Safeguarding
Statement:
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
If there are any periods of time
that have not been accounted for in your application, for instance, periods
spent raising a family or of extended travel, please give details of them here
with dates. The information provided in
this form must provide a complete
chronology from the age of 18. Please
ensure that there are no gaps in the history of your education, employment and
other experience. Failure to provide a
full account may lead to your application being rejected.
Please complete in chronological order, starting with the most recent including Post-Graduate Qualifications (please state if you hold the Catholic Certificate of Religious Studies, or equivalent), Higher Education Qualifications and School/College Qualifications
Professional Memberships
Please use this section to detail any professional bodies you are a member of
Please provide a written
statement of no more than 1,300 words
detailing why you believe your experience, skills, personal qualities, training
and/or education are relevant to your suitability for the post advertised and
how you meet the person specification applicable to the post.
A referee who is a current or
former employer should have full access to the applicant's personal records, to
the extent that this is achievable in compliance with the General Data
Protection Regulation. Schools /
Academies / Colleges of a Religious Character (in England only) are permitted,
when recruiting Support Staff to give preference to applicants who are Catholic
where attaching this requirement to the post is a proportionate means of
achieving a legitimate aim (commonly known as a "genuine occupational
requirement").
If you are a practising Catholic,
you should nominate as one of your referees your Parish Priest / the Priest of
the Parish where you regularly worship.
If you are Catholic but do not
consider yourself to be "practising", you may (as an alternative to nominating
your Parish Priest as a referee), provide a copy of your baptism certificate,
or the name and address of the parish where you were baptised and the date of
your baptism.
In requesting a Priest's reference or baptismal information, it is not our intention to deter
applications and non-Catholics are welcome to apply. Please see the Notes to Applicants for
further guidance. It is the
responsibility of the Applicant to ensure that all named referees, including
Parish Priests, where applicable, have consented to providing a reference. Please also ensure that you complete and
return the consent to obtain references form with your application.
In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education we will obtain and scrutinise references prior to interview and referees will be contacted to provide further clarification as appropriate. All information provided by referees will also be compared for consistency with the information you provide on this form and you will be asked about any discrepancies. Please advise if you do not want us to take up references at this stage and provide reasons.
Referees will also be asked for information about:
- All disciplinary offences (including those where the penalty is "time expired" if related to children); and
- All child protection allegations including the outcome of any child protection investigations.
You are advised to read the
relevant section of the Notes to Applicants before completing this
section.
If any of your referees knew you
by another name, please specify that name alongside the details of the relevant
referee.
Other Professional Reference (if you are not currently employed with children, this must be your most recent school / college / employer prior to your current employer)
Other Reference (if desired)
Please upload a copy of your baptism certificate here (if desired)
Disclosure of Criminal and Child Protection Matters and Disclosure and Barring Service Checks
The Multi Academy Trust Company is obliged by law to operate a checking procedure for employees who have access to children and young people.
It is an offence to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a regulated position if you have been disqualified from working with children. Any offer of employment will be subject to checks being carried out in order to ensure that you are not subject to a prohibition order or an interim prohibition order.
In the event of a successful application an offer of employment may be made to you which is conditional upon receipt of satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Checks ("DBS Checks") in relation to criminal and child protection matters. Please note that a conviction will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining employment.
- We are Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, c/o Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Old Durham Road, Gateshead, NE9 6RZ.
- Being a Catholic education provider, we work closely with the school's / academy's Diocesan Authority, the school's / academy's Trustees, the Local Authority, the Department for Education, the Catholic Education Service and other relevant third parties with whom we may share the information you provide on this application form if we consider it is necessary in order to fulfil our functions.
- The organisation responsible for data protection for the Trust is Data2Action and you can contact them with any questions relating to our handling of your data. You can contact them at bwcet_dpo@data2action.co.uk. Please see our privacy policy for information about where your data is held.
- We require the information we have requested on this form in order to process your application for employment.
- To the extent that you have shared any special categories of personal data* this will not be shared with any third party except as detailed in paragraph 2 above, unless a legal obligation should arise.
- If your application is successful, the information you have provided on this form will become part of your personnel file which shall be retained throughout the duration of your employment within our organisation and afterwards in accordance with our data retention policy.
- If you are unsuccessful, your application form and any documents you have submitted in support of your application will be destroyed after a period of 6 months.
- We will keep a record of your consent as evidence that we have obtained your consent to collect and process the data you have provided on this application form.
- You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time and can do so by informing our organisation's Data Protection Officer (see paragraph 3 above) that you wish to withdraw your consent.
- To read about your individual rights you can refer to our fair processing notice and data protection policies.
- If you wish to complain about how we have collected and processed any information relating to your application, you can make a complaint by contacting Data2Action at bwcet_dpo@data2action.co.uk. If you are unhappy with how your complaint has been handled you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office via their website at www.ico.org.uk.
*Article
9(1) GDPR sets out the special categories of personal data as follows: "personal data revealing racial or ethnic
origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union
membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose
of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data
concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation..."
Request for your consent
Please ensure that you read paragraphs 1-11 above and raise any relevant questions before providing your consent below
Language requirements for public sector workers
The ability to communicate with members of the public in accurate spoken [English / Welsh] is an essential requirement for the post. This is because this is a public facing public sector post. Please note that this language requirement may be in addition to mandatory English language requirements associated with your immigration route.
- I confirm that my details are complete and correct
- I confirm I have the right to work in the country where this job is based
- I confirm I have read and agreed to the privacy policy