Safer Renting Trainee Recruitment Pack
November 2016
Contents
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1. Safer Renting
2. Training Programme
3. Job Description and Person Specification
4. Equality and Monitoring form
5. Recruitment Timetable and How To Apply
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Cambridge House is a registered charity (N° 265103) and a company limited by guarantee (N° 1050006)
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Safer Renting
What is Safer Renting?
It is an initiative sitting under the umbrella of Cambridge House Law Centre. Established in 1889,
Cambridge House Law Centre is the oldest Law Centre in Britain and is still going strong.
The purpose of the scheme is to provide a range of tenant’s rights advocacy services for local authority teams
involved in policing the private rented sector. The scheme runs both complimentary to existing services and,
in some cases, as a standalone rights services to fill the gap left by local authority cuts and reorganisation.
How Does it Work?
In the past few years we have seen the mass closure of law centres and the axing of tenants’ rights and
advisory teams within local authorities themselves. In some areas of London there are no tenants’ rights,
advocacy or advice services left. The Safer Renting team are a group of highly experienced and specialist ex
local authority staff who work in partnership with several local authorities on a range of different projects
and pilots specific to their needs.
The council earmark an agreed budget and Safer Renting charges the borough by the hour for work done. In
addition, we have independent funding from the London Housing Foundation, Cambridge House and the
London Legal Support Trust with more bids in the pipeline.
The Pilot Projects So Far
Safer Renting pilot projects began operating in March 2016 and are already garnering a reputation and
providing a detailed advice and advocacy service.
London Borough of Hounslow - We work with their HMO licensing and enforcement team with a mixture
of joint visits to unlicensed properties and case work referrals from the team.
London Borough of Waltham Forest – As with Hounslow we are embedded in their licensing and
enforcement teams, but this is a bigger contract, mixing multi agency action days and home visits with
referrals from a team of 10 officers.
London Borough of Croydon – In this pilot our role is to defend possession proceedings in court in cases
that have been referred to us by their gateway services team, a homelessness prevention unit.
We have also met with the London Borough of Enfield and are putting together an initiative that will work
for them.
The Team
The work carried out by this small team of 5 caseworkers is very broad and the team members have different
specialisms ranging from project management, tenancy relations services, homelessness, financial inclusion
and claims for damages in disrepair.
The work varies and nobody is expected to do anything they either have no experience of or any interest in
doing. For instance, it is not necessary to attend dawn property visits with police and enforcement officers or
to attend court if that is not where your strengths lie.
Routinely the team deals with:
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Illegal evictions
Threats and harassment and seeking redress
Detailed advice on landlord tenant law
Defending possession proceedings in court
Homelessness prevention
Advice on homelessness applications
Maximising benefit income
Advice and assistance sourcing alternative accommodation where possible
Team members have their own Cambridge House email address and a mobile phone. They will also have
access to the online case work database for logging cases and recording work. In these early days you will
not be inundated with work and will be able to fit the work in with other work commitments that you may
have. The work is paid by the hour.
The Future
As the initiative expands across more boroughs the case work team will need to expand with it. We are
happy to work with people who already have comprehensive experience and knowledge in the field.
However, we are also creating an trainee programme for those with limited or even no experience who are
committed to and have a proactive attitude to making a difference.
Knowledge we can teach, attitude we cannot.
Due to a shortage of experienced professionals able to provide advice and advocacy relating to
landlord/tenant and housing law, we are expanding the teaching base element of Safer Renting, designing
and delivering courses for solicitors who want to broaden their specialisms and packages for tenants,
including a concise tenants’ rights handbook.
Additionally, we are working on developing the service as an information gathering, report compiling
facility, feeding into developing partnership with academic research bodies and government agencies.
Safer Renting Trainee Programme
It is an important aim of the Safer Renting initiative to bring new, committed people into the world of
housing advice and advocacy work.
Course Content
The Safer Renting Trainee Programme has been developed for committed housing activists with little or no
experience or knowledge of landlord and tenant law or homelessness regulations but who want to develop
the skills and knowledge required to protect tenants from the worst excesses of rogue landlord activity and
save people’s homes wherever possible.
