We are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers from across the County to help deliver the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Whether you have experience with expeditions, mentoring young people, administration, training, assessing sections, or simply want to support local DofE provision, there is a role for you.
By volunteering to support DofE, you can help more young people access life-changing opportunities while developing your own skills and experience. Whatever time you can offer, we\'d love to hear from you and discuss how you can get involved.
DofE Roles
There are many different opportunities and roles to support participants complete their DofE awards. These can be at Unit, District or County level, and can be regular or on an as required basis. The different roles are:
DofE Leaders
Leaders are responsible for a DofE group. They introduce DofE, guide, and encourage young people, agree their programme choices and approve their progress in eDofE.
Within Scouting, these will usually be the Explorer Scout or Network Scout leaders, or sometimes the District 14-24 Lead or District Adviser.
DofE Assessors
Within the Volunteering, Physical, Skill and Residential sections - an assessor would check on a young person\'s progress and agree completion of the relevant section by adding an assessor report for a participant. They usually have a knowledge of the activity and cannot be related to the participant.
In the Expedition section, qualifying expeditions must be assessed by a competent adult who has completed the Expedition Assessor and Supervisor Pathway (or previous EASTC course) is accredited by the DofE through the Expedition Assessor Accreditation Process and has been approved by Scouts through completing this form.
Expedition Assessor role description
DofE Supervisors
Supervisors are people with a good understanding of a participant’s chosen activity. You’ll help them set their goals and regularly meet with the young person to check on their progress, address any potential issues and adjust goals. This is sometimes done by the DofE assessor (see above).
A Supervisor is essential for the Expedition section as they are responsible for supervising and supporting a team of participants to ensure their safety and well-being whilst they are doing their expedition.
Expedition Supervisor role description
DofE Volunteers
Adults who can spare some time to help our DofE Leaders run a group can be a volunteer. You may give general support, i.e. admin, help run one section or give specific training. Sometimes they may have access to eDofE and help mentor a small group through their award.
District DofE Lead
The role of the District Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Lead can vary – this could be supporting adult volunteers acting as DofE Leaders to deliver the award or could be providing direct support to young people or running expeditions. The role description should be agreed with the District Lead Volunteer / District Programme Team Explorer Scout Lead and the County Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Lead.
Please reach out to the Humberside County DofE Lead on dofe@humbersidescouts.org.uk.
DofE Training
Before starting any training, an eDofE account will need to be setup for any volunteers, please reach our to the County DofE Lead on dofe@humbersidescouts.org.uk to request an account be setup and discuss your new role.
|
Roles |
Training to complete |
|
DofE volunteers and helpers |
Foundations Pathway |
|
DofE Leaders |
Foundations Pathway Delivering the DofE Pathway |
|
DofE Expedition Supervisors |
Expedition Supervisor and Assessor Pathway |
|
DofE Expedition Assessors |
Expedition Supervisor and Assessor Pathway |
Details of the above Pathways can be found here. You can book onto the different pathways via the DofE Opportunity Finder.
DofE Expedition Notification Form
Completing this form will cover the requirement to inform the County DofE lead of any expeditions that take place. This should be completed alongside the completion of a Nights Away Notification and approval from your District Lead Volunteer on the My Membership system.
This form can also used to request an expedition assessor, should you require one.
For Notification only, this form should be submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the event. And should be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to the event if you are requesting an assessor. For those requesting an assessor, we recommend giving as much notice as possible to maximise the chances of getting an assessor.
Once you have submitted your form, this will be reviewed by the County DofE lead, and you will be contacted with either an approval or any relevant questions. We aim to respond, within 1 week of the form being submitted.
