Getting Started
To support you in your first five months of volunteering with the Scouts we have a number of training modules for you to complete.
The modules that make up your getting started training are listed below: (You can complete these in any order). Most modules can be completed as independent learning and validated by successfully completing the online assessment at the end of the module.
To help you identify the training you need to complete and plan your training our network of Training Advisors will guide you through your learning process. Your Group Scout Leader is responsible for helping you achieve your Wood Badge so please ask then for help when you need it.
Please note the venue of each module.
Upcoming Training
Once you have completed Getting Started you may wear the Gilwell woggle. Non-uniformed adults may wear the Getting Started pin. Both of these can be purchased from Scout Shops. If for some reason you are unable to complete Getting Started within the five month timescale, your line manager will review the situation with you. Your District or County Commissioner (as appropriate), together with the Appointments Advisory Committee, will then decide whether or not to extend your provisional appointment for another five months. A provisional appointment can only be extended once.
REMEMBER: You are in control. So, book onto courses or modules, attend the training and get the modules you have attended validated!
Training for Everyone
Essential Information
Essential Information is great training for all adults involved in Scouts as it provides information on Scouts history, our fundamentals such as the Promise and Law, how to keep everyone safe and more about our structure and how Scouts are inclusive.
Safety
Doing things safely is fundamental to everything we do in Scouting. The Safety training ensures that you understand your responsibilities for keeping everyone in Scouts safe and how to assess and manage risk.
It's important that Safety training is completed within the first five months of your role start date (as recorded on Compass) and then kept up to date. It is required to be renewed every three years.
Safeguarding
As adults in Scouts, the safety of young people is our priority. The Safeguarding training ensures that you understand how to keep young people and adults safe in Scouts and includes how to recognise abuse and report concerns.
It's important that Safeguarding training is completed within the first five months of your role start date (as recorded on Compass) and then kept up to date. It is required to be renewed every three years.
General Data Protection Regulation Training
GDPR Training is a mandatory module for all appointments. It covers the basic information that individual’s need to know in relation to the General Data Protection Regulations, what this means for their role and for Scouting and how to effectively align with it. Topics covered:
Personal Data
Individuals' rights
Consent
Accountability & Governance
At the end of the courses you need to save the certificate and email it to training@willesdenscouts.org.uk
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Training for Leaders
Module 2: Personal Learning Plan
This module consists of creating a plan to meet identify and meet the training requirements of your role, taking your existing knowledge and skills into account. Although the parts of Getting Started can be completed in any order, it is recommended that you complete the Personal Learning Plan as the first step, particularly if you are changing roles. This will mean that you will have a clear idea of the process from the outset, and you will be able to get advice and guidance from a Training Adviser at an early stage on how to go about completing your training.
Normally you will have done this at an Appointments Panel meeting, if not you can do it at one of our District Open House events.
Module 3 - Tools for the Role (Section Leaders)
For Beaver, Cub, Scout & Explorer Scout Leaders, Assistant Leaders & Section Assistants
This module contains some basic information about your role in scouting and practical help for working within a section. The module covers the key features of the section and how to run suitable games and activities and how to promote positive behaviour.
Module 4 - Tools for the Role (Managers)
For Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners, and Group Scout Leaders
This module contains some basic information about your role as a manager in scouting and the roles and responsibilities of those you manage and/or support. It also covers areas of leadership and management, managing time and personal skills.
Training for Trustees
Trustee Introduction is great training for all adults involved in Executive Committees at Scouts. It provides information on your role in managing a charity with information on your legal responsibilities and current regulations.
It’s independent learning, so you don’t have to attend a course to complete it.
Who should complete the training?
All volunteers who are part of an Executive Committee in Scouts need to complete this training. This includes Group Scout Leaders, District Commissioners, County/Area/ Region (Scotland) Commissioners who are ex-officio members. As well as Section Leaders if you have opted in.