Awards, Honours, and Recognition at St John Ambulance Western Australia
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Awards, Honours, and Recognition at St John Ambulance Western Australia St John Ambulance Western Australia recognises the service provided by its staff and volunteers in a number of ways, foremost among these being through formal medals and awards. This brochure provides a definitive guide on the formal awards and medals available as well as details about who is eligible, what the eligibility criteria is, and how nominations should be completed. This brochure, and the information in it, supersedes all previous information and advice as at February 2016. St John Ambulance Awards St John Ambulance awards The Service Medal of the Order is a THE SERVICE MEDAL OF THE ORDER OF ST JOHN THE SERVICErecognised MEDAL OF honourThe Service Medal recognises only length of The Service Medal is available only to THE ORDER OF ST JOHN service and as such provides a different form Nomination process of recognition to that given through admission to volunteers who have completed 12 years of The Service Medalwithin is available only the to volunteers Australian A circular calling for nominations is or promotion within the Order of St John, where ‘efficient service’, with bars awarded for who have completed 12 years of ‘effi cient distributed each year in September, an emphasis is placed on an individual’s every five years of efficient service thereafter. service’, with barsHonours awarded for every fi ve System. years with a December deadline for submitting achievements and the impact his/her service Efficient service is achieved if a volunteer of effi cient service thereafter. Effi cient service is completed nominations. Nomination has had on the community. Consequently, has: achieved if a volunteer has: forms for country ambulance volunteers the nomination processes are separate. are attached to the circular and need ` Provided at least 60 hours of annual service to NOMINATION PROCESS the community through their St John } Provided at least 60 hours of annual service The Service Medal of the Order is a recognised to be submitted to Volunteer Member volunteering, per calendar year. Hours spent to the communityA circular through calling their forSt Johnnominations is distributed each honour within the Australian Honours System. Services (VMS) by the due date. Event on stand-by accrue at 50% (i.e. 30 minutes is volunteering.year Hours in September,spent on stand-by with accruea December deadline for counted for every 60 minutes on standby); and Health Services (EHS) tends to identify at 50% (i.e. 30submitting minutes is completed counted for nominations.every Nomination eligible EHS volunteers through its ` Maintained any skills required to perform their 60 minutes onforms standby); for country and ambulance volunteers are Annual Returns, with Area and Divisional role/s at St John; and attached to the circular and need to be submitted } Maintained any skills required to perform their Managers responsible for compiling all ` Ensured their service is of a satisfactory quality to Volunteer Member Services (VMS) by the due role/s at St John; and the necessary supporting documentation A simple way of thinking about the Service date. Event Health Services (EHS) tends to identify (usually just a print out of a volunteer’s Medal is that a volunteer needs to complete } Worked in accordanceeligible EHS with volunteers their through its Annual Returns, service hours per year) and sending efficient service, within each calendar year, position description.with Divisional Managers responsible for compiling this to VMS. for twelve years. Those years do not have to A simple way ofall thinking the necessary about the supporting Service Medal documentation be consecutive. is that a volunteer(usually needs just to completea print out effi ofcient a volunteer’s service Once nominations are processed by The Service Medal recognises only length of service, within hourseach calendar per year) year, and sending this to VMS. St John WA, they are then sent to the service and as such provides a different form for 12 years. ThoseOnce years nominations do not have are processed by St John WA, Australian Priory in Canberra for fi nal of recognition to that given through to be consecutive.they are then sent to the Priory in Canberra for final approval. Presentation of medals and bars admission to or promotion within the Order approval. Presentation of medals and bars occurs occurs each year at the State Conference. of St John, where an emphasis is placed on each year at the State Conference. As the Volunteer Information Portal (VIP) an individual’s achievements and the impact develops additional functionality, a his/her service has had on the community. volunteer’s hours will be automatically Consequently, the nomination processes are recorded in the database and then separate. grouped by year, allowing a greater level of automation to the nominations process. 