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Application for an Apprenticeship 2014
Thank you for applying for an Apprenticeship with the emh group.
If you would like to apply for an Apprenticeship with us please fully complete and
return this application form to:
Private & Confidential
HR Department
East Midlands Housing Group
Memorial House
Whitwick Business Park
Stenson Road
Coalville
LE67 4JP
OR by email to: [email protected]
The closing date for all applications is Wednesday 23rd July 2014
If your application is successful we will contact you after the above date to ask
you to come in for an interview on the following date:
Friday 1ST August 2014 (Littlethorpe)
If you are successful at interview and we offer you an Apprenticeship with us,
your first day with us will be Wednesday 27th August 2014.
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Completing your Apprenticeship application form
Guidance notes
Please read the following guidance notes before and
whilst you are completing your application.
The Apprenticeship application form is in 7 parts. Each part is not very long and
we hope it will be easy for you to complete.
Part 1 - About the Apprenticeship that you want to apply for.
Part 2 - Your experience, skills and knowledge.
Part 3 – What makes you stand out from the crowd?
Part 4 – Your hobbies and interests.
Part 5 – Your education and training.
Part 6 – Your employment history.
Part 7 – Equal opportunities.
Please fill in this form in your own handwriting using black ink or type to
complete the form. CV’s will not be accepted. Please continue on a
separate sheet if necessary, giving the section heading.
Part 1 - About the Apprenticeship that you want to apply for
Put a tick in the box next to the apprenticeship(s) that you want to apply for.
Part 2 - Your experience, skills and knowledge
We don’t want you to write a long essay, so make it short and punchy. Short
sentences are always good.
 Have you done any work experience or a particular job that you feel
would help your application? Tell us about it.
 Have you got any existing skills that you could tell us about that would
help you in your Apprenticeship? For example, you might have skills
from a previous full or part time job or maybe you’ve picked up some
other skills along the way. Tell us about the ones which you think
would be relevant .
 Have you any knowledge about the Apprenticeship area that you’re
applying for?
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 Look at the person specification which will tell you the type of person
we are after. Some things are essential – others are desirable. Next to
each point, think about how you match it. Think of it like ‘They
want…… - I’ve got….’
Part 3 – What makes you stand out from the crowd?
Why should we offer you an Apprenticeship? This is your chance to tell us
about what motivates you about the Apprenticeship that you want to apply
for and why you want it. Don’t be shy - sell yourself. Again, we don’t want a
long essay, so short sentences and make it punchy.
Part 4 – Your hobbies and interests
Have you any hobbies or interests that you want to tell us about? Has the
hobby or interest provided you with some useful skills that would help in
your Apprenticeship? For example; if you belong to a team – has it helped
you to listen to and work with other people? How?
Part 5 – Your education and training
This part is to allow you to tell us about any qualifications you got at school
or college – or maybe you have done some other courses or training at work
or through a club. Don’t forget any personal development through voluntary
work that would support your application.
Part 6 – Your employment history
Tell us about any full time jobs you have had. If you haven’t had a full time
job yet, then perhaps a paper round, Saturday job or volunteer work?
If you haven’t had a full or part time job before, don’t worry leave this blank
and move on to the section called ‘References’.
We need the names of a couple of references. Ideally this should be from
your previous employer or a teacher, vicar etc.
Part 7 – Equal opportunities
There are a number of bits to this section and the information you provide
here will not be disclosed to the people who will be doing the interviews. It’s
very important you answer these questions honestly.
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Part 1 - About the Apprenticeship that you want to apply
for
As part of your Apprenticeship with us, you will work with one of our teams
undertaking a range of tasks.
Our apprentice Housing Maintenance and Electrical Technician role is of vital
important to our business. We have over 18,000 properties across the East
Midlands and over 20,000 customers.
This is a new role and you will be one of our trailblazers – so we will also be
expecting you to help us develop and improve our service. You will also work
within our award winning Academy.
