Southwest Emergent Response Volunteer (SWERV) Reference Form
Thank you for agreeing to serve as a reference for a SWERV candidate! Please fill out the form below as honestly as possible, in order for the SWERV program to best assess the candidate's readiness for service.
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SWERV Candidate Name
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Contact Information (Phone and Email)
How long, how well, and under what circumstances have you known the applicant?
What do you believe to be the applicant’s reasons for applying to be a SWERV (Southwest Emergent Response Volunteer)?
Intentional Community:                                                                                                                                                                 Volunteers are expected to think more critically about their own identity while exploring what it means to be in community with one another and their neighbors. Do you think this person has the capacity/readiness to work towards this goal?
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Please provide any additional comments, especially if you indicated "No" above.
Spiritual Practice:                                                                                                                                                  Volunteers are invited, with their community, to enter into a deeper relationship with their own faith. Through connections with local worshiping communities, individual and community practices, and engagement with deep questions, volunteers develop grounding in sacred rituals and traditions that draw them close to the Divine. Do you think this candidate is willing/prepared to engage in these sorts of spiritual practices?
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Please provide any additional comments, especially if you indicated "No" above.
Vocational discernment & professional development:                                                                                Volunteers will engage in vocational discernment and professional development supported by program staff. Both vocational discernment and professional development work will uncover and explore complications of privilege related to race, class, gender, and more, to support the growth of volunteers into justice-focused leaders. Do you think this candidate has the capacity/readiness to work towards this focus area?
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Please provide any additional comments, especially if you indicated "No" above.
Anti-oppression education:                                                                                                                                                    Volunteers will participate in service, wrestle with new ideas, and build relationships with people who have different life experiences. Through personal reflection and community conversation, volunteers will make meaning out of these experiences and expand their skills for critical analysis and creatively imagining alternative worlds. Volunteers will practice recognizing and speaking against structures of oppression in the surrounding context, including within the program itself and their work placements. Do you think this candidate is prepared to engage in these conversations of identity and race?
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Please provide any additional comments, especially if you indicated "No" above.
Volunteer service:                                                                                                                                                              Volunteers will give their time and energy to do work identified as useful by partner organizations. Serving with neighbors gives volunteers an opportunity to build authentic relationships and learn first-hand as they work alongside local leaders and experienced volunteers. Do you think this candidate has the capacity/readiness to engage in direct service, following the direction of local leadership?
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Please provide any additional comments, especially if you indicated "No" above.
How would you describe this person's overall emotional maturity?
How would you summarize this person's organizational and time management skills?
Are you aware of any health issues (psychological and physical) that might impact the applicant's ability to serve?
How do you rate the applicant’s overall potential for serving as a Young Adult Volunteer?
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Please state frankly your opinion of the applicant’s all-around fitness for volunteer service, adding any significant information and impressions that have not been brought out by the preceding questions.
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