The Trainee Programme is divided into three core skills modules and one optional module available for those
who want to develop their skills as lay advocates in court.
Mandatory Modules
 Housing advice
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Homelessness legislation
Harassment, Illegal eviction & disrepair
Optional Modules
 Working in the Country Court
 Orientation into partnership working with local authorities
 Interview skills
These modules amount to a minimum 6 days of training in total. All modules involve face to face training
from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm.
Assessment
Participants will be given a test following each of the 5 Skills Courses to assess their capability.
Core Skills One:
Security of Tenure and Housing Advice (2 days)
Legal foundations of renting law – Covering statute, common law and case law. Where they apply and
how.
Tenancy or licence? - The foundation of renting law. All landlord and tenant rights and obligations stem
from being able to tell the one from the other.
Which tenancy, which licence? – In England there are around 25 different types of tenancy and licence
arrangement. It is vital to know the conditions that define each of them so that accurate assistance can be
given.
Contract law – This module deals with the basic principles of how contracts work - what clauses are
enforceable in court and what the principles are for unfair terms and conditions.
Rent increases – Whilst there is no cap on a market rent, there are rules that apply on how and when a
landlord can raise the rent which are open to challenge in the Residential Property Tribunal.
Disrepair – Learn what repairs are the responsibility of the landlord and which are down to the tenant. We
also look at what local authorities can do to deal with repairing obligations.
Tenancy deposits and the Deregulation Act 2015 – There are around 10 different ways that a section 21
notice can be invalidated under the legislation.
Regulatory restrictions – The Deregulation Act ushered in a range of requirements for landlords, involving
retaliatory eviction and provisions for gas and carbon monoxide alarms. New regulations have also been
introduced for letting agents. We will examine what these rules are.
Notices – Different tenancy types are subject to different notice requirements when a landlord seeks to evict
a tenant. Get the wrong notice for the tenancy type or make a mistake in the rules of service and conditions
and the notice is invalid.
Tenancies ended by the tenant – This module will examine termination, implied surrender, abandonment &
unwinding a tenancy, how to identify when any of the above have actually taken place.
Grounds for possession – There are now 18 different grounds for possession that a landlord can use in
court. Some are mandatory and some are discretionary. Knowing how they work is essential in preventing
homelessness.
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The courts and possession orders – County court have both wide discretion and statutory restrictions on
what they can do in possession cases. On this module we will examine the conditions for granting
possession.
Core Skills Two:
Homelessness Legislation (2 days)
Overview of homelessness duties – The framework in which homelessness sits and the overall powers of
the local authority.
Making Enquiries – Learn at what point a case becomes a homelessness case and what do the council have
to do to open a case. What must a local authority take into account? What do they disregard? How detailed
must the enquiries be?
Test #1 Eligibility – Mainly involving immigration issues. Some groups of people are eligible and some are
not. You can be a British citizen and yet still not be eligible.
Test #2 Homeless – You don’t have to be sleeping on the street to be legally homeless. This module will
examine the different criteria that would render a person homeless within the eyes of the law.
Test #3 Priority Need – The government stipulates certain personal circumstances that would render a
person in priority need of accommodation. If the person gets to this stage then the council is under a duty to
provide temporary accommodation.
Test #4 Intentional homelessness – On this module we will look at the vexed issues through which a person
can be deemed to have lost their previous home intentionally. Ignorance of the law is not a defence.
Test #5 Local Connection – This test concerns whether or not the applicant has a connection with the
particular council district. If they don’t then they will be referred back to their home area.
Decision letters, reviews and appeals – In this module we look at the procedures for notifying applicants of
decisions and what rights they have to challenge them.
Duties to the homeless – It is not just about being allocated a house to a successful applicant. There are
duties to those found intentionally homeless and those who are in priority need.
Social services and their part in the homelessness landscape – Just because a person is turned down for
homelessness assistance does not mean that they cannot also get assistance from social services. They too
have a duty to the homeless. This module will examine the regulations and the problems in practice with
getting to directorates to work together.
