Please note that all candidates are treated equally regardless of their age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, ethnic origin, religious belief or disability.

Give names and addresses (and telephone numbers, if possible) of two referees. The first should be your present or most recent employer (or head teacher, if a school leaver).

Referees will only be contacted if you have been requested to attend for an interview. References are confidential

Under the Act, most sentences awarded by a Court for Criminal offences may be regarded as spent and disregarded, for most purposes, after a specified period of time and need not then be disclosed. However this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and you must therefore declare any and all convictions/cautions/reprimands/warnings you may have had. As you will be working with vulnerable individuals, prior to commencing in post you will be required to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau Police check.

We undertake to treat personal details on this application form from which you can be identified, with complete confidentiality. By submitting this application form you are consenting for your details to be used in our recruitment process in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Should an offer of employment be made we reserve the right to require you to undergo a medical. (Should we require further information and wish to contact your doctor with a view to obtaining a medical report, the law requires us to inform you of our intention and obtain your permission prior to contacting your doctor).