Who requires First Response?
The full requirements list is found in the POR Chapter 16 Teams Table
- Common roles which DO require first response are:
- Group Lead Volunteers
- Section Team Leaders
- Section Team Members (including those who were previously Section Assistants)
- Common roles NOT requiring first response (unless one of the roles above are held) :
- Trustees
- Non-member – requires disclosure
- Retired members, Presidents & Vice presidents
- Group/District Leadership Team members without other roles
- District Programme / Volunteering Team / Support Team members
I need to complete First Response training:
- GLSW provide First Aid training, free of charge, to leaders requiring First Aid.
- Young Leaders receive Module K training via the district young leader training scheme, or they may also attend the county training – however this will be at a cost.
- Those who do not need First Response but would prefer to have this qualification may also take this training but this will be at a charge.
All of the GLSW courses are advertised here. If none are showing at the moment, the next term’s training has not been loaded yet, check back in a few days.
FirstAidEasy – GLSW First Aid Training
I completed a GLSW course but First Response is not showing as completed on My Learning.
- This training has to be credited manually – and it can typically take up to a week to show up on the system.
- Unfortunately the system is not easy to use for those crediting the account, and so occasionally learning might not save correctly.
- If after 7 days it has not appeared on My Learning, please email Paul Green with your name and membership number and this can be checked for you.
- Do not email the course organisers. Once they have completed the course with you, their responsibility ends and they cannot credit First Response on the system – this is done by the district team.
I have completed a course outside of GLSW. How can I get this credited?
External first aid courses must be validated by the County First Aid assessor as follows.
- Complete any necessary conversion course (more on this below)
- Upload any relevant information such as certificates and syllabuses, and any conversion course (more on this below) certificate, to the My Qualifications section of My Membership
- Email paul.green@glswscouts.org.uk
- (If required) the county team will arrange to complete a child and/or adult CPR assessment with you.
- County team will notify the District team once your first aid has been approved.
Conversion courses: As Scouts’ First Response syllabus is heavily tailored towards Scouting, there are elements which are not usually covered on commercial courses. You can therefore complete the blended e-learning module on learn.scouts.org.uk to cover the areas not typically covered in FAW/EFAW or vocational first aid.
There are a variety of first aid courses / qualifications available with some examples below:
| Qualification / Course | Evidence Required | Conversion Course Required? | Face to Face CPR Assessment needed? |
| Doctors / Nurses / Ambulance Crews etc | Certificate / Registration and recent CPD, for example BLS. | No | No |
| Police Officers | Module 1 and Module 2 of College of Policing First Aid | Yes – scouts.org.uk e-learning (login required) | No |
| Emergency First Aid at Work (1 day) | Certificate | Yes – scouts.org.uk e-learning (login required) | Child CPR |
| First Aid at Work (3 day) | Certificate | Yes – scouts.org.uk e-learning (login required) | Child CPR |
| RYA First Aid | Certificate | Yes – scouts.org.uk e-learning (login required) | Child CPR |
| Surrey Scouts 16 hour (Instructor: Martin David) | Certificate | No | No |
| 16 Hours REC/Outdoor First Aid | Certificate | Yes – scouts.org.uk e-learning (login required) | Child CPR |
| Child / Paediatric First Aid | Certificate | Yes – scouts.org.uk e-learning (login required) | Adult CPR (unless evidence can be provided that Child and Adult CPR covered on course) |
| Other | Certificate & Syllabus | TBC by County Team | TBC by County Team |
Can I use my scout First Response training to provide EFAW cover at work.
No – the scout course is heavily tailored to scout requirements around programme and policy and does not meet the HSE’s requirements for Emergency First Aid at Work.
