Care & Support Colleague, Parkhaven Court, Full Time

What have you been studying? List below your last two places of education / training, starting with the current or most recent. This may include training provided by your employer.

You may wish to provide additional information to support your application and how you meet the requirements of the post, which you can attach to this form

Reasonable adjustments / Arrangements for interview

Now for the formal part, Safeguarding and Criminal convictions

The welfare of the vulnerable adults who access our service is paramount. For this reason employment with Parkhaven Trust will be offered subject to a satisfactory check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please refer to the policy on recruiting ex-offenders attached to this application form.

A criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position at Parkhaven Trust. If a check is returned and reveals any information, this will be discussed with the applicant.

employing ex-offenders

We would draw your attention to the following statement:-

“Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986. Applicants are, therefore, not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provisions of the Act”.

Please provide details below if you have been convicted of a criminal offence or been the subject of a conditional discharge or probation order. (Past criminal proceedings are not necessarily an obstacle to taking up a post. This occurs only where the offence/s is / are deemed relevant. Any details will be discussed with you should you be the successful candidate based on your supporting statement, interview and tests). Note that if, once a criminal records disclosure has been completed, it is discovered that you have failed to accurately disclose the information requested below, the company reserves the right to terminate your employment without notice.

References

Please provide the details of two people (not related to you), who can be contacted to provide a reference for you. The first of these people must be your current or most recent employer. If this is your first job, please give a tutor/ lecturer’s name. The other referees will ideally also be your most recent previous employers.

If you cannot provide the details of two previous employers, you may substitute one or more of these with a referee who was a former tutor or teacher when you were in formal education.

If you cannot provide details of a teacher or tutor, we may accept a personal reference from a person of professional standing (e.g. a doctor, lawyer, accountant, recognised religious leader or teacher) who knows you, either professionally or personally.

This information will only be used in relation to any offer of employment that may be made by Parkhaven Trust. The information provided will be held with your application and destroyed in accordance with our Data Protection policy. Please see our website for full details, www.parkhaven.org.uk

Eligibility to work

Eligibility to work in the UK & Ireland: You must bring the original documentation if invited to an interview as evidence of your entitlement to work in this country. Failure to do so will invalidate your application.

Data Protection

Parkhaven Trust makes every effort to comply with relevant Data Protection Law including the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Please read and confirm that you understand and agree to the following:

The information that you provide on this form and that obtained from other relevant sources will be used to process your application for employment. The personal information that you give us will also be used in a confidential manner to help us to monitor our recruitment process.

If you succeed in your application and take up employment with us, the information you have provided will be used in the administration of your employment with us. We will use this information for training and employment purposes and to support the delivery of our services and maintain engagement with relatives. We will share this information with other organisations to develop and train the workforce or to fulfil a legal obligation to do so. We will share anonymised data with organisations for research and to understand how social care is delivered. We may also use the information if there is a complaint or legal challenge relevant to this recruitment process.

We may check the information collected with third parties, or against other information held by us. We may also use or pass to certain third parties information to prevent or detect crime, to protect public funds, or in other ways as permitted by law. By signing the application form, you consent to the processing of your sensitive personal data (as described above), in accordance with our registration with the Data Protection Commissioner. (Please see our Privacy Notice on our website at www.parkhaven.org.)

If you are unsuccessful in your application it will be destroyed after a period of three months.