| It takes a great many people to make Waddecar work
as effectively as it does and with around 400 volunteers on our
register at any one time, we are very proud of each and every one of
them. Occasionally paid staff opportunities crop up but they are
few and far between. These paid opportunities are listed below:
West Lancashire County Scout
Council
Activity Centre Seasonal Employment Opportunities 2008
The following posts are currently available; application should be
by sending a CV along with covering letter stating why we should
choose you for that post this year. Closing date for applications is
30th April 2008.
Ideally, the successful candidate would be able to undertake the
role for the Spring Bank Holiday week (24th – 31st
May) and for the whole 7 weeks of the Summer season (12th
July – 31st August) although job sharing would be
considered for suitable candidates.
In each case, remuneration will be commensurate with experience &
qualifications.
Summer Staff
Download the
application form
Handbook
Each summer, we have a dedicated team of people to assist running
the centre with an extremely varied job list covering toilet
cleaning, serving in the shop, looking after our visitors,
organising evening entertainment and much more. Most of our summer
staff are in the explorer scout age range and come from either
Scouting or Guiding backgrounds however, older people are more than
welcome and fit in to this scheme pretty well. We offer free
accommodation and subsidised food and for those staying for more than 10 days,
a free "Summer Staff 2008" embroidered neckerchief.
To reserve your place, download the
form, read all about it and send it off to our booking office
where we'll allocate you a space and reply with a full information
pack.
We also have a limited number of paid places on summer staff, use
the same form and express an interest in being considered for a paid
role if you wish.
Please contact us for further
information
Ways you can help as a volunteer:
Voluntary Wardens
Voluntary Wardens are normally, but not exclusively, married couples
where either or both of them hold other Scouting appointments. They
take their turn on an annual rota to man the reception area at
Waddecar, normally covering weekends but some also cover mid-week
periods at Easter, Spring Bank Holiday and the Summer season. Duties
involve welcoming arrivals and booking them in, running the on-site
shop, taking telephone enquiries & bookings, answering campers
queries, settling accounts and anything else which occurs.
Voluntary Wardens are the main customer facing team within our
operation and our reputation for being friendly and helpful lies
very much in their hands. Although this is an onerous task,
voluntary wardens receive a great deal of support from our Camp Site
Manager, Principal Officer and other volunteers such as Service
Teams & Service Crew so they are never on their own.
Service Teams
Service Teams are groups of people from age 14 upwards and vary from
teams of Explorer Scouts, Ranger Guides to older members as Scout
Fellowships, Teams of Leaders who want to give the odd weekend of
service to Waddecar.
Service Teams stay in the Service Team Cabin on-site for the weekend
of their duty and work with the Camp Site Manager or Service Crew to
undertake both some of the usual day to day jobs such as keeping the
toilet blocks clean & tidy, managing our recycling station, clearing
gulleys etc and also more exciting project work either developing
new attractions or maintaining existing ones. Service Teams cover
the number of weekends appropriate to their available time, some
doing 2 or 3 weekends per year, others doing just the one. Teams
come as their unit name and the members can and do change each time
they visit,
Service Crew
Generally, Service Crew members are recruited from other teams of
people who have already given good service to Waddecar, either
through being a Service Team member or coming by recommendation
through existing Crew members. Being a Crew member requires
considerable commitment of a minimum of 2 weekends every "rota
period" of 3 or 4 months. The Crew is an organisation in its own
right and also has its own social programme. The Crew operate under
a training scheme and afford a higher level of responsibility,
driving the tractor, assisting campers, running activity sessions,
supervising service teams etc.
Ad-Hoc Help
We also have a number of people who help us in a variety of ways.
Normally older, retired people or younger people who don't really
fit into other categories. There are always a million and one ways
to help us out, whether it be maintaining activity equipment,
stocking the shop, helping out in the office, answering the phone,
planting trees, cutting grass etc, we're always looking for help
If you are interested in any of the above, please
contact us for further information and an
informal chat and we'll see how we can help each other. Waddecar is
certainly a fantastic place to volunteer, out in the countryside,
blue skies, hills, trees, plenty of wildlife and colleagues who are
friendly with a good sense of humour, nothing could be a finer way
of spending your spare time.
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