For the first 18 months of your apprenticeship – and starting with 4 months full
time at Leicester College, you will focus on a Level 2 framework covering
plumbing; carpentry/joinery; masonry/brickwork; plastering and
painting/decorating.
You will work within a number of our teams to learn your trade. Working from our
Littlethorpe Depot (just South of Leicester) you will work right across the range
and diversity of our housing provision – and your work will be very varied and
interesting – one day you could be fitting a complete bathroom, the next you
could be plastering the front room. You’ll never be bored and every day will
present different challenges.
After that you will get stuck into the Electrical phase of your apprenticeship.
The social housing sector houses over 5 million people across the UK and
employs over 150,000 people – so it is a great career with opportunities right
across the UK.
There are also great career progression opportunities – working up to team
leader and then manager - maybe you could be our next Head of Service?
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Part 2 - Your experience, skills and knowledge
Please tell us about any previous experience, skills or knowledge you think we
should consider as part of your application.
You might like to give us some examples of how you meet each of the
requirements listed on the person specification:
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Part 3 – What makes you stand out from the crowd?
Why should we offer you an Apprenticeship?
Part 4 – Your hobbies and interests
Please tell us about your hobbies and interests:
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Part 5 – About your qualifications
School Qualifications
Please name the school that you attended and include the subjects and
grades that you achieved (if you didn’t get any GCSEs at school, just move to
the next question):
Name and address of School:
GCSEs achieved :
Subject
Maths
Grade
English
A Levels achieved:
Subject
Grade
*You will need to produce your certificates to verify the above
qualifications.
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College Qualifications
Please name the College attended in full and include qualification and
attainment level achieved:
Subject
Maths Functional Skills
Level
Grade
English Functional Skills
For example; Hairdressing, Level 2, pass
Technical and Professional Qualifications
Please name any institute or professional body in full and include any
attainment level:
Subject
Level
Grade
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Personal Development
Include any courses, memberships, voluntary work or responsibilities you
consider relevant, with outcomes where applicable:
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Part 6 - Your employment history
Please tell us about all of the jobs you have held including part-time and
unpaid work starting with your most recent employer.
These could also include jobs like paper rounds, baby sitting, working in a
shop etc.
If you haven’t had a full or part time job before, don’t worry, just leave it
blank and then move to the section called ‘References’.
Firstly, please tell us about your current or most recent employment.
Your job title
Type of business
Name, address and postcode
of your employer
The date you started
The date you left
Your reason for leaving
Your salary
Please give us details of your duties, responsibilities and any promotions
you gained:
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Now tell us about your previous employment
Your job title
How much notice do you have
to give?
Name, address and postcode
of your employer
The date you started
The date you left
Your reason for leaving
Your salary
Please give us details of your duties, responsibilities and any promotions
you gained:
Your job title
How much notice do you have
to give?
Name, address and postcode
of your employer
The date you started
The date you left
Your reason for leaving
Your salary
Please give us details of your duties, responsibilities and any promotions
you gained:
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References
Can you please tell us about two people who can provide references – one of
them should be your most recent employer, or teacher, priest etc.
Tell us their:
Reference 1
Name:
Address:
Reference 2
Name:
Address:
Postcode:
Telephone:
Email:
Occupation:
Postcode:
Telephone:
Email:
Occupation:
I give my permission to take up
references prior to an offer of an
Apprenticeship being made.
I give my permission to take up
references prior to an offer of an
Apprenticeship being made.
I do not give my permission to take
up references prior to an offer an
Apprenticeship being made.
I do not give my permission to take up
references prior to an offer of an
Apprenticeship being made.
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Part 7 - Equal Opportunities
The emh group Equal Opportunities employer.
In the provision of housing and related services and in the recruitment of
staff, the Board of Management will make every effort to ensure that there
is equality of opportunity for everyone.
Specifically, no person or group of persons will be treated less favourably
than other persons or groups because of their nationality, ethnic origin,
age, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.
In order to monitor the progress of our selection practices we need from
you the details requested on this form.
