Caseworker application form

Please read the job description and complete theapplication form below, outlining why you are suitable for the role and how you meet the person specification. We would be grateful if you could also complete an equal opportunitiesmonitoring form – this will be separated from your application once it is received.

Completed applications should be submitted by email to by 9am on 6 June 2016. Applications received after this will not be accepted.

We expect a high number of applications for this role and are unfortunately unable to provide feedback to candidates that have not been shortlisted. If you have not been contacted by 24 June your application has unfortunately not been successful on this occasion.

Please note, this is a permanent position and thereforeunsuitable for applicants looking for short-term or interim work only.

Recruitment process

Candidates who are shortlisted at the application stage will be asked to complete a short written exercise (to be emailed back to LawWorks). For those candidates then invited to progress to the interview stage, interviews will take place in the last week of June, with a view to the new Caseworker starting work in mid-August 2016.

Personal details

Full name
Address
Telephone number
Email address
Preferred method(s) of contact / Email or telephone (amend if appropriate)
Do you consider yourself to have a disability? / Yes / No (delete as appropriate)
If yes, please tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application or with our recruitment process
Right to work in the UK / Yes / No (amend as appropriate)

Relevant qualifications and legal training

Please tell us about your education andrelevant qualifications, including your legal education or trainingand any relevant courses. Please start with the most recent first.

Qualification / Result / School, university or establishment / Date completed

Employment and experience

Please tell us about your paidemployment history and highlight any experience relevant to the role. Please start with the current or most recent first. No approach will be made to your present employer for a reference before an offer of employment is made to you.

Dates (from and to) / Organisation and position / Brief description of duties and experience / Reason for leaving

Please tell us about your unpaid volunteering history and highlight any experience relevant to the role you are applying for.

Dates (from and to) / Organisation / Brief description of experience

Please tell us about your IT skills and any experience of using case management, database and CRM software.

Type of software or system (eg, Microsoft, Excel, Salesforce) / Proficiency level (basic, good or advanced) / Where the experience was gained or used

Personal statements

Please tell usabout your legal education, training and experience and how this will be relevant to your delivery of the Caseworkerrole (max 300 words).

Please tell us about your written and verbal communicationskills and your relationship management skills and experience, withspecific examples of where you have been particularly effective in these areas(max 400 words).

Please tell us about your work management style and project evaluation experience relevant to the Caseworker role, with specific examples of where you have been particularly effective in these areas(max 200 words).

Please tell us why you would like to perform this role and how it fits with your longer-term career plans (max 200 words).

Other

Any job offer will be conditional on receipt of satisfactory references.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, the information provided on this form will be used in the recruitment and selection process and may be disclosed to all those who need to see it. It will also form the basis of the confidential personnel record of the successful candidate.

Declaration

Please tick this box to confirm that to the best of your knowledge the above information is correct andyou accept that providing deliberately false information could result in your dismissal.[ ]

Equal opportunities monitoring form

LawWorks, the operating name of registered charity the Solicitors Pro Bono Group, wholeheartedly supports equal opportunities and opposes all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the basis of race, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, nationality or national origin, colour, disability, religion or age.

Under this policy LawWorks wishes to monitor its progress towards implementing equal opportunities.

Please help us with this by completing this form. It can be emailed to us with your application.

The equal opportunities forms will not be processed until after the recruitment process has been completed.

Ethnicity

This question is not about your nationality, place of birth or citizenship – it is about the group to which you as an individual perceive you belong. Please tick the group that you feel most accurately describes you.

Asian

British-Indian / British-Pakistani / British-Bangladeshi
Indian / Pakistani / Bangladeshi

Black

British-Caribbean / Caribbean / British-African / African

Chinese

British-Chinese / Chinese

Mixed

White & Black Caribbean / White & Black African / White & Asian / Mixed Background

Other

Other please state:

Prefer Not To Say

Prefer not to say

White

White-English / White-Welsh / White-British / White Non-European
White-Scottish / White-Irish / White-European

Gender

Male
Female
Transgender
Prefer not to say

Sexual orientation

As people are discriminated against because of their sexual orientation, we believe that it is helpful to gather this information. We appreciate that you may not wish to answer this question however - in which case please tick the ‘Prefer not to say’ box. Are you:

Heterosexual / Lesbian / Gay / Bi-sexual / Prefer not to say

Age

Are you:

Under 25 / 25-34 / 35-44 / 45-54 / 55-64 / 65+

Disability

Do you consider yourself as having a disability, as defined by discrimination laws?

Yes
No

Religion

Buddhist / No religion / Other
Christian / Jewish / Prefer not to say
Hindu / Muslim / Sikh

Social origins

After some decades of social mobility, studies are showing that ‘class’ is again becoming a major determinant of many people’s career opportunities, and that law is particularly elitist. Please help us track this regression through ticking the box that best describes the occupations of your parents

Higher managerial or professional occupations or a large employer / Small employers & own account workers / Routine occupations
Lower managerial and professional occupations / Lower supervisory & technical occupations / Never worked/long-term unemployed
Intermediate occupations / Semi-routine occupations

Thank you.

If you have any questions about this form, please contact us. We will be happy to answer your questions without asking for your identity.

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