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Application No:

Application for Employment

First Choice Housing Association Limited

Please note: CV’s are not accepted and should not be provided.

The first page will be detached from the application form on receipt and will not be used for the selection process. You are required to provide us with details of all spent and unspent convictions. We guarantee that the information you provide willbe used fairly and will only be seen by those who need to see it as part of the recruitment process.

To enable us to comply with our obligations under the Asylum and Immigration Act, you will be asked to provide written proof of your right to work in the UK, before any job offer is made to you.

The information you provide us with will be held under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Surname / Forenames
Title
Address / Home 
Mobile
Email
National Insurance No:
Do you have a full current driving license? / YES / NO
Have you any current endorsements? / YES / NO
If YES, please give details
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975)
The post for which you are applying is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. It is a condition of employment that all convictions and cautions, whether spent or unspent, and pending court cases are disclosed. Applicants with any convictions, cautions or pending court cases must provide details below, continuing on a separate sheet if necessary. Those who have none of the above should state in the box below:
“I have no convictions / cautions, spent or unspent, or pending court cases”.
Any information given will be considered only in relation to an application for positions to which the order applies. Failure to disclose such information could result in subsequent dismissal or disciplinary action.
Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 including spent and unspent convictions? / YES / NO
If YES, please list any convictions or cautions below:
Disability
The Association is committed to offering equal opportunities in recruitment and career development to disabled people and applications from disabled people are welcome.
Do you consider yourself to have a disability? / YES / NO
If YES please give details, and advise of any reasonable adjustments the Association can make to facilitate your application for the post, in terms of the application and selection process, the interview process and if you were appointed.
Are you, to the best of your knowledge, related to any of the Association’s existing staff, Board members, contractors or suppliers? / YES / NO
If YES, please give details
EMPLOYMENT
Position applied for
On what date would you be available to commence this employment?
Where did you see the position advertised?
EDUCATION
Educational qualifications
Please list examinations taken and grades achieved and place of study:
GCSE O level/GCSE/or equivalent Grade School or College Date
AS level or equivalent
A level or equivalent
Degree or equivalent
Professional Qualifications / membership of professional organisations
Please list, if any:
Other relevant skills/training e.g. \IT skills, welsh language etc
Please list, if any:
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Present/Last Employer / Date of Employment from: / To:
Address
Starting Salary: / Final Salary:
Type of Business: / Position Held:
Describe the work undertaken:
Reason for leaving:
Please give details of your two previous employers, most recent first.
Employer: / Date of Employment from: / To:
Address:
Starting salary: / Final Salary:
Type of Business: / Position Held:
Describe the work undertaken:
Reason for leaving:
Employer: / Date of Employment from: / To:
Address:
Starting salary: / Final Salary:
Type of Business: / Position Held:
Describe the work undertaken:
Reason for leaving:
WHY ARE YOU APPLYING FOR THE JOB AND DO YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT SKILLS?
Please use the space below and no more than one continuation sheet, if necessary) to outline the skills and competencies you have gained and which are relevant to your application for this job. Please ensure that you refer to the job description and person specification. Please include any other relevant information, including why you are interested in this job.

REFERENCES

Please give details of two referees (one of whom should be your present/last employer, and not relatives). Contact will only be made with your authority, and after a conditional offer of employment has been made.
Name / Name
Occupation / Occupation
Address / Address
Telephone No: / Telephone No:
Email address: / Email address:

DECLARATION

Sign and date the declarations and authorisations below:
I declare that the information given by me, to the best of my knowledge, is true and complete.
I acknowledge that dishonesty or the giving of incorrect information on purpose may render this application and any subsequent employment invalid and subject to summary termination.
In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, I hereby authorise First Choice Housing Association Ltd to process the information contained in this application form for recruitment and selection purposes.
Name (Block Capitals)
Date
Signed

PROCESS

  • Applications will not be acknowledged unless a stamped addressed card is enclosed.
  • Applications should be returned to First Choice Housing Association Ltd, 19 Stanwell Road, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, CF64 2EZ (marked Private & Confidential - Job Application) or to .
  • Applications will be scored in a uniform manner and the highest scoring applicants will be invited for interview, unsuccessful applicants at the shortlisting stage will not be notified, please assume if you have not been contacted within 7 days of the shortlisting date that you were unsuccessful on this occasion
  • You are required to bring exam certificates along to the interview so that they can be verified and copies taken as well as your passport.
  • The interview process will involve set questions on the day which will be addressed to all candidates,and an IT exercise, plus an opportunity for you to ask questions about the organisation.
  • A conditional offer will be made to the successful candidate and references will be taken up.
  • On receipt of satisfactory references the offer will be confirmed and a start date agreed.

Closing date for applications:1st March 2018

Interview date:13th March 2018

DIVERSITY MONITORING

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The Association wishes to reflect the diverse communities within which it works and to re-dress any under representation there may be within our governance arrangements. Could you please complete the following:

Any information provided will be treated confidentially and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

A. Gender:MaleFemale

B. Do you identify as Transgender? No Prefer not to say Yes

C. Age:16-17 18 – 24 25 – 59 60 or over

Prefer not to say

D. How would you describe your ethnic group?

WhiteMixed

Welsh/English/Scottish/Northern Irish/British White and Black African

IrishWhite and Black Caribbean

Any other White backgroundWhite and Asian

(Please specify)______

Any other mixed background

(Please specify) ______

Gypsy or Irish Traveller

Asian or Asian BritishBlack or Black British

IndianCaribbean

PakistaniAfrican

BangladeshiAny other Black background

(Please specify)______

Chinese

Any other Asian background(Please specify)______

E. Other Ethnic Group

Any other (Please specify if possible)______

F.What is your religion or belief?

BuddhistChristian Hindu

Jewish Muslim Sikh

No religionAny other religion or belief

(Please describe)………………………….

Prefer not to say

G.Please say how you would usually describe your sexual orientation?

LesbianGayBisexual

HeterosexualPrefer not to say

H.Are you a disabled person and / do you have a long term health condition?

YesNo

(Please specify)______

I.Do you have any access requirements?

YesNo

(Please specify)______