Other roles
16.10.1 Scout Council members
16.10.1.1
The processes set out in this chapter do not apply for Scout Council member roles.
Group, District and County Scout Council members are not recorded on the membership system. (See POR 5c.1.3.4, POR 5c.2.3.4, POR 5c.3.3.4, POR 5c.4.3.4, POR 5d.1.4.4, POR 5d.2.4.4 and POR 5d.3.4.5).
16.10.2 Employees
16.10.2.1 Employing staff
A Scout charity may employ staff, with salaries and other associated costs paid from charity funds.
16.10.2.2 Obligations on Trustee Board
The Trustee Board, acting collectively as the employer, is responsible for ensuring that all legal requirements for employing staff are met. It is strongly advised to seek external professional advice on these obligations. Employment advice is not provided by UK Headquarters.
Trustee Boards must ensure that each staff member has an allocated ‘operational line manager’. It is not generally the role of Trustees to act as the operational line manager, though a Trustee with the right skill set may adopt this function subject to avoidance of potential conflicts of interest.
16.10.2.3 Membership system
Employees must be added to the membership system and maintain a completed and satisfactory personal enquiry. Employed roles requiring a criminal records check must be carried out and paid for outside of the membership system and not added using volunteer roles. Further information is available from the UK Headquarters Safeguarding Team.
16.10.2.4 Employing administrators
A Scout charity may choose to employ one or more administrators to support the work of the Trustee Board or the charity. These administrators do not have any responsibilities as a Trustee.
16.10.2.5 Trustees must not be remunerated
Trustees must not be remunerated or paid a salary by the charity, although reasonable expenses should be reimbursed.
16.10.2.6 Restrictions on UK Headquarters staff undertaking volunteer roles
Some volunteer roles are not eligible to be held by people in the employment of UK Headquarters (for a full list see POR 6.9.1.2).
16.10.3 Scout Network members
16.10.3.1 Introduction
Scout Network Member is not a volunteer role so the processes set out in POR Chapter 16 do not apply. See POR Chapter 3.
16.10.3.2 Membership system and Internal Check
Scout Network members must be registered on the membership system. This will automatically initiate a personal enquiry without requiring a criminal record check.