Adults in Scouting
Adults in Scouting 18+ years
Volunteering with Scouts is your chance to step into something bigger without leaving your everyday life behind. Support young people, grow your own skills and be part of the adventure.
Adults in Scouting Roles
Scouting offers adults a host of rewarding opportunities to help make a difference in young people’s lives.
You’re never too old to join the adventurous life of Scouting, even if you haven’t been involved before. There are endless opportunities for all adults over 18 who step up into roles as Scout Volunteers. Many of the 20,000 Adult Volunteers in Australia are parents of members, but many are just energetic people who thrive in a positive, supportive atmosphere and enjoy helping young people be the best they can.
The personal satisfaction of helping young people to achieve their goals is immense, and your sense of personal achievement when you help them through a hurdle is nearly as strong as theirs!
Where else can you take part in abseiling, rock climbing, scuba diving, and countless other adventurous activities with wonderful company and low costs?
Scouting Volunteers have incredible travel opportunities, interstate and overseas, to share discoveries with youth members.
And you’re never alone, with thousands of fellow Volunteers to turn to in a giant, supportive network of friends.
VET QUALIFICATIONS
Did you know that Scouts Australia has it’s own RTO?
The Scouts Australia Institute of Training (SAIT) was first established as a Registered Training Organisation (RTO No. 5443) in August 1996. SAIT seeks as its primary purpose, to enable members of Scouts Australia who have completed learning through either the Youth Program or Adult Training & Development the ability to seek, through a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) assessment, nationally recognised qualifications.
Venturer Scouts, Rover Scouts and adult members with the appropriate learning may enrol to be recognised with full or partial qualifications.
Qualifications through Scouts Australia Institute of Training are issued at no cost to Scouts Australia members.
There are a variety of qualifications on offer so visit this page to find out more.