Core Skills Three:
Harassment, illegal eviction & Disrepair (2 days)
Issues with landlord’s identity – It is important to ascertain if the person who the tenant thinks is the
landlord is actually the real landlord. In some circumstances a landlord is not entitled to receive rent if they
don’t supply their address.
Civil or criminal law remedies – Both routes are available and in this module we will look at the pros and
cons of each approach. The council can do the criminal prosecution but the tenant can also take civil action
resulting in compensation.
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Identifying an illegal eviction and the remedies for it – A tenant is entitled to break back into their
property if the conditions are right and they can also apply for an injunction. This module will examine the
options available to the tenant and the local authority.
Dealing with harassment – It is important to be able to identify harassment when it is occurring and it is not
always what people think. As with illegal eviction there are criminal and civil law solutions available.
Disrepair – Landlords have a duty to carry out repairs to the structure of the building under Section 11 of the
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. The council can prosecute or serve works notices for the serious problems
but there are a range of other issues which a tenant can sue their landlord for.
Calculating damages for disrepair – The small claims court limit is currently £10,000 which means that
Safer Renting case workers can work with clients to claim damages quite easily, without necessarily the need
for a court appearance.
Tracing landlords – Much information can be gleaned about a landlord utilising free internet search
facilities. On this module we will provide participants with a range of resources.
Additional Skills (optional):
Working in the County Court (duration to be confirmed)
The role of the court – Judges do not have free rein in cases, their powers are tightly proscribed by court
rules. This module provides an overview of what they can and cannot do.
Rights of audience – Not everyone is allowed to speak in a case. Non-lawyers need the permission of the
judge. We will look at how to get that permission or in the absence of it how to work as a McKenzie Friend.
Applying for possession – A landlord has to follow a paper trail of court forms to get in front of a judge and
if they make a tiny mistake on the way their case should fail. Participants will learn how to spot those
mistakes and bring them to the court’s attention.
Possession orders – We revisit this subject covered in Core Skills One but in more detail, examining how to
get them set aside, adjourned or dismissed even after they have been granted.
Bailiff’s Warrants – There has been an increase in recent years of landlords obtaining possession orders in
the County Court but warrants in the High Court because it is quicker. We will look at how both warrants
work and how to get them postponed.
Counterclaims – In some circumstances a tenant can counterclaim for harassment, failing to protect the
deposit and disrepair in the possession claim brought by the landlord. In such cases any monies awarded can
be offset against rent arrears.
Disrepair claims – In this module we will look at how to take action for damages in disrepair.
Court Tactics – The judicial system officially discourages tactics in court action but in reality they are a fact
of life for both sides. Adjournments and suspensions can often mean the difference between losing a home
and saving it. We will look at what tactics can be employed, how to do them and when.
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Cambridge House Safer Renting Trainee Programme
Traineeship:
Trainee Support:
Responsible for:
Responsible to:
Location:
Working Hours:
DBS:
Tenants’ Rights Advice and Advocacy Trainee - Safer Renting
Tenants’ Rights Advocacy Team Leader
Undertaking training on the delivery of outreach advice and advocacy
Chief Executive
Cambridge House.
24 training days
Enhanced
1) Background
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The traineeship positions have been created in order to provide a route to a paid internship position
at Cambridge House.
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Cambridge House is a social action centre that tackles poverty and social injustice. We focus on the
needs of people forced to the edges of society as a result of multiple disadvantage and complex
interrelated needs.
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We have been working with local authority and voluntary sector practitioners engaged in enforcement
against criminal landlords and have witnessed the negative fallout, both from the activities of the
landlords and from enforcement action itself, on the tenants - a high proportion of whom suffer severe
multiple disadvantage.
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Cambridge House is in dialogue with a variety of agencies and practitioners, scoping and building
support for a project that will promote social justice for tenants of criminal landlords.
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The project mission is to be a pathfinder at the local level for an effective multi-agency approach to
increasing social justice for the existing tenants of criminal landlords and those at risk of falling into
their hands in future.
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The project aims to provide tenants with advice, support and advocacy, and alternative routes into
better housing. In safeguarding their rights, we will also aim to make it possible for them to
contribute evidence to support local authority prosecutions and/or their own civil prosecutions against
the landlords.
