If you are considering employing a lay worker, please contact Andrew, our District Lay Employment Advisor, for an early conversation around good employment practice.
Should you have Church Council or Circuit Meeting agreement to make an appointment, please complete the Authorisation To Recruit Form and send to Andrew so that he can achieve the necessary district approvals for you (Standing Order 438a)
Andrew will support you to create a ‘job pack’ (including recruitment guidelines, a job description, person specification and job advert) and he will continue to be available to you during the recruitment and onboarding process. A conversation at this stage will ensure that the district’s recommended employment terms are incorporated into your vision.
These terms are summarised here: Recommended Employment Terms.
From time to time it may be necessary and commercially viable for you to use the services of a self-employed contractor. If you are considering making an appointment on self-employed terms we ask that you read our Guidance on Engaging a Self-Employed Contractor and encourage a conversation with Andrew to ensure that the correct employment status is established.
Please note that no vacancy may be advertised, neither can an appointment can be made, unless prior approval has been obtained from the District Lay Employment Sub Committee (CPD 438A (5)). This can be achieved through conversation with the District Lay Employment Advisor. For all circuit appointments it is a requirement of the district that a member of district staff is invited onto the shortlisting and interview panel.
Email: hr@yorkshirenemethodist.org
Phone/Message: 07825 337500
For Lay Employees
To ensure that all information held on behalf of the Lay Employment Sub-Committee is correct (as required by Standing Order 438A) and we have the relevant permissions, please can all Lay Employees fill out this form.
For Line Managers
Did you know that the Learning Network deliver line management training for anybody who line manages an employee in the Methodist Church? Click here to learn more and to see the next scheduled training session. Further line manager support is available below and through a Line Managers Handbook (updated 2023).
Policies & PROCESSES
The district has a range of approved employment policies and processes for you to use. These include:
- Absence management
- Adoption leave
- Alcohol and substance use
- Carers leave
- Disciplinary
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Expenses (Under review 2024)
- Flexible working (Under review 2024)
- Grievance
- Health and Safety Policy
- Lone working
- Maternity leave
- Menopause
- Paternity leave
- Performance management
- Probationary
- Protected conversations
- Recording of meetings
- Redundancy
- Shared parental leave
- Social media use
- Violence at work
- Whistleblowing
To access any of the above, or to request a policy or process that is not listed, please contact Andrew.
Other Resources
Job Vacancies – click here for employment and volunteering opportunities from the churches, circuits, and projects of the district. To submit a job vacancy please contact Andrew
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