performing PEHS for volunteers, that is
people who are doing work,
unpaid, and with no clinical contact or input.
There appear to be a few
questions raised by this but rather than putting
these forward I'd be
interested to hear others views and see if they come
up with the same
conclusion as me.
Thanks
Glenn
Raybone
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