2) Trainee obligations
a) To undergo a part time (2 days per week) 3 month structured training programme combining 6 full
training days, with supervised work experience/shadowing, including interviews, site visits and
‘operations’
b) To undertake a range of activities designed to familiarise the trainee with the full range of activities
and responsibilities of the Safer Renting project
c) To learn about the range of policies, procedures and systems operated by the project
d) To contribute to the smooth running of the project by undertaking up to 3 hours per week on data and
diary management for the project
e) To undertake evaluation of competency at the end of the 3 month programme with a view to being
accredited by an independent professional body
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3) Paid internships - Main Duties & Responsibilities
In the event that the trainee successfully completes the accredited training programme, s/he may apply for
any available paid internships expected to be made available, duties to include the following:
a) Casework
i)
Receiving referrals from local authority housing enforcement or licencing or housing options
teams; make an immediate assessment of the urgency of the case and prioritise any case where
there is an immediate risk of eviction or other harm for a same day response
ii) Read and record case details on the project’s Casemanager database; ensure it is clear what
enforcement action, if any, is intended by the local authority or other enforcement team
iii) Make contact with the tenant to ensure all relevant facts of the case have been collected and
understood, and discuss the tenant’s expectations of advice and/or advocacy casework; provide
information to the tenant to enable them to formulate and communicate informed objectives and a
clear agreement on what the caseworker will do to assist the tenant. Collect further information
about the tenant’s personal circumstances including rights of recourse to public funds, eligibility
for housing assistance whether or not homeless, employment, benefit status and eligibility for
legal aid, explain the relevance of this information to the tenant and record this data on
Casemanager.
iv) Make contact wherever appropriate and possible with the landlord and/or agent to gather a picture
of what they say are the facts of the case and their intentions; where an offence under housing or
landlord/tenant legislation appears to have been committed or is intended, provide a clear
statement of the legal position to the landlord or agent with advice to avoid or desist from
offending and where appropriate, follow this up in writing.
v) Provide written feedback to the referring officer in the partner local authority as and when
necessary to enable them to factor in tenancy rights work into their enforcement plan.
vi) Assess what casework can achieve and which other agencies or services are able to contribute to
achieving the casework objectives; where appropriate and agreed with the tenant, convene joint
casework discussions or consult those agencies/services accordingly.
vii) Complete all casework, referring back to the team leader at regular casework supervision meetings
to ensure the effective and efficient conduct of casework against targets for the average number of
hours per case.
viii)
On completion of casework, agree and sign off the casework with the tenant and close the
case on Casemanager.
b) Attend monthly routine casework supervision sessions, seeking urgent guidance on any matters in
between meetings.
c) Attend monthly team meetings and contribute any ideas for improving the effectiveness, efficiency or
growth of the team or problems that need to be addressed
d) Be responsible for delivering all casework in accordance with agreed policies, procedures and KPIs
agreed with the Casework Supervisor
e) Keep abreast of proposed and actual legislative changes, other relevant services, policies and issues in
the sector including national and local trends and developments.
f) Represent the service as appropriate in liaison meetings with partner boroughs or at organised
Tasking Days or Operations
g) Ensure effective and accessible communication with the team, service users, the general public and others as
appropriate.
4) General Responsibilities
i) To participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal, and to be committed to own professional
development.
ii) To participate in internal/external meetings, as required, to attend conferences and other functions, and
to contribute to general management decision making, as necessary.
iii) To comply with all of Cambridge House’s governance policies and procedures.
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iv) To carry out any other duties commensurate with the role.
v) To work occasional unsociable hours (evenings and weekends)
vi) Travel across, and on occasions, outside of London.
This job description is provided as a guide to the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive description
of duties and responsibilities. It will be subject to periodic revision as the emphasis on and ways of
working within the role changes.
