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UK Placements and the Matching Process
Each prospective volunteer will be interviewed by a Time
for God staff team member (most often via Skype or at
a specific interview event held in their home country).
Following the interview, the TfG staff will write a report
summarising the interview and the candidate. This report
consists of topics such as the volunteer’s faith journey/
theological background, hobbies and interests, previous
volunteering/work experience, and thoughts on potential
suitable placements.
Each TfG placement in the UK
have specific requirements
for the volunteer(s) they are
looking for, who will add to their
community. TfG’s Operations
Team assess the volunteer
report and match the potential
volunteer with appropriate
placements.
The interview report
will then be sent to the
prospective placement.
If the placement feel
that the volunteer is
a suitable match, the
placement details
will be sent to the
volunteer.
Time for God have a fantastic network of
UK based placements. Each placement
has a Christian ethos and is interviewed
and visited before a volunteer can be
placed. Placements are responsible for
providing a work supervisor, a timetable,
accommodation and food.
If both the volunteer and the
placement would like to take
the process further, then a
Skype conversation is arranged
so that the volunteer and the
placement work supervisor
have an opportunity to talk
and ask any specific questions
they may have.
Placements types consist of Churches,
Activity centres, Social Care (Homeless,
recovering alcoholics, Adults with
learning disabilities), Youth and
Schools projects.
If following the Skype conversation,
both the placement and volunteer are in
agreement, TfG would regard this as a
match and process the paperwork and visa
application (if needed) for the volunteer to
come to the UK for a year.
(If for some reason
the placement or the
volunteer do not feel
it was a good match,
we would go through
the matching process
again until a suitable
placement is found.)
‘Having a Skype conversation with
prospective volunteers helps both
ourselves and the volunteers to
understand more about one another.
It brings to life the person behind
the description we both receive.
It is a vital point of contact that
allows both parties to ask questions
and discuss the ins and outs of the
volunteering role.’
Rory Densham Brown,
Head of Youth Work, Oxygen
Kingston Youth for Christ
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