Personal Details
Eligibility To Drive
Criminal Convictions
The post for which you are applying is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. ALL convictions, cautions, reprimands, bind-overs and final warnings (including traffic but not parking offences) must be declared including any that would normally be regarded as spent, irrespective of when they occurred. Any offer of appointment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure/ Membership of Disclosure Scotland’s Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme as appropriate.
Education Record
Please provide details of relevant education:
Training
Please provide details of training relevant to the position for which you have applied:
Employment Record
Please provide details of your full employment history, accounting for any breaks, recording your current or most recent employment first. We will require references in connection with all employment/ education over the last five years and any additional roles (including voluntary positions) involving contact with children or vulnerable adults, evidence of any period of self-employment and also any period when you were not in employment.
Gaps in Employment, Education or Training
Reasons for applying
Please give your reasons for applying for this position and demonstrate your suitability for appointment by relating any relevant experience, qualifications, skills, knowledge, personal qualities etc to the requirements of the role
References
Please provide the name and contact details of employment/ education referees covering the last five years and a personal referee who must be someone you have known for a minimum of two years and who is able to comment on your suitability for the post (your personal referee cannot be a relative or someone you live with).
Employment/ Education Referees
Personal Referee
Further information
Person specification questionnaire
Experience
We work with children and young people whose behaviour can be challenging. Although experience of working with children is not essential, it is essential that you feel confident with these groups.
The Company also undertakes some work which involves supporting vulnerable adults (often with particularly complex needs).
Knowledge
People coming into our care are typically within the social care or youth justice systems.
Skills
Driving is a key part of the role and all members of the team are expected to take on some of the driving responsibility on task. Our vehicles are generally less than three years old, fully maintained and equipped, but you will sometimes be required to drive under challenging conditions. It is essential that you are a safe and confident driver.
Excellent verbal communication skills are essential in communicating effectively with those in our care and other professionals. It is also essential that internal and external documentation is correctly interpreted as well as accurately and fully completed.
Attributes
On occasions, those in our care behave in ways which may present a danger to themselves or others. Our training includes the use of control and restraint techniques – verbal and physical - which may be used in such circumstances.
The vast majority of our tasks are undertaken by a team of staff but you may also be expected to work alone on occasions.
The Company operates 24 hours a day 365 days a year and tasks are booked, commence and finish at any time over the 24-hour period. Staff are generally tasked the previous afternoon for pre-booked and as they are received for emergency call-out tasks. Due to the unpredictable nature of our work, there will be days when you work particularly long hours and some when you are not tasked at all. Flexibility is key.
Due to the nature of our work, the role involves working regularly in stressful and sometimes confrontational and volatile situations.
We hope that answering these questions has given you an insight into the experience, skills, knowledge and personal attributes we consider valuable in applicants for the role of an Escort and Support Worker and helped you to consider whether this may be a role that would work for you. If you decide to submit an application to join us, please use the application form to demonstrate how you meet the criteria.
Physical and emotional challenges of the role
Declaration