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Person
Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
1. 5 good GCSEs
1. University degree
2. Volunteering experience in
public, voluntary,
community or social field
1. Experience of statutory
enforcement in the housing
sector
2. Experience of working in
voluntary, public and or
charity sectors
Professional
Knowledge and
Experience
Skills, abilities
and
competencies
Personal
Attributes
1. Ability to listen actively and empathically, to
understand what is said and omitted
2. Ability to liaise and negotiate sensitively, tactfully and
diplomatically with tenants who are in distress
3. Ability to advocate safely but robustly, for tenants with
landlords, agents or other people where there is
conflict and occasional aggression
4. An ability to assess and analyse complex situations and
to draw out a range of possible options for problem
solving
5. Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a
fast-paced environment, set priorities, work
independently and in a team environment
6. Excellent written and oral communications skills,
demonstrating the ability to work effectively with a
variety of people including staff, vulnerable customers,
visiting and resident professionals, public and civil
servants and the general public
7. Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
8. Strong interpersonal skills at all levels and an ability to
create a positive and professional working
environment
9. Ability to adapt to change and respond positively to
new challenges
10. Basic computer skills, including using internet,
Windows and Microsoft Office Suite
1. Honesty, reliability and excellent time-keeping
2. Loyalty and a commitment to Cambridge House’s
work
3. Positive, enthusiastic and friendly attitude
4. Problem solving and ‘can-do’ approach
5. Listening skills
6. Flexible, motivated and adaptable to change
7. Discretion
8. Customer-focused
9. Team-player
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Equality Monitoring and Recruitment Analysis Form
The questions set out in this form help us to monitor the effectiveness of our Equality and Diversity policy, including
the social mobility of our staff team. The information collected enables us to build an accurate picture of the make-up of
our workforce and all those applying for and obtaining jobs at Cambridge House.
We need your help and co-operation to do this, and ask you to voluntarily complete this monitoring form and in so
doing, consent to this data being used for the purpose described above.
The information you provide will:
1. Be anonymously collated for data monitoring purposes within the scope of the Data Protection Act 1998.
2. Stay confidential.
3. Be stored securely, anonymously and confidentially by our Human Resources manager.
4. Be separated from your application upon receipt.
5. Not form part of your application, or be used to assess your suitability for employment, or be seen by interviewers
or those involved in shortlisting your application.
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What is the position you are applying for:
Where did you see this post advertised or how did you learn of this position?
Please choose one option from each of the sections listed below and then tick or place an X in the
appropriate box.
A. Your age
16 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 years or above
You would prefer not to say
What is you date of birth?
B. Do you have caring responsibilities? Please mark all that apply.
None
Primary carer of a child or children aged under 18 years
Primary carer of a disabled child or children under 18 years
Primary carer of a disabled adult aged 18 years or more
Primary carer of an older person or people aged 65 years or more
Secondary carer (another person carries out the main caring role)
You would prefer not to say
C. Do you have a disability, long-term illness or health condition?
The information in this section is purely for monitoring purposes only. Therefore, if you believe you need a
‘reasonable adjustment’, then please discuss this with your manager, or the manager running the recruitment
process if you are a job applicant.
Yes
No
You would prefer not to say
Please mark any of the following that apply to you.
Blind or sight loss
Deaf or hearing loss
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Mobility – e.g. difficulty walking short distances or climbing stairs
Manual dexterity
Learning disability, where a person learns in a different way –e.g. dyslexia
Mental health condition – e.g. schizophrenia, depression
Speech impairment
Cognitive disability – e.g. brain injury, autism, attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder or
Asperger’s syndrome
Other impairment – e.g. epilepsy, cardiovascular conditions, asthma, cancer, facial disfigurement,
sickle cell anaemia, or progressive condition such as motor neurone disease
Other (please specify)
You would prefer not to say
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D. Your ethnicity
Asian/ Asian British
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Indian
Pakistani
Any other Asian background (specify below if you wish)
Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British
African
Caribbean
Any other Black/ African/ Caribbean background (if you would prefer to use your own definition, please
specify below)
Other Ethnic Group
Arab
Any other Ethnic Group (if you would prefer to use your own definition, please specify below)
Mixed/ Multiple Ethnic Groups
White and Asian
White and Black African
White and Black Caribbean
White and Arab
Any other Mixed background (if you would prefer to use your own definition, please specify below)
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White
English
Irish
Scottish
Welsh
Gypsy or Irish Traveller
Any other White background (if you would prefer to use your own definition, please specify below)
Do not wish to declare
You would prefer not to say
E. Your gender
Male
Female
If you would prefer to use your own term please provide this below
You would prefer not to say
F. Your gender identity: Is your present gender the same as the one assigned to you at birth?
Yes
No
You would prefer not to say
G. Your sexual orientation
Which of the following options would you use to describe yourself?
