Scouts DofE Assessor Affiliation

*This form is for use by members in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and British Scouting Overseas only. If you’re in Scotland or Northern Ireland, please contact your Country office.


If you'd like to register as an affiliate, or re-affiliate your DofE Assessor role to Scouts, please use this form.


If you’re looking to be accredited or reaccredited as a DofE Assessor, take a look at the information here:

https://help.edofe.org/hc/en-gb/articles/360004375837-FAQs-for-Expedition-Assessors


Before affiliating you to Scouts, we’ll need to make sure you have the below so we can fulfil Safety and Safeguarding requirements:


1. A full adult Scout volunteer role. Unfortunately, we’re not able to accept none members.

2. A valid disclosure.

3. The experience needed to support young people on their expeditions.


We’ll be looking for evidence of a current/valid Scout Activity Permit, or evidence of similar qualifications for hillwalking, cycling or travelling on water. If you’re hoping to become an assessor and you don’t have suitable permits or qualifications, but believe you’ve got the experience for the role, make sure you contact your County DofE Lead to set up a meeting. You can then discuss your experience and suitability for this role, and they’ll complete and submit this Endorsement Form on your behalf.


You can find more information about this here: https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-your-section/programme-guidance/information-for-volunteers/top-awards-for-young-people/the-duke-of-edinburghs-award/guidance-for-expedition-assessors/



If you add your details to the Assessor Directory, Scout members who are looking for an Assessor will be able to see your profile as soon as your role is affiliated.


DATA PROTECTION


The personal data captured in this form is required to be able to process your request to register or re-register as a Scouts DofE Affiliated Assessor. The Scouts team may share this data with the DofE via their online platform eDofE.


The personal details provided will be processed and held for the full 5 year term of your affiliation to the Scouts, unless you ask us to remove these details. After the 5 year period, if you renew your affiliation we will continue to hold this data as above, if you do not renew, we will remove your data from our system.


All data is held securely in the Scouts digital file systems, including this form provided by SmartSheet.


Full details of the Scouts data protection policies can be found at https://scouts.org.uk/DPPolicy

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Re-affiliation

This section relates to your re-affiliation. Please select one of the boxes below to indicate whether you have maintained or enhanced your ability since your original affiliation.

I confirm that I’ve maintained my ability to operate safely at the level of my last Affiliation/Re-Affiliation. I don’t need to detail my permits, qualifications or endorsement.

I confirm that I’ve enhanced my ability to operate safely from the level of my last Affiliation/Re-affiliation, and I’ve included details of my Permits/Qualifications, or my new DofE Lead Endorsement Form below.

To become affiliated to Scouts, we’ll need to check the assessor has:


  • A full Scout volunteer role (unfortunately, we can't accept non members)
  • A current disclosure
  • The relevant training you’ll need to support young people on the expeditions you'll be assessing(for example, Scout permits or similar qualifications for hillwalking, cycling, or travelling on water).


If the assessor doesn’t have a permit listed on The Scout Membership System, or an external qualification, then please make sure there's an endorsement from the County/Area DofE Lead.


Please tick to confirm the assessor meets the requirements above.

First time affiliation


  • If the assessor doesn’t have Scout permits and would like to use qualifications in hillwalking, travelling on water or cycling to show your ability, please include a copy of the certificate in the File Upload box below.


  • If there's an endorsement form from your County/Area DofE Lead, please add it below.


Re-affiliation


  • If the assessor would like to update technical competence since initially affiliating please add any new qualifications or endorsement forms below.
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