Leppington,
Birch Hill, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 7WW,
Telephone 01344 860
555
Contact by email enquiries@shp-preschool.co.uk
RecruitmentLisa Thomas, our Office Manager, is responsible for ensuring a safe and fair recruitment process for the Pre-school. Lisa has been involved in recruitment since 1997 and has received formal training in objective recruitment methods. Most recently she has attended a course in "Safer Recruitment" to ensure that our recruitment and selection practices reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. To find out if we are currently looking for staff please give Lisa a ring or send an e-mail. If we are not currently recruiting you are welcome to send Lisa your details and she will keep them on file for six months incase the situation should change. She would then be able to contact you and send you a full application pack if a position should become available.
This will contain full details of the position available including hours, salary, job description and person specification. Before applying for a position with us you are welcome to come and visit and we can show you around and answer any questions you may have. Please call or e-mail to arrange this. The Application Form South Hill Park Pre-school do not accept applications by CV alone. An application form is required and this form should be handwritten by you. Employment History You will need to detail a full employment history in chronological order since leaving secondary education. Please include periods of any post-secondary education / training, part-time and voluntary work as well as full time employment, with start and end dates. Please provide explanations for periods not in employment or education / training and reasons for leaving employment. Please expect that all details, dates and reasons could be checked. References We ALWAYS request references from the people you have named on your application form. We ask for your permission to request these references before you are invited for interview as this helps our decision making when employing adults to work with children. We encourage you to give permission, but will respect your decision if you decide against it. We ask for two references and one of these must be from your current or most recent employer. If you are not currently working with children but have done so in the past it is important that a reference is obtained from the employer by whom you were most recently employed working with children. References will not be accepted from relatives or people writing solely in the capacity of friends. We may ask you if we can contact other organisations that you have listed in your employment history. Self-declaration Because positions at Pre-school involve working with children, they are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. As such you are required to declare all convictions including spent convictions. We give you the opportunity to share information at an early stage so that we can discuss and consider it. This information will not be used to shortlist candidates and we will be fair when we consider if it is relevant to the job. You are welcome to ask for our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders. FIRST INTERVIEW Short-listed candidates will be invited in during a Pre-school session so they can be observed with the children by at least two senior members of staff. SECOND INTERVIEW A formal interview will take place with the Office Manager, the Supervisor or Deputy Supervisor and possibly a member of the Committee. Candidates will need to bring
the following documents to the second interview: CRIMINAL RECORDS DISCLOSURES If your application is successful you will be required to apply for an enhanced disclosure with the Criminal Records Bureau. You will receive more information about this with the disclosure form. You are welcome to ask for the CRB Code of Practice. In the near future, all volunteers
or employed professionals working with children will have to be registered
with the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). This new agency has
been established to help prevent unsuitable people working with children
and vulnerable adults.
You are welcome to ask for
our 'Code of Practice on in Racial Equality Employment.'
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