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Voluntary Placements

Volunteer Appropriate Adult

If, after reading the information sheet, you are interested in becoming a volunteer Appropriate Adult (AA), please contact the scheme by one of the following methods:

Telephone :023 8022 7510 between 09:00 – 17:00, Monday – Friday
E-Mail:aas@solentmind.org.uk
Write to :Appropriate Adult Scheme
Solent Mind
54 Henstead Road
Southampton
SO15 2DD

The recruitment process is:
  1. Informal chat
  2. Submission of application form
  3. Interview

If accepted, training consists of; three days in a classroom setting, which includes a visit to a custody suite. This is followed by a period of shadowing – attending cases with an experienced AA.
All successful applicants are subject to an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.