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Any declaration made on the form will be completely confidential – regardless of the nature of the information.

Health questionnaires will be sent to all appointable applicants. It is important that when completing the health section all information of relevance to the post applied for should be detailed. This assists the team in ensuring that you are physically and mentally fit under the Regulatory framework from the Care Quality Commission, to undertake the post applied for whilst complying with the Equality Act 2010. Any reasonable adjustment necessary will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

Please ensure that you complete the information regarding referees. References are always requested as a confidential statement and therefore are never disclosed to the applicant. 

We strongly advise that you seek permission from your referee before including their contact information in your application form. Any delay in the gathering of this information could impede any decision regarding your suitability for appointment. Where a reference is considered insufficient to decide, a third reference will be requested. This should be from a previous employer in the last ten years where you have worked for a minimum of three months.

References are always sought before any decision can be made regarding your suitability for employment.

These checks are mandatory under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. It is essential that you declare any criminal activity even where that conviction is deemed spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any disclosure of criminal activity resulting in a caution, reprimanding or conviction will not in and of itself preclude your appointment to the post, however, nondisclosure of any criminal activity will result in any job offer being withdrawn. 

Trust and honesty must be established from the outset for a clear and transparent working relationship to develop. New DBS forms are now in place and all sections marked in yellow must be completed. Continuation sheets, if any are required, are available from www.homeoffiice.gov.uk/dbs

Once we have received and checked appropriate references, a job offer will be made - subject to DBS checks. In conjunction with filling out the DBS form, applicants must provide proof of identity. The following documents are acceptable forms of proof:

• Utility Bill

• Passport

• Birth Certificate

• Driving License

• International ID Card

• NI Card

• Other Identity Documentation

• Work permit

• Non-EU Immigration Documentation

You will be informed of which documentation is relevant to your application. The

Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 requires Prevail Support as employers to make checks as to your legal status of employment within the UK. This organisation complies fully with The Border and Immigration Agency guidance for employers in this regard. Documentation must be originals only; copies will be kept for file purposes only.

The mandatory checks which must be in place to safeguard service users inevitably mean a long recruitment process. We advise all new staff that are currently employed to give their notice only when we can confirm a job offer.

We will keep in touch with you throughout the recruitment process. What forms of communication are used during the process are dependent on what best suits your needs. 

All staff must undertake an induction programme tailored to their experience, qualifications and competencies. This is mandatory. The induction follows the Skills for Care Certification 2015 Standards 1 - 15. Your induction must be completed within a maximum of 12 weeks – our probation period - during which time you are monitored to ensure you are meeting our service standards.

We hope that our rigorous hiring process demonstrates that we set our standards high in order to ensure the safeguarding of our service users.