Application - Ignatian Volunteer Corps

Region(Required)

Name(Required)

First Last

Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Email Address(Required)

Home Phone

Cell Phone

Preferred means for calling you(Required)

Home Phone

Cell Phone

When is the best time to reach you?(Required)

Date of birth(Required)

Sex(Required)

Religion

House of Worship

City

State

Are you

Single

Married

Widowed

Separated

Divorced

If married, what is your spouse's name?

If married, how does your spouse feel about you participating in IVC?

Primary Emergency Contact(Required)

Relationship(Required)

Primary Contact's Phone Number

Alternate Emergency Contact

Relationship

Alternate Contact's Phone Number

How did you first learn of IVC?(Required)

In the following sections, please describe your Education, Work Experience, and any Past Volunteer Work. You may include this information in a separate resume. Please note, that extensive education or experience is not required for membership in IVC.

Education: Please describe your education, including names of schools, areas of concentration, degrees, vocational training, or licenses you may have acquired.

Work Experience: Please list your most recent place/s of employment, what type of work you did, special training you received, and the years you worked there. (Please attach resume to application if you have one.)

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Accepted file types: pdf, doc, jpg, Max. file size: 50 MB.

What is your work status?(Required)

Retired

Working Part time/Semi-retired

Working full-time

Volunteer Experience: Please list any organizations in which you are currently volunteering or in which you have volunteered in the past. Also include the type of work you did the length of service.

May we share the above information regarding education, employment, and volunteer experience with potential IVC volunteer service sites?

Yes

Do we have your permission to share your completed IVC application and resume, if provided, with potential IVC volunteer service sites?

Yes

Volunteer Questionnaire:

1. Why do you want to join the Ignatian Volunteer Corps?(Required)

2. What strengths do you bring to IVC?(Required)

3. In what areas would you like to grow?(Required)

4. What types of volunteer work are you interested in doing with IVC?(Required)

5. What skills do you have that you might like to use as an IVC volunteer? Feel free to include hobbies, domestic talents, languages, artistic, musical, or athletic abilities.(Required)

6. What experience have you had with people of cultures other than your own?(Required)

7. Are there any medical/psychological conditions that might affect your service? (Your response will be kept confidential and will not exclude you from consideration for IVC.)(Required)

8. Are there any limitations or preferences regarding travel to and from volunteer sites or IVC events? (i.e., prefer certain geographical locations; can’t drive at night; etc.)(Required)

Safe Environment Training Questions:

1. Have you participated in a ‘Safe Environment’ training program (e.g. STAND, VIRTUS, etc…)?(Required)

Yes

2. If yes, who holds your records concerning this training?

3. Have you ever had a criminal history background check?(Required)

Yes

4. If Yes, in what year?

5. Many IVC partner organizations will ask volunteers to comply with their own volunteer application process as well. You may be asked to participate in a training program or give permission to the agency to perform a background check. You could be asked questions such as the following:

Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense?
Have you ever been charged with neglect, abuse or assault?
Do you use illegal drugs?
Has your driver’s license ever been suspended or revoked in any state?

Please check this box to indicate that you have been informed of this possibility.(Required)

I have been informed

References.

Please list two references who we may contact. Both should be able to assess your general character and suitability for IVC. One should be able to reflect on your work or community experience, and the other on your spiritual motivation.

Work/ Community Reference:(Required)

Phone

Spiritual Reference:(Required)

Phone

Membership Commitment:

Membership in the IVC requires a commitment to both volunteer service among the materially poor and an openness to deepening your own spiritual life. Membership runs from September through June of the following year. In light of this requirement, are you willing to commit to the following?

1. Make a one-year commitment to serve one or two days a week (or equivalent hours) at an IVC-affiliated service site?(Required)

Yes

2. Make every effort to join monthly with other IVC members for prayer, conversation, and reflection on your work?(Required)

Yes

3. Be open to deepening your own spiritual growth through individual monthly meetings with an IVC spiritual reflector?(Required)

Yes

4. Make every effort to attend any overnight retreats or day of reflection?(Required)

Yes

5. Be willing to abide by the policies and procedures of the service site at which you choose to work?(Required)

Yes

6. There is no stipend or salary for volunteer work through IVC. Could this be a problem?(Required)

Yes

Feel free to comment on your ability to fulfill any of the above requirements.

From time to time, IVC may take photos for marketing purposes.

Please check that you agree with the following statement:

I hereby grant my consent to the Ignatian Volunteer Corps copyright and publication rights of my photograph and image. I understand that this photo may be used in multiple media including; print, video, and website media. I further grant the Ignatian Volunteer Corps, its assignees, contractors, licensees, sponsors, and transferees the right to print my name with the photograph/image.

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In the following sections, please describe your Education, Work Experience, and any Past Volunteer Work. You may include this information in a separate resume. Please note, that extensive education or experience is not required for membership in IVC.

Volunteer Questionnaire:

Safe Environment Training Questions:

References.

Membership Commitment: