Application form

The Working Time Regulations were introduced in 1998 as a health and safety measure. Average weekly working hours are limited to 48 hours (normally calculated over a 13 week period).

Employers are required to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the limits to working times are not exceeded. This includes inquiring whether a person is working elsewhere.<\p>

All applicants are therefore asked to declare all other employment which you intend to continue if successfully appointed to the post applied for.

• A minimum of two different references are required (you can provide more)
• One of the references must be your current or most recent employer.
• If you have only just finished your education and have little work experience, please provide an academic reference.
• If the job profile states previous experience of working with young people or vulnerable adults is essential, at least one referee must be someone who has directly supervised you in a similar role.

Data Protection:

Please note that it is our policy that all recruitment documents, including application forms for unsuccessful applicants, are kept in secure conditions for a period of 6 months, after which they will be securely destroyed.

If you are successful in your application, in accordance with data protection, we will keep your personal data whilst you are employed by us, and for 6 years after you have left. This is in order to manage the performace of our contract with you. (Data Protection Act 2018)

Data Protection & Monitoring of Equal Opportunities:

Please note that it is our policy that all recruitment documents, including application forms for unsuccessful applicants, are kept in secure conditions for a period of 6 months, after which they will be securely destroyed.

If you are successful in your application, in accordance with data protection, we will keep your personal data whilst you are employed by us, and for 6 years after you have left. This is in order to manage the performace of our contract with you. (Data Protection Act 2018)

I also understand that this information may be stored and processed as part of YMCA DownsLink Group’s Monitoring of Equal Opportunities and as part of the recruitment procedure and I give my consent for my details to be used for this purpose.

I declare that the information contained in the combined application form and equal opportunities monitoring form is true and correct. I understand that any false or misleading information, or omissions concerning criminal convictions, may disqualify my application or may render my Contract of Employment, if I am appointed, liable for dismissal without notice.

I understand that if the position I am applying for involves contact with young people or vulnerable adults; if I am successful, an Enhanced DBS Disclosure will be applied for.