This personal information will be kept securely in the Human Resources
Department and will not be made available to anyone before or during
short-listing to ensure that only your abilities, experience, qualifications
and how you stand out from the crowd are considered.
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7a. Please tell us about yourself
Your title:
Your surname:
Forename(s):
Your address:
Your postcode:
Your contact details (please put a ‘x’ next to the best way to contact you)
Email address:
Home phone:
Mobile phone:
Do you hold a full current driving licence?
YES
Do you have access to a car for work?
YES
Are there any restrictions to your residence in the UK
YES
which might affect your right to take up an Apprenticeship
in the UK?
If the answer to the above question is yes, please provide more details:
NO
NO
NO
If you were successful in your application, would you
YES
NO
require a work permit prior to starting the Apprenticeship?
Marital status:
Married
Separated or divorced
Single
Civil Partnership
Widowed
Do not wish to answer
Current employment
Employed
Unemployed
At school
status:
If unemployed, for how long?
Have you previously applied for a job with us in the last
YES
NO
12 months?
If yes, what was it and when?
How did you find out about this Apprenticeship?
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7b. Asylum and Immigration Act 1996
Under the amendment to the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, we are required
to ask for proof of your eligibility to work in the United Kingdom. Should you be
invited to attend interview, you will be asked to supply appropriate documentation
at that time.
Are you free from immigration control and able to remain in the UK indefinitely?
YES
NO
Details of Convictions
Having a conviction won’t necessarily exclude you from being accepted as one
of our apprentices. However, it is very important that you fill in the details below.
If requested, are you prepared to undergo a
YES
NO
Disclosure and Barring Service Check?
Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence?
YES
NO
Do you have any driving endorsements?
YES
NO
If YES, you are required to give details if the post for which you are applying is
exempt from the provision of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) (Amendment)
Order 1986. The Job Description will state whether this is the case.
Date
Offence
Sentence
If you have no convictions to declare, please enter ‘none’ in the boxes above
sign below:
Signature:
Date:
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7c. Application for a guaranteed interview for a person with a disability.
We are using the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS) when filling all
Apprenticeship posts as we recognise that people with disabilities may have
been disadvantaged in their employment opportunities.
Applicants with disabilities who meet the advertised minimum criteria for the job
and apply under the GIS will be guaranteed an interview.
Please note that any false declaration of disability to obtain an interview may
invalidate the offer of a traineeship.
Disability/Impairment
The Equality Act 2010 defines a person with a disability as someone who has a
physical or mental impairment which has a substantial long-term effect on his or
her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. Long-term means that the
disability will last, or be expected to last, for 12 months or is expected to become
substantial.
Taking this into account, do you consider yourself to have a disability?
YES
NO
If YES, please state how your disability affects you:
Do you have an identified learning need?
YES
NO
If YES, please give an outline of your learning need:
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Do you require any special facilities and/or support during the Recruitment and
Selection process? If YES please provide details here:
7d. Ethnic or Cultural Origin
I would describe my ethnic origin as:Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi
Chinese
Asian/Asian British: Indian
Mixed: White and Black African
Asian/Asian British: Other
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
Asian/Asian British: Pakistani
Mixed: Other
Black/Black British: African
White: British
Black/Black British: Caribbean
White: Irish
Black/ African/Caribbean
White: Other
Black/Black British: Other
Other (Please specify):
What is your religion? :
None
Muslim
Christian
Sikh
Buddhist
Other (please specify)
Hindu
Do not wish to answer
Jewish
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Gender and age range
Male
Female
Date of birth:
/
/
Transgender
Your current age:
Do not wish to answer
Choose an item.
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual
Gay or Lesbian
Bi-Sexual
Do not wish to answer
Other
7e. Declaration of Interest Form - Prospective Trainee
Your name
Your home address and
post code
Proprietor or director of a business
If you have any connection or hold any post with a company or practice the
Association does business with you must declare it.
Are you a principal proprietor or director concerned
with the management of any company, firm or practice
with which the emh group do business, or to whom it
makes payments?
