Join as an Adult Volunteer

• We will acknowledge your application.
• Your application will be considered by a senior member of our staff and if we decide that you may be appropriate to join our organisation we will invite you to attend an interview.
• After your interview we will write to let you know if we will invite you to join our staff on a probationary basis, or explain why we don’t think you’re quite for joining us.
• Your probationary appointment is subject to receiving satisfactory references and a clear enhanced criminal records check. If your references and/or disclosure check are not satisfactory then regrettably we may have to ask you to leave.
• Uniform and other equipment is only issued once references and disclosure checks are satisfactorily completed.
• You will need to attend a basic induction course lasting one weekend at some point in your probationary period, plus other periodic adult training periods.
• After your probationary period (or longer if you have not yet attended the basic induction course) your appointment will be confirmed or we may decide to extend your probationary period if we feel we or you need more time to decide about confirming your appointment.

You may like to visit us before submitting your application. If so, please contact us by email and we will arrange a suitable appointment to tour your chosen unit and some of our team.

Our basic expectations are:

• You keep the safety and welfare of our cadets as your paramount concern.
• You adhere to VCC and MOD regulations.
• You commit an amount of time that suits your role and keep to it (letting us know in advance if you need to change it).
• You carry out our periodic adult mandatory training (either face-to-face or online as required) and have a valid in-date enhanced disclosure check (every three years) to ensure you remain a safe person for volunteering in the youth sector.
• You wear our uniform with pride and maintain the honour and traditions of the Cadet Corps and the Royal Navy & Royal Marines.

Whilst we value and encourage applications from a diverse range of people our foremost obligation is to ensure the welfare and safety of our cadets. Applicants will be assessed to ensure they meet our standards and are appropriate to be adult volunteers, including being role models that our cadets can look up to. Being an adult volunteer does not mean any obligation to join HM Armed Forces and there is no call-up liability.

Some of our adult volunteers have been part of the VCC for over 35 years and whilst we don’t expect every volunteer to commit for that length of service it does show that joining the VCC could be a significant and worthy part of your life.

We will ask you to under go background and criminal record checks, and undertake some basic training (mostly on safeguarding, security and safety) upon joining and annually thereafter – all designed to help keep our cadets safe and well. You will join other new volunteers through our onboarding and induction process, and then be ready to help deliver the cadet experience and seek opportunities to acquire new skills and qualifications.