Learning Update – February 2025
My Learning We want all our volunteers to have the skills and knowledge they need to feel confident to keep young people safe and help them gain skills for life. We organise learning at Scouts in what we call the Learning Tree. It’s made up of: Growing Roots: The learning all new volunteers need to do within their first six months. Learn more about Growing Roots Branching Out: The learning you can choose to do to develop your knowledge further and get accreditations. Learn more about Branching Out My Learning Digital Tool This link provides guidance on how to start a new learning, credit skills, check your team’s learning and create a learning report. New Safety Module A reminder that all members will need to complete a new Safety Module by 14th July 2025 (or before that if your existing Safety Module expires before that date). The Safety Module can be accessed via My Learning on the membership system. Its takes approximately 45 minutes to complete and you can start the module, save it, and go back to it later to complete it. First Response First Response learning need to be undertaken by adult volunteers in the following roles: Group Lead Volunteers Section Team Members (including those who were previously Sectional Assistants) Section Team Leaders 14-24 Team Leaders New volunteers in these roles must undertake First Response within one year and previous Sectional Assistants who are now Team Members, must complete First Response within the next two years. There are three main ways to complete First Response: Attend a f2f First Response Course (usually 9.30am to 4.30pm) – we have a range of courses available during qtr. 1 – you can register here Undertake First Response via the Blended Model where you do some online learning (3 hours), attend an online confirmation session (2.5 hours), and then attend a f2f practical session (30 mins). Details of the Blended model can be found here and you can register for the online learning at First Response e-learning 2025 Undertake an External First Response Course e.g. FAW or BASP and/or present your Professional Qualifications as evidence as having the appropriate First Response Skills. You will need to send your course certificate or details of your professional qualifications to firstresponse@sesscouts.org.uk . A Regional First Response Trainer will validate your learning/experience and confirm whether it meets Scouting requirements or whether you need to do some additional learning e.g. Child CPR.
Update on Digital Tools
Signing into the new Membership System If you have not yet signed into the new Membership System or are having difficulty doing so, you can find out how to gain access via this link Please note when you register or reset your password, the system sends a verification code to your login email, to verify the account. This verification code doesn’t come from ‘Scouts’, instead from Microsoft on behalf of prodscoutsb2c (msonlineservicesteam@microsoftonline.com), which means it’s going into some people’s spam/junk folder – you may need to check these folders. Benefits of New System Many of our adult volunteers are using the new membership system to access their personal profile and learning, to submit Nights Away Notifications, to nominate fellow volunteers for awards and to apply for permits. For many the system is a significant improvement on Compass. Upgrades to the Digital System UK Scouts have acknowledged that some improvements are needed especially for those volunteers who lead teams. You can find the latest a) resolved and b) planned updates and interim solutions for known issues within the digital tools here. Resolved issues Digital system updates If you are having any difficulties or have any questions about the new digital tools, please speak to your team leader or email transformation@sesscouts.org.uk