Working with Adults and Youth to promote thoughtful citizenship

• 14th Galway is a member of Scouting Ireland, serving the young people of the western suburbs of Galway City. As a member of Scouting Ireland, we are a voluntary, uniformed, non-­formal educational movement for young people. We are independent, non-­political, open to all without distinction of origin, race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, or ability, in accordance with the purpose, principles and method conceived by the Founder, Robert Baden-Powell and as stated by the World Organisation of the Scout Movement.

• Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

• Our Aim as member of Scouting Ireland is to encourage the social, physical, intellectual, character, emotional and spiritual development of young people so that they may achieve their full potential and, as responsible citizens, to improve society.

• If you have a fun outlook and would like to work with our youth members in our outdoor programme our main voluntary role as a volunteer youth worker, who we call a Scouter, might be for you!

  • Scouters work directly with our young people and are responsible for their welfare and development, and assists in the planning and delivery of our programme activities.

• ​If you cannot take on a Scouter role and would like to support our Group and its important work we have a number of support roles.​

​​Scouter

New Scouters follow an induction process. To find out about the steps in our induction process click here. During the induction period, you will visit some of the youth sections during their meetings, you will be accompanied by a mentor during any such visits. Once you have decided that you are happy to join us, and assuming the Scout Group agree with that decision, we will arrange for new pending scouters to be enrolled on the “Being a Scouter” course which will provide you with an introduction to our youth programme and our approach to Safeguarding young people. To register your interest please click here.

Commitment

After completing your new COVID compatible Basic training, you will be Invested in our Scout Group and at this stage you will be expected to make the Scout Promise and subsequently to strive to apply that to your work with us.

The Programme Scouter role involves

• Working with a team of other Scouters to pursue the Purpose, Aim and Principles of Scouting Ireland

• Regularly facilitating programme meetings and activities with the youth members

• Participation in planning and review meetings

• Meeting with parents or guardians on occasion

• A commitment to pursuing training for the role via our Wood Badge training scheme

• Being aware of and applying Scouting Ireland Policies as appropriate

This role can be very rewarding as you support young people to achieve learning and development through an active programme using the Scout Method.

It can also have its challenges. When these arise, the other adults in your Scout Group will be able to support you using our Adults in Scouting Approach. To register your interest please click here.

Please click to view the groups safeguarding statement and risk assessment.