6 MONTH REVIEW CHECKLIST:

Terms of Settlement & The Plan for Partnership:

Stipend & Housing (allowance), expenses claims, travel arrangements all OK?

Commissioning Service –copy of The Covenant for the CRCW office?

Covenant agreement adhered to? Additional funding secured?

Work conditions & environment:

Work base / office space OK?, office equipment, office systems eg. keys & security, responsibilities for buildings, budget & petty cash, computer access, admin. support.

Policies & procedures:

Equal Opps. Health & Safety. Child Protection / Vulnerable Adults. Data Protection.

Any others?

Equal opportunities / Health and safety
Recruitment and selection / Complaints
Volunteering / Child/vulnerable adults protection
Grievance and disciplinary / Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks for staff and volunteers
Financial / Public and employers liability insurance

The Local Management Committee:

LMC Chairperson / main contact person role & relationship?

Frequency of meetings. Membership. Clarity of role & purpose?

Links with the church? Publicity & promotion of the work.

Is it functioning effectively? Training required?

Work objectives:

Induction / starting work programme satisfactory?, familiarisation with the area & context, research & surveys completed? Probationary period? Any specific pieces of work yet?

A balanced work load & initial priorities? Role description appropriate in practice?

Workplan yet? Methods for monitoring and evaluation?

CRCW Support, training & development:

Support Group meetings? Pastoral adviser? EM / POET & training opportunities. Study time. ‘Linked’ to the Synod & wider CRCW role? Met with Synod officers? eg. YCWT, training & development officer. Attended conferences? Church involvement.

Aware of / attending CRCW gatherings & relationships with the CRCW Programme Sub-Committee & URC

Other support networks with colleagues.

Is additional or different support, training or development opportunities required?

Work relationships:

-With the minister of Word & Sacraments –frequency of meetings, understanding of each others’ different work priorities & methods, demarcation of boundaries and distinctive roles, expectations of each other, support for each other. Teamwork.

-With the local community –different community groups, residents, workers, organisations.

-With the church congregation(s) –involvement with worship, ‘church-relatedness’, study & awareness raising, particular groups? With the elders?

-Any other significant relationships developing / to be developed?

General perceptions & comments:

Early impressions about the work & calling to this particular place.

Healthy home / work balance? Time off each week for personal refreshment (not to be contacted) Holidays booked?

Commitments to other people, places & projects?

General feelings and impressions about the CRCWs initial work performance & progress to date?

Areas for development and focused work?

Particularities of this project and post:

Eg. Originally, intended to be a 6 month calling to do a particular piece of research.

Particular developments in the church / community to be aware of?

Anything else that the church-in-community says that the CRCW Programme Sub-Committee should be aware of?

Forthcoming Annual Review:

Any particular questions to address or monitor in the Annual Report?

Collecting evidence & reports?