4 I St John Ambulance Western Australia Awards, Honours and Recognition I 5 Three, six and nine year Three, six and nine year service recognition service recognition pins ribbon (EHS) (country ambulance) THREE, SIX AND NINE YEAR For EHS: Divisional Managers will identify eligible Service Recognition Ribbons are awarded to volunteers These pins are awarded to country ambulance volunteers THREE, SIX AND NINE YEAR For EHS: Divisional Managers will identify eligible SERVICE RECOGNITION RIBBON volunteers. Those who think they may be SERVICE RECOGNITION RIBBON who volunteers.have completed Those 3,who 6 andthink 9 they years may of be efficient who have performed 3, 6 or 9 years’ efficient service. eligible should also contact EHS. The Chief service.eligible ‘Efficient should alsoservice’ contact is definedEHS. The in Chief the same way as Volunteer Member Services (together with Regional Executive Offi cer approves the awarding of for the Service Medal of the Order. After 12 years’ Managers) will identify eligible recipients, based on service Service Recognition Service Recognition Executive Offi cer approves the awarding of ribbons, which are presented by EHS at the service and a volunteer has been awarded the Service records and through the VIP system, and then notify them ribbons, which are presented by EHS at the Ribbons are awarded EHS awards ceremony. Ribbons are awarded Medal,EHS the awards Service ceremony. Recognition ribbons are no longer but volunteers who think they may be eligible should contact worn. VMS at any time. Ribbons are awarded at the relevant to volunteers who For country: Over time, the Service Recognition For country: Over time, the Service Recognition Ribbons will replace the existing Country to volunteers who Divisional Managers will identify eligible volunteers but volunteer’s sub-centre. Ribbons will replace the existing Country Ambulance Volunteer Badge. VMS (together those who think they may be eligible should also It is intended that, over time, pins will be replaced by the have completed three, have completed three, Ambulance Volunteer Badge. VMS (together with Regional Managers) will identify eligible contact EHS. The Chief Executive Officer approves the ribbons which EHS volunteers currently receive. with Regional Managers) will identify eligible six and nine years of recipients, based on service records and through six and nine years of awarding of ribbons, which are presented by EHS at the recipients, based on service records and through the VIP system and then notify them, but EHS Awards Ceremony. effi cient service. effi cient service. the VIP system and then notify them, but volunteers who think they may be eligible should volunteers who think they may be eligible should ‘Effi cient service’ is defi ned in the same way as contact VMS at any time. Ribbons are awarded ‘Effi cient service’ is defi ned in the same way as contact VMS at any time. Ribbons are awarded for the Service Medal of the Order. After 12 years’ at the relevant volunteer’s sub-centre. for the Service Medal of the Order. After 12 years’ at the relevant volunteer’s sub-centre. service, and a volunteer has been awarded with service, and a volunteer has been awarded with the Service Medal, the Service Recognition the Service Medal, the Service Recognition ribbons are no longer worn. ribbons are no longer worn. 6 I St John Ambulance Western Australia Awards, Honours and Recognition I 7 6 I St John Ambulance Western Australia Awards, Honours and Recognition I 7 Quotas limit the number of individuals who may be admitted to or promoted one level Admission to or promotion within the after admittance to the Order. Western Australia’s quota is a combined total of 40. Order of St John Individuals are not able to nominate themselves for admission or promotion, and those nominating others must keep that fact confidential. Individuals whose nominations are successful are invested into the Order during the Being admitted to the Order of St John is the highest ADMISSION TO OR PROMOTION Nomination process Quotas limit the number of individuals who Annual Investiture (usually at the investiture serviceA Regional in theNominations second Committeeyear after is the may be admitted to or promoted one level after honour within St John’s awards and honours system a WITHIN THE ORDER OF ST JOHN nomination is submitted). established in each region to identify between fi ve admittance to the Order. Western Australia’s volunteer or employee can be given. Service needs to be Being admitted to the Order of St John is the and ten individuals whose service is deserving of quota is a combined total of 40. recognised as ‘outstanding’. Outstanding service is highest honour within St John’s awards and What is the Order of St John? the recognition given through membership of the honours system a volunteer or employee can Individuals are not able to nominate themselves measured by the quality of an individual’s service, The Order of St John is sometimes defined Orderas a ‘royal of St John.