Contractor Agreements - Ancestral Medicine

Please indicate that you have reviewed the following recordings:

ALL SUPPORTERS: I have reviewed the Overview to General AM Involvement recording.

ONLINE COURSE SUPPORT: I have reviewed the Online Course Support recording, and reviewed the additional written material.

IN-PERSON INTENSIVE SUPPORT: I have reviewed the In-Person Intensive support recording.

Please read and check your agreement to each of the following terms and conditions for paid or volunteer work:

Additional Policies for all ERCs and Volunteers

Remote Work(Required)

Communication. All volunteers must arrange for reliable means of communication, including for teaching, sessions, small groups or rituals, or meetings with AM Staff. This includes securing both a quiet location so as not to disrupt or deter from the interaction and also presenting with an appearance, demeanor, and sobriety appropriate to one’s role and setting.

Equipment. Since all volunteers use their own equipment, AM may determine if the equipment contains appropriate software and configuration for the volunteer to effectively and securely perform work and volunteer related tasks. Volunteers are responsible for all maintenance and repair of their own equipment AM accepts no responsibility for damage or repairs to volunteer-owned equipment.

Security. AM expects volunteers working remotely to ensure the protection of any proprietary company and customer information accessible from their home office. Steps include the use of regular password maintenance, and any other appropriate measures.

Safety. Volunteers are expected to maintain their home workspace in a safe manner, free from safety hazards. Ancestral Medicine does not assume any liability for injuries occurring in the volunteer home workspace. AM is not liable for loss, destruction, or injury that may occur in or to the volunteer home related to their service with AM.

Confidentiality(Required)

AM has developed, uses, and maintains confidential and proprietary information including, without limitation, course curriculum, training materials, online product information, personnel information, operating procedures, marketing information, financial data, and customer information (the “Confidential Information”). ERCs and volunteers will rarely come into contact with Confidential Information in the course of their service; however, exceptions may include access to select passwords (e.g., transcription services, Zoom login), access to select AM participant emails, and/or access to personal information when serving in a mentor or supervisor capacity.

AM has taken and shall continue to take, all reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of such information. ERCs and volunteers agree to hold such information in the strictest confidence, and will not disclose to any business, firm, entity, or person, either directly or indirectly, any of the Confidential Information. You further agree that you will return all such Confidential Information and any copies thereof to AM within three days of completing your service or role regardless of the reasons for the completion.

Ongoing Evaluation(Required)

ERCs and volunteers serve at the invitation of AM Staff and Leadership. Although there is not always a formal process for assessing in an ongoing way the performance of each ERCs and volunteer, AM does solicit feedback from participants in our offerings, and we listen carefully when feedback reaches us. In cases of positive feedback, we typically share this with the recipient of praise. In cases of critical feedback, we typically support the recipient of criticism to kindly incorporate this learning into their process of growth and maturation. This may include a request that a volunteer address the concern in order to continue in their specific service through AM.

AM can end our collaboration at any time for any reason. In addition to scenarios where the collaboration is not working out, AM may rotate people out of roles to maximize the opportunity for paid work or volunteer service for others in the AM Practitioner Network.

Non-Harassment(Required)

AM’s policies prohibit intentional and unintentional harassment of any individual by another person on the basis of any protected classification including, but not limited to, ethnicity, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical ability, political views, nationality, immigration status, or socio-economic background.

If any volunteer feels that he or she has been subjected to conduct which violates this policy, they should immediately report the matter to their primary point of contact with AM Staff. If the volunteer has not received a satisfactory response within five business days after reporting any incident that the volunteer perceives to be harassment, the volunteer should contact Ancestral Medicine Leadership directly. Every report of perceived harassment will be fully investigated and corrective action will be taken where appropriate. All complaints will be kept confidential to the extent possible, but confidentiality cannot be guaranteed.

In addition, AM will not allow any form of retaliation against individuals who report unwelcome conduct to management or who cooperate in the investigations of such reports in accordance with this policy. If any volunteer feels they’ve been subjected to any such retaliation, the volunteer should report this in the same manner in which the volunteer would report a claim of perceived harassment under this policy. Violation of this policy including any improper retaliatory conduct will result in corrective action, up to and including discharge. All ERCs and volunteers must cooperate with investigations.

Equal Opportunity(Required)

Ancestral Medicine is an Equal Opportunity Employer and our management team is dedicated to this policy not only with any AM Staff and Contractors but also with volunteers. Ancestral Medicine will make reasonable accommodations, as required by law, for the known physical or mental disabilities of an otherwise qualified volunteer, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on AM’s business operations.

Any ERC or volunteer who believes they require an accommodation in order to perform their essential functions should speak with their AM Staff point of contact to request such an accommodation. ERC and volunteers should specify what accommodation they need to perform the job and may in rare cases need to submit supporting medical documentation explaining the underlying physical or mental disability and basis for the requested accommodation. The Ancestral Medicine team will then review the request, including engaging in a dialogue with the volunteer, to identify if such an accommodation can be made.

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Educational & Ritual Contractor and Volunteer Agreements with Ancestral Medicine

Ancestral Medicine (AM) may at times invite Ancestral Healing Practitioners and Trainees or those outside the AM Network to offer educational and/or ritual support as paid contractors (ERCs) or to offer volunteer services.

ERC & Volunteer Service Agreement

Additional Policies for all ERCs and Volunteers