APPLICATION NO:PSO0318/

APPLICATION FOR:Practitioner Support Officer (18.5 hours per week)

CLOSING DATE:4.00 pm on Monday 9th April 2018

ALL INFORMATION WILL BE TREATED AS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE IN BLACK INK AND ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

PLEASE NOTE CV’S WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

PERSONAL DETAILS

SURNAME: ______

FORENAME(S): ______

ADDRESS: ______

______POST CODE: ______

EMAIL ADDRESS: ______

DAYTIME TELEPHONE NO: (STD CODE)______

Is it acceptable to contact you at this number?YES/NO

EVENING TELEPHONE NO: (STD CODE) ______

Is it acceptable to contact you at this number?YES/NO

NATIONAL INSURANCE NO: ______

RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK ______

YES/NO

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

REFERENCES REQUESTED://REFERENCES RECEIVED://

SHORT LISTED FOR 1ST INTERVIEW YES/NO I/V DATE / / TIME______

SHORT LISTED FOR 2ND INTERVIEW YES/NO I/V DATE / /TIME______

ACCEPTEDRESERVEREJECTED

EDUCATION/ TRAINING (Ensure you include those referred to in Essential and Desirable Criteria)

QUALIFICATIONS ATTAINED
Dates / Type of qualification / Subjects Passed / Grade attained / Date awarded
From: / To:
Secondary Education(name of school/college)
E1
Further Education(name of university/
college)
Other qualification (e.g. Professional) including name of awarding body.

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

Please start with your present or most recent employment and continue on separate sheet if necessary.

From / To / Name & address
of Employer / Position Held
Main Duties / Hours per week in post / Grade/
Salary / Reason for Leaving

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE

Please note that only those candidates who have best demonstrated they meet the requirements of the post will be short-listed.

Essential Criteria

(Please continue on a separate sheet if required clearly stating your name and job reference number)

E2.Please demonstrate clearly yourexperience of writing, designing, editing and preparation of content in at least two of the following areas:
  • Consultation responses

  • Policy briefings

  • Draft legislative responses

  • Press/journal responses

  • Other

E3. Please demonstrate your experience of representing an organisation to a range of audiences including the public.
E4. Please demonstrate clearly your experience in the preparation, organisation and facilitation of meetings/group discussions.

Desirable Criteria:

Please demonstrate your experience/knowledge, if any, in the following desirable criteria.

(Please continue on a separate sheet if required clearly stating your name and job reference number)

D1. Please demonstrate clearly your experience in the preparation and delivery of training courses.
D2. Please demonstrate clearly your experience, if any, of providing advice to individuals and agencies on social welfare issues.
D3. Please demonstrate clearly your experience, if any, of dealing with the media.
D4.Please demonstrate clearly your experience, if any, of facilitating the involvement of the public (at individual or group level) to actively and positively communicate their views.
D5. Please demonstrate clearly your experience, if any, of conducting research and collating information/charts.
D6. Please demonstrate clearly your experience, if any, in the use of social media in a professional capacity.
D7. Please demonstrate clearly, your experience, if any of using ICT as a means of communication.

VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Have you been involved in voluntary service of any kind? Please give details, amount of time spent and the nature of your work.

______

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HEALTH

How many days have you been absent from work owing to illness in the last 2 years?

______

______

______

______

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CRIMINAL OFFENCES

(Note: Housing Adviser appointments are subject to satisfactory AccessNI clearance. Please refer to the ‘Consent to Disclosure Application to AccessNI’ within this pack for guidance and separate completion).

Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence? YES / NO

If YES please give details of offence/s:

______

______

______

Are you related to any existing member of the staff or Board Member YES
of Housing Rights? / NO

If YES, please give details (i.e. name and nature of relationship).

______

If successful when could you take up the appointment? ______

REFERENCES

Please give details of two referees, at least one of whom should be your current/last employer:

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY ALL DETAILS

1 / 2
NAME
ADDRESS
POSTCODE
TELEPHONE
E-MAIL (if applic)
CAPACITY
May we approach your current employer for a reference at this time? YES / NO
May we approach your last employer for a reference at this time? YES / NO

(NB AN EMPLOYER’S REFERENCE WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE APPOINTMENT)

I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION I HAVE GIVEN IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.

APPLICANT’S SIGNATURE ______DATE ______

How did you learn about this job vacancy? ______

PLEASE SEND COMPLETED APPLICATION TO:

HANNAH MORWOOD, ADMINISTRATION OFFICER,HOUSING RIGHTS, 4TH FLOOR,

MIDDLETONBUILDINGS, 10-12 HIGH STREET, BELFAST BT1 2BA