Skills for Care Graduate Management Training Scheme

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1 Skills for Care Graduate Management Training Scheme Application form Skills for Care, home of the National Skills Academy for Social Care, is the employer-led workforce development body for adult social care in England, a growing sector that currently has around 17,000 employers and a workforce of around 1.5 million workers contributing an estimated 43 billion to the English economy. We work with employers across England to make sure their people have the right skills and values to deliver high quality care. The National Graduate Management Training Scheme looks for individuals who have the drive and the values to become future leaders and managers in adult social care a diverse, challenging and uniquely rewarding sector. Supported by the Department of Health, the 12 month scheme is part of Skills for Care s ambition to promote and foster high quality leadership for the future social care workforce. Before you apply for the scheme, we would ask that you ensure that you are familiar with what it will involve and that you have checked your eligibility. The application process will ask you to declare that you are eligible to take part. All applicants are required to have a minimum of 2:2 at degree level or above (or equivalent) in any academic discipline. To find out more about our selection process and for further information on our requirements, please read our Graduate Scheme Information Pack. Best of luck with your application we look forward to hearing from you!

2 Your details Title: First name: Last name: Address: Postcode: Contact number: address: How did you hear about Skills for Care s Graduate Management Training Scheme? Eligibility for the programme: a) Will you have, or are you predicted to have attained, a degree at minimum 2:2 classification (or equivalent) by December 2015? b) Do you have GCSE Maths or English at Grade C or above? c) Are you able to start the scheme in a full time capacity on 11 January 2016? d) Are you able to attend a half day assessment centre in London during the week commencing 26th October 2015? e) Have you read and understood our eligibility criteria as outlined in our Graduate Scheme Information Pack? f) The Social Care Commitment is the adult social care sector s promise to provide people who need care and support with high quality services. Have you read and understood the commitment that we will ask of graduates starting their career in the sector?

3 Rehabilitation of offenders act: Have you been convicted of any criminal offences, which are not yet spent under rehabilitation? (Offenders Act 1974) If yes, please give details: Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 Under the terms of the Asylum And Immigration Act 1996 we can only employ people who are legally entitled to work in the UK. In observing this Act, we will need to see certain documents which confirm this entitlement before an offer of employment can be made. I can confirm that I am legally entitled to work in the UK? Please note you will be asked to provide this evidence if you are invited to interview. Disability Do you have a disability? If yes, please provide details of any support you require at future stages of the application process (online testing or assessment centre)

4 Your education & training (most recent first): Name of institution: Dates from: to: Qualification and grades obtained: Name of institution: Dates from: to: Qualification and grades obtained: Name of institution: Dates from: to: Qualification and grades obtained:

5 Your employment & voluntary history (most recent first): Employer: Address: Postcode: Nature of business: Job title: Dates from: to: Reason for leaving: Main duties and responsibilities: Employer: Address: Postcode: Nature of business: Job title: Dates from: to: Reason for leaving: Main duties and responsibilities:

6 More about you: Please answer each of the following questions in 250 words or less, this will help us to understand why you are interested in joining our Graduate Management Training Scheme and becoming a future leader of the adult social care sector a) Tell us about yourself (250 word max) b) What has attracted you to the Graduate Management Training Scheme? (250 word max) c) What do you see as the greatest challenge for the Social Care sector over the next five years, and why does this motivate you? (250 word max)

7 Your social care placement: If you are offered a place on the scheme, we will go through a process of matching you to a suitable host organisation for your 12 months on the programme. This is a complicated process and a number of factors are taken into account, this includes the placement outline and support arrangements, organisational type and geography. We require that all trainees are flexible in terms of placement type and location, including being prepared to work in any part of the country. However, we will take your personal preferences into account in the matching process. Please be aware that your answers to the following questions will not be used in the selection process in any way, but will inform our discussions should you be offered a place on the scheme following assessment centre a) In which area of the country would you most like to be placed? b) Do you currently hold a mortgage at your current address? c) Do you currently have caring responsibilities? If yes, please provide further information d) Is there a particular area of the social care sector that you have an interest in? e) Please provide any further information that you feel is relevant and should be taken into consideration when matching you to a host organisation, should you be offered a place on the scheme

8 Your referees: Please provide us with the details of two referees. One must be your most recent employer or a lecturer from your most recent educational establishment. Name: Job title: Organisation: Phone: address: Relationship to you: Are you happy for us to contact this referee without notifying you first? Name: Job title: Organisation: Phone: address: Relationship to you: Are you happy for us to contact this referee without notifying you first?

9 Diversity Monitoring Form Skills for Care recognises and actively promotes the benefit of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Skills for Care is committed to ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and as such has an Equality, Diversity and Dignity policy in place for all employees to adhere to. We are also committed to promoting fairness and eliminating discrimination from our recruitment and selection practices. In order to monitor and audit the effective delivery of this commitment, Skill for Care requests that all applicants complete the information contained in this monitoring form. This form will only be used by members of the HR Unit and the information will be used anonymously for reporting purposes to help monitor the diversity of applications we receive. This will enable us to develop appropriate policies and procedures in respect of Equality and Diversity. Thank you for your help HR Unit

10 1. Ethnic Category: The following categories are based on those used in the 2011 census as recommended by the EHRC. Please note the ethnic questions are not about nationality, place of birth or citizenship. UK citizens can belong to any of the ethnic categories indicated. Please select from the drop down list which best describes the ethnic category to which you belong: 2. Gender: How do you identify yourself? Male Female Transgender Prefer not to say 3. Disability: A disabled person is defined in the 2010 Equality Act as someone with a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Please state if you have any long-term physical or mental condition that affects your ability to carry out day-to-day activities. (Advice can be obtained from the Equality and Human Rights Commission ) Prefer not to say If you have answered yes, please indicate the type of impairment which applies to you. If your experience more than one type of impairment, please tick all the types that apply. If your disability does not fit any of these types, please mark Other and specify. Visual Hearing Physical/mobility Long-standing illness or health condition Progressive condition Mental/Psychological illness Ability to learn or understand, or memory Other (please write in below)

11 4. Age: Please state your age and date of birth Age Date of Birth (DD/MM/YY) 5. Religion: Please state your religion, religious belief or similar philosophical belief. The following categories are based on those used in the 2011 census as recommended by the EHRC. 6. Sexual Orientation: Please state your sexual orientation: 7) Are you a carer?:, Paid Care, Unpaid Care