Please give us the contact details of two people who are happy to give you a reference for this role. One of them must be your current or most recent employer.
Please make sure that you have their permission for us to contact them. And that you have given them your permission to provide a reference.
We will not contact your referees prior to shortlisting.
Please give details of two referees who have known you for at least one year. A referee can be a previous employer, someone from an organisation you have volunteered with, or a friend. They could also be a social worker, probation officer, or anyone else who has worked with you and knows you. Family members cannot be referees.
If you are under 18, this could be a teacher or a youth leader.
We may ask you to apply for a disclosure and barring service (DBS) check for some volunteer roles. If you need a DBS for this role - it will be stated in the role description.
For roles where a DBS is not required, volunteers will be asked to declare any unspent convictions as part of the application process.
If you have been barred from working with children or adults with care and support needs or have a serious spent or unspent conviction, you will not be able to volunteer for Healthwatch Cambridgeshire or Healthwatch Peterborough.
However, applications from individuals with minor and spent convictions are accepted and will be considered on a case by case basis.
Please tell us a little bit about yourself
This will help us make sure that we are hearing from lots of different people from across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
This information is only used to monitor our recruitment practices and will not be seen by the shortlisting panel. It will be treated confidentially in line with our privacy statement.