Youth Serving Organization Reference | Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City

Thank you for completing a Youth Serving Organization Reference. Please answer the questions below to the best of your ability.

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Reference

Your Full Name(Required)

First Name Last Name

Your Email(Required)

Volunteer Applicant's Full Name(Required)

First Name Last Name

Please provide the volunteer applicant’s dates of service in your organization.(Required)

Did the applicant serve in a paid or volunteer position with your organization?(Required)

Paid

Volunteer

What were their assigned duties? Please describe their role within the organization.(Required)

Please provide the applicant's reason for leaving.(Required)

Did you serve as the applicant’s direct supervisor and did you have the opportunity to observe his/her interactions with children/youth? (If not, please select "No" and provide contact information for the appropriate person in your organization who observed their interactions.)(Required)

Yes

How would you describe the applicant’s personality? What are the applicant's strengths and weaknesses?(Required)

Please describe how the applicant relates to children of varying ages and personalities.(Required)

How well do you think the applicant would interact with youth from a background different than their own?(Required)

How does the individual show encouragement and support to children, and let them know that they genuinely cares about their growth and well-being?(Required)

Does your organization have a code of conduct in place for volunteers and employees and did this applicant adhere to your organization’s rules/guidelines for interacting with youth? (Please describe.)(Required)

Has your organization ever received a complaint or concern from a parent, youth or other adult about this applicant? (Please describe the nature of the complaint or concern)(Required)

Have you had the opportunity to observe the applicant disciplining a child (within your organization or with his/her own children)? Please talk about a time in which you observed the applicant with a child that was not behaving as expected. How did the applicant handle the behavior and the situation?(Required)

How does the applicant deal with authority, rules, and accountability? Do you consider this applicant dependable?(Required)

How would you describe the applicant’s experience with your organization:(Required)

Please elaborate on why you selected your answer on the above question.(Required)

On a scale of 1-10 how strongly would you recommend this applicant for this volunteer position?(Required)

Would you accept this person as a volunteer/staff for your own organization again?(Required)

Yes

Is there anything further you’d like to tell us about this applicant?(Required)