CARAD

Becoming a Member or a Volunteer

• Membership Application
• Police Check Form
• Volunteer Application and Code of Conduct

If you would like to support CARAD's work without taking an active part, you can fill in the Membership Application and return it to us, with payment of $30. As a member, you are entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting, and may be sent additional member-only newsletters.  We rely on membership numbers to add weight to our advocacy efforts, and on membership fees to support our client work.

If you are interested in volunteering with CARAD, please complete the Membership Application, as well as the Volunteer Application and the Police Check forms.  Return these forms, and membership payment to CARAD along with a photocopy of some photo ID.  We will then make an appointment for you to come into the office when we will answer any questions you may have and discuss how you can best support the work of CARAD.  

Please note we cannot provide the 'Working With Children Check' (WWC) required as part of the volunteer application through the website. We will arrange this form for you when you come into the office to meet the Volunteer Manager.  This is lodged at a local Post Office and will cost $10 (if CARAD has presigned the WWC form).  If you already have a WWC registration, please note this on the application.

We offer 'Orientation to CARAD' sessions for new volunteers at regular intervals. We limit these in size to 6 to 8 people, of approx 2 hours duration. We cover (very briefly):

• refugee issues and needs;
• what CARAD does, for whom, and why;
• what volunteers do, and the demands and rewards of volunteering.

We ask and expect that our volunteers attend this Orientation, and we also ask new volunteers to participate in the "Building Bridges" training which is conducted jointly with the Edmund Rice Centre, CASE for Refugees, and ASeTTS. This training gives an insight into the various cultural backgrounds of our clients and also how to better relate to people who may have suffered torture/trauma and come from some quite unsettled backgrounds.

If you have any further enquiries please contact the CARAD office on 9227 7322.