Responsibilities for review
All people in a line manager role in Scouting should carry out informal reviews with those adults who work with them, on at least an annual basis.
These people also have the responsibility to carry out a formal appointment review when an appointment is due to expire. This means that county/area commissioners, county scout network commissioners, county training managers, district commissioners, district explorer scout commissioners, and group scout leaders should all carry out reviews.
The role of appointments advisory committees in this is to ensure that formal reviews are carried out, which will normally happen through the appointments secretary.
Three months before an appointment is due to expire, the appointments secretary will send the appointment review form (form AR) to the relevant group scout leader, commissioner or manager, with details of the individual to be reviewed. They will also inform the individual that a review is due.
The group scout leader, commissioner or manager will hold the review meeting, discuss how things have gone, and agree with the individual concerned if their appointment should be renewed or if they should take on another role (re-assignment) or retire.
This recommendation is made to the appointments advisory committee for consideration, and if agreed, is put into practice.
Appointment review form (AR) (PDF)