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Outreach and Engagement Practitioner (London)

Firstly, thank you for your interest in applying!

GamCare is committed to the safer recruitment of staff that work directly with our service users and we take all reasonable steps to make sure that those we recruit are suitable and appropriate. We are therefore asking that you provide detailed information for several important reasons:

1. Compliance with Regulations: The CQC is a regulatory body for health and social care services, so it's essential that we check whether you meet the legal and professional requirements for working in this sector.
2. Thorough Candidate Assessment: Collecting extensive details allows GamCare to evaluate your qualifications, skills, and experience comprehensively, ensuring you are suitable for roles that impact public health and safety.
3. Background and Security Checks: These positions require background checks, including safeguarding and criminal record checks. Detailed information ensures these checks are conducted properly.
4. Fit for Purpose: Specific questions about health, work history, and qualifications help to ensure that applicants can meet the demands of the role and uphold the CQC’s standards in regulating health and social care.

By providing thorough information, you can help ensure a smooth recruitment process that aligns with legal, ethical, and operational standards.

Gamcare is an equal opportunities employer and don’t discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, gender identification, or physical ability.

We are only able to facilitate visa sponsorship in very limited circumstances, so candidates outside of the UK or who don’t have the right to work in the UK need not apply.

In this section please ensure you include the following:

House name/number and street name

Town

County

Postcode

In this section, please enter your Education history and any relevant Qualifications 

In this section please detail your employment history. You are required to cover your employment history from your first job up to your present position. 

You must outline all periods of employment or self-employment (whether or not related to health or social-care) showing beginning and end dates.

You also must state your reason for leaving each organisation (whether directly employed or self-employed).

Please use this form to also detail any gaps in your employment history. 

Please give names and email addresses of two referees, at least one reference must be your present or last employer, who is able to comment on your work experience and suitability for the post to which you have applied. Please note that no referee will be requested from your current employer until you have accepted an offer of employment in writing or provide us with authorisation to do so.

If you have not been employed or not worked for some time, you could provide the name of supervisors or co-ordinators of school or college work experience placements and\or any voluntary.

Please give names and email addresses of two referees, at least one reference must be your present or last employer, who is able to comment on your work experience and suitability for the post to which you have applied. Please note that no referee will be requested from your current employer until you have accepted an offer of employment in writing or provide us with authorisation to do so.

If you have not been employed or not worked for some time, you could provide the name of supervisors or co-ordinators of school or college work experience placements and\or any voluntary.

Please note that GamCare will not ask for any criminal records information at this stage of your application. However, if you have applied for a job which is eligible for a criminal records check, you will be asked to disclose relevant information if you are selected for interview.

Therefore, before applying please consider whether you have a caution or conviction which may prelude you from carrying out this role.

This section is optional, confidential, not visible to Hiring Managers and will in no way prejudice your application. 

Further Supporting Recruitment Information can be found via the following link:

https://www.gamcare.org.uk/supporting-recruitment-info/

Should you have an feedback on the Recruitment Process or need to raise a complaint please follow the link below: 

https://www.gamcare.org.uk/recruitment-feedback/

By submitting this application I declare that the information provided on this form is correct to the best of my knowledge and understand that any information submitted in connection with employment and subsequently found to be incorrect or deliberately misleading could lead to no job offer being made; the withdrawal of a job offer; or my dismissal without notice.