/ Application for Employment Advisor
If you are applying for any other position, you will need to request a different application form
Location: / Hours per week:
Edinburgh / Full time (39 hours)
Part time (Ideal number of
hours ………….) /

Section 1: Contact details
First Name:
Surname:
Address: / Main contact number:
E-mail:
How do you prefer to be contacted?
Please answer each statement below:- / Yes / No
  • Do you have a valid UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes? (Not necessary for all roles)

  • Are you related to or do you know any current employees of The Action Group?

  • Are you related or do you know any people who currently use the service, or their family?

  • Are you member of the PVG scheme?

  • Where did you find out about this vacancy? (Please be specific and give the name of any website you have used.)

This form can be submitted by e-mail to or by post to Recruitment, The Action Group, Norton Park Centre, 57 Albion Rd, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY

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Section 2: Current / Most Recent Employer
Name:
Address:
Position Held: / Employment start date:
Notice required:
Date of leaving (if applicable):
Reason for leaving (if applicable):
Final salary:
Brief description of duties:
Section 3: Previous Employment / voluntary work
Please provide details for the last five years plus any other relevant experience, starting with the most recent, and including any gaps in employment.
Dates / Employer / Position held / Reason for leaving
From:
To:
From:
To:
From:
To:
From:
To:
Please continue on a separate sheet if necessary
Section 4: Referee details
Please provide the details for two referees, one of which should be your current or most recent employer. The secondcan be from a previous employment, voluntary work or academic study you have recently undertaken. Friends and colleagues are not usually suitable referees. We occasionally need to contact additional referees, including previous employers. This is managed on a case by case basis and with your prior agreement.
Please provide professional work email addresses where possible.
Current or most recent employer
Name: / 2nd Referee
Name:
Organisation: / Organisation:
Job title of referee: / Job title of referee:
Email:
Phone:
Address: / Email:
Phone:
Address:
Relationship (eg. Line manager, Volunteer Coordinator, HR): / Relationship (eg. Line manager, Volunteer Coordinator, HR):
Section 5: Details of Relevant Qualifications and Professional Memberships
This includes SSSC registration if applicable. Evidence of these will be required before a firm job offer is made. Use a separate sheet if necessary.
Qualification / Subject / Awarding Body
Professional Body / Type of Membership / Registration Number
Section 6: Learning and Development Activities
Please list any other training, learning or development activities undertaken which you think are relevant to this application (e.g. first aid training):

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Before completing the rest of the form you should consider the person specification for this role carefully. Your application will be assessed against the criteria listed within that document.
Section 7: Personspecification
Looking at the person specification for this post, please give examples below of how you fulfil this.
Section 8: Empowering People
Tell us about a time when you supported a client/customer/friend/family member in an empowering manner (i.e. in a way that gave them choice, respect and/or increased knowledge or ability). Use a separate sheet if necessary.
Section 9: Building & Maintaining Relationships
Give us an example which demonstrates your ability to determine priorities, set realistic timescales and organise your own time effectively, to achieve set targets. Use a separate sheet if necessary.

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Section 10: Previous Convictions
Legislative provisions relating to the non-disclosure of ‘spent’ criminal convictions do not apply to certain occupations. Due to the nature of The Action Group’s work, the majority of its positions are included in this excepted type of employment under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2003 and The Police Act 1997. Therefore it is necessary for you to also complete a self-declaration form and return it to us alongside your application.
To ensure its confidentiality we recommend that the self-declaration form is placed in a sealed envelope. This will only be opened if we wish to proceed with your application.
Any information given will be completely confidential and will only be seen by staff involved in the recruitment process for positions which involve contact with vulnerable people and/or sensitive information.
Signed:………………………………………… Date:…………………………..
Under The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 all positions which involve direct work, training or coaching with children, vulnerable adults, or those who work with them require membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme which is administered by Disclosure Scotland. All employment or offers of work will be subject to satisfactory completion of this pre-employment check. Failure to disclose convictions or other important information could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by The Action Group.
I confirm that I understand the above and agree that I will complete a PVG application or update form for the position to which I am applying.
Signed:…………………………………………..Date:…………………………….
Section 11: Declaration
I confirm that the information I have given on this form is to the best of my knowledge correct and accurate, and that misleading statements may be sufficient grounds for cancelling any agreements made. (Submission of this form via email implies agreement of this declaration unless an explicit statement is made to the contrary.)
Signed:………………………………………… Date: ……………………………..

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