Moraph for Good / Volunteer / How it works
How it works
From a short form to your first session.
Every volunteer, from Moraph or not, goes through the same steps and agrees to the same rules before meeting anyone.
The steps
Six steps, in order.
Moraph colleagues start at the volunteer hub instead of the form. The conversation, the checks a role needs, the training and the rules are the same for everyone.
Apply
A short form: where you are, the roles that interest you, the languages you speak, what you have done and what you can give.
A conversation
A person from the Moraph for Good team reads every application and arranges a call with the people who may be a fit, to talk about the role and answer your questions.
Checks, where the role needs them
An identity check and references for every role, and for roles with young people or adults at risk, a background check where local law allows. Checks are finished before you start.
A short training on the rules
What every volunteer agrees to: nothing to sell, strictly nonpartisan, explain never advise, no personal details, safeguarding and conflicts. Then a walk-through of the materials for your role.
Matched with a host’s series
When a host near you, or online, plans a series that needs your role, we ask whether the dates suit you. You can always say no.
Feedback after each series
The host, the Moraph lead and you each say what worked and what didn’t. That is how the materials and the training improve.
The rules
What every volunteer agrees to.
They are the promises Moraph for Good makes to hosts and to the people who come, so they bind everyone who teaches or helps. Breaking them ends the volunteering.
- Nothing to sell
- Sessions never promote Moraph, a Moraph client, your employer or any product. You don’t hand out business cards, and you don’t follow up with attendees.
- Strictly nonpartisan
- No side on parties, candidates, ballot questions or campaigns, in Voice or anywhere else. Current candidates, party officials and campaign staff don’t teach Voice.
- Explain, never advise
- You explain how money, healthcare and government work. You don’t give financial, medical or legal advice about anyone’s own situation; you point people to free services that do.
- No personal details
- You never collect attendees’ names, contact details, passwords or records, and you never type a password or code for someone.
- Safe for everyone
- You follow the safeguarding statement and the host’s own rules: never alone and unobserved with anyone under 18, in person or online.
- Conflicts declared
- You tell us about anything that could look like a conflict, such as selling financial products or working for an insurer or a party, and step back where the conflict-of-interest policy says so.
Safeguarding
Checks before you start, the same rules after.
The safeguarding statement covers every volunteer, Moraph colleague or not. For roles with young people or adults at risk, the background check local law allows is done before the first session. Nobody from Moraph for Good is ever alone and unobserved with anyone under 18, and online sessions run on accounts Moraph or the host manages.
If you are worried about someone’s safety, read how to raise a concern. In immediate danger, call your local emergency number first.
Expenses and pay
Unpaid, agreed in writing.
Volunteering is unpaid. Moraph colleagues volunteer during working time. If a series would involve costs for you, such as travel, whether and how they are covered is agreed in writing before the series starts; nothing is paid back that was not agreed first.
Conflicts of interest are handled as in the conflict-of-interest policy: tell us about anything that could look like one when you apply, and again if it changes.
Use what you know, for the people it affects.
One short form. A person from the Moraph for Good team reads every application and replies.