Volunteer Role Description
Garda Vetting Agreement between Volunteer Centre and Organisation
Statement of Policy:
Name of non-profit organisation:
The Volunteer Centre, as part of its service to support and promote volunteering, will act as an
authorised signatory for garda vetting within Cork city and county for organisations that do not have
Volunteering Role:
access to an authorised signatory within their organisation.
Volunteering Tasks involved:
Volunteer Centre and Organisational Agreement:
The Volunteer centre will provide a service for voluntary organisations to acquire Garda Vetting. This
service will only be provided to voluntary organisations and is not available to individuals to acquire garda
vetting.
There must be one named person (designated vetting officer) within the voluntary organisation to whom the
Skills required:
VOLUNTEER CENTRE can pass on relevant material on potential volunteers should the need arise.
This person must be available to meet with potential volunteers along with the VOLUNTEER CENTRE should
any issues arise with the volunteers vetting form.
It is the responsibility of the local organisation to furnish their volunteers with Garda vetting forms (available
from the volunteer centre) and to ensure that these forms are returned to the VOLUNTEER CENTRE.
Length of time required:
Hours per week/ month:
Vetting forms will NEVER be returned directly to the volunteer centre by the volunteer but will be
gathered by the named person.
Whereas the VOLUNTEER CENTRE will hold on file the volunteers’ vetting details in a confidential manner, it
will always remain the responsibility of the local organisation to decide whether a volunteer is su ]X