Application for Employment

Completing this application form

You should refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for this post to complete your application.

Please ensure that you complete all sections of the form. We will not accept CVs or partially completed application forms.

You do not need to sign the declaration if you submit your application online. However, you will be required to sign a copy of your application form if you are given the role.

Submitting this application form

The closing date for completed applications is . Your completed application form must be received by the closing date and time.

Applications received after the cut-off date and time will not be passed to the short-listing panel. Into Work does not accept responsibility for delays in IT servers. You are strongly advised to ensure that you submit your application in good time.

Short-listing

You are expected to address all the points listed on the Person Specification on your application form.

The short-listing panel will assess applications against the criteria listed in the Person Specification. They will consider ‘essential’ criteria in the first instance but may also consider ‘desirable’ criteria if there is a high volume of applicants with similar assessments.

Into Work operates an optional ‘guaranteed interview’ scheme for disabled applicants, neurodivergent applicants or those with a long-term health condition who wish to participate. However there is no obligation to do so.

The scheme guarantees an interview to disabled applicants, neurodivergent applicants or those with a long-term health condition who demonstrate on their application form that they meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. This means meeting meeting the ‘essential’ criteria listed on the Person Specification.

Applicants should indicate that they wish to participate in Section A of the application form.

You are not obliged to participate in the scheme if you have a disability or long-term health condition.

Interviews

Interviews will take place on:

If you are selected for interview, we will contact you by the method that you indicate on Section A of the application form.

The Recruitment Panel may decide to invite some applicants to a second interview. The date and time of this appointment will be arranged with the appropriate applicants.

We will advise applicants of the outcome of their interview by email.

Adjustments for interview if you are a disabled person or have a long-term health condition

You are entitled to ask for reasonable adjustments for taking part in a job interview. The purpose of this is not to give disabled people an advantage, but to level the playing field.

This includes any tasks that may be given as part of the process. For example:

• An applicant with anxiety asks to take notes into the interview.
• An interview slot is moved to later in the day for an applicant who has drowsiness from medication in the morning.
• An applicant with dyslexia is able to take their own laptop into the pre-interview task to enable them to use their Text Help software to check their spelling and similar sounding words.
• An applicant with a stammer is given extra time for their interview.

Applicant Costs

Into Work is not able to pay relocation costs.

Into Work does not pay general costs, such as refreshments, incurred by applicants attending an interview, or travel costs out with Edinburgh and the Lothians. However, we will reimburse bus or standard train fares within our operating area of Edinburgh, East and Midlothian.

Right to work in the UK

While we are committed to equality of opportunity for all applicants, Into Work is only able to offer a contract of employment to ​candidates who can provide evidence that they are eligible to work in the UK.

Criminal Record Check

This post may involve working with vulnerable adults. The post-holder may be required to undertake relevant disclosure checks before employment can commence.

Reasonable Adjustments in Work for disabled people / neurodivergent people / people with a health condition

If your application is successful and you require us to make reasonable adjustments, we will discuss with you the best way to achieve this for you to be able to do the tasks identified in the Job Description. We would welcome your ideas and involvement with this.

Into Work is happy to provide constructive telephone feedback to disabled applicants, neurodivergent applicants or applicants with a long-term health condition.

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