Bisexual
Gay man
Lesbian / gay woman
Heterosexual / straight
Other (please specify)
You would prefer not to say
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H. Your Religion or Belief
Which group below do you most identify with?
Buddhist
Christian
Hindu
Jewish
Muslim
Non-religious (Atheist, Humanist etc)
Sikh
Other
If you prefer to use your own definition please provide this below
You would prefer not to say
I. What is your legal marital or same-sex civil partnership status?
Not Married/not in a Civil Partnership
Married/in a Civil Partnership
Divorced
Widowed
If you prefer to use your own definition please provide this below
You would prefer not to say
J. Your social mobility
Did any of your parent(s) or guardian(s) complete a university degree course or equivalent (e.g. BA, BSc or
higher)?
Yes
No
Don’t know
You would prefer not to say
What type of school did you mainly attend between the ages of 11 and 16?
A state-run or state-funded school – selective on academic, faith or other grounds
A state-run or state-funded school – non-selective
Independent or fee-paying school
Attended school outside the UK
Don’t know
You would prefer not to say
Which of these qualifications do you have to date? (Please tick all that apply)
1 - 4 O levels / CSEs / GCSEs (any grades), Entry Level, Foundation Diploma
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NVQ Level 1, Foundation GNVQ, Basic Skills
5+ O levels (passes) / CSEs (grade 1) / GCSEs (grades A*- C), School Certificate, 1 A level/2 - 3 AS
levels/VCEs, Higher Diploma
NVQ Level 2, Intermediate GNVQ, City and Guilds Craft, BTEC First/General Diploma, RSA
Diploma
Apprenticeship
2+ A levels/VCEs, 4+ AS levels, Higher School Certificate, Progression/Advanced Diploma
NVQ Level 3, Advanced GNVQ, City and Guilds Advanced Craft, ONC, OND, BTEC National, RSA
Advanced Diploma
Undergraduate degree (e.g., BA, BSc)
Master’s degree (e.g., MA, MSc)
Doctorate degree (e.g., PhD)
NVQ Level 4 - 5, HNC, HND, RSA Higher Diploma, BTEC Higher Level
Professional qualifications (e.g., teaching, nursing, accountancy)
Other vocational/work-related qualifications
Non-UK qualifications
No qualifications
You would prefer not to say
Did either (or both) of the following apply at any point during your school years?
Your household received income support:
Yes
No
Don’t know
You would prefer not to say
You received free school meals:
Yes
No
Don’t know
You would prefer not to say
Thank you very much for completing this form
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Cambridge House is a registered charity (N° 265103) and a company limited by guarantee (N° 1050006)
Registered office: Cambridge House, 1 Addington Square, London SE5 0HF
Special Conditions
In accordance with our Safeguarding Policy, all employees are subject to a satisfactory DBS (formerly CRB) check.
Terms
24 Training Days
Recruitment Timetable
The closing date for applications is midnight on Friday 2nd December 2016. Applicants will be invited to an interview
during W/C 12th December 2016.
How to Apply
Please provide:
1. A supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 that:
i) Describes the reasons why the opportunity interests you
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Cambridge House is a registered charity (N° 265103) and a company limited by guarantee (N° 1050006)
Registered office: Cambridge House, 1 Addington Square, London SE5 0HF
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ii) Explains how you believe you meet the requirements of the person specification
A comprehensive CV
Details of two referees
A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (attached)
Email completed applications by midnight on Friday 2nd December 2016 at the latest to:
Simonette Davies
[email protected]
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Cambridge House is a registered charity (N° 265103) and a company limited by guarantee (N° 1050006)
Registered office: Cambridge House, 1 Addington Square, London SE5 0HF