This includes:
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
emh group (formally East Midlands Housing Group)
emh homes (formally East Midlands Housing Association)
emh homes (formally Foundation Housing Association)
Midlands Rural Housing Association
emh homes (formally Three Oaks Homes)
emh homes (formally Three Valleys Housing)
 Enable Housing Association
 Sharpes
If yes give details:
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No
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Direct relationships
Are you currently living in one of the emh group’s
properties?
emh homes (formally East Midlands Housing Association)
emh homes (formally East Midlands Housing Association)
Midlands Rural Housing Association
emh homes (formally Three Oaks Homes)
emh homes (formally Three Valleys Housing)
Enable Housing Association
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Do any of your relatives live in one of the emh group’s
properties?
emh homes (formally East Midlands Housing Association)
emh homes (formally East Midlands Housing Association)
Midlands Rural Housing Association
emh homes (formally Three Oaks Homes)
emh homes (formally Three Valleys Housing)
Enable Housing Association
Is there any additional existing or potential contractual
relationship between the emh group and a relative or a
member of your household?
This includes:
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
emh group (formally East Midlands Housing Group)
emh homes (formally East Midlands Housing Association)
emh homes (formally Foundation Housing Association)
Midlands Rural Housing Association
emh homes (formally Three Oaks Homes)
emh homes (formally Three Valleys Housing)
 Enable Housing Association
 Sharpes
If yes give details:
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You must declare any tenancies, leases, temporary employment contracts or
other contractual relationships that you know exist between yourself or your
relative and the Association.
These will be subject to a Schedule 1 exemption and must have followed the
separate procedure.
Current applications for tenancies or sales in progress must be included.
Housing – related organisations
Is there any existing or potential link between the emh
group and a relative or a member of your household,
through being a member of a housing–related
organisation? (Include any memberships you may hold)
This includes:
Yes
No
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emh group (formally East Midlands Housing Group)
emh homes (formally East Midlands Housing Association)
emh homes (formally Foundation Housing Association)
Midlands Rural Housing Association
emh homes (formally Three Oaks Homes)
emh homes (formally Three Valleys Housing)
 Enable Housing Association
 Sharpes
If yes give details:
This question is seeking to identify any wider relationships that you or your
relatives have within the Housing field.
Membership of housing organisations This means where an individual is a member or associated with an outside
organisation that is housing-related. This should cover all organisations with a
housing link; not just those directly connected to the Association.
For example:
 A Board member of another Registered Social Landlord must be declared
 A School Governor need not be declared
 A member or an employee of a Local Authority must declare
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Use of contractors and consultants
Do you use in a personal capacity any of the contractors
or consultants, which you know are on the emh group’s
approved list?
This includes:
Yes
No
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
emh group (formally East Midlands Housing Group)
emh homes (formally East Midlands Housing Association)
emh homes (formally Foundation Housing Association)
Midlands Rural Housing Association
emh homes (formally Three Oaks Homes)
emh homes (formally Three Valleys Housing)
 Enable Housing Association
 Sharpes
If yes give details:
Using the services of any contractors or consultants that you know work for the
Association is permitted. You will only have to declare an interest if, in your role,
you might be able to influence the allocation of work to a contractor.
If there is uncertainty about the relevance of declaring a relationship, you are
advised to seek clarification from the Human Resources Department. If this is not
possible it is recommended that the relationship be declared and you will be
informed of the necessity to continue with the declaration at a later date.
This declaration will be reissued annually in January. Should your application be
successful you must notify your line manager of any relevant change in
circumstances.
Declaration
The information that you provide within this form and that obtained from other
relevant sources will be used to process your application for an Apprenticeship.
The personal information that you give us will be used in a confidential manner to
help us monitor our recruitment process.
If you succeed in your application and take up an Apprenticeship traineeship with
us, the information will be used in the administration of your Apprenticeship . We
may also use the information if there is a complaint or legal challenge relevant to
this recruitment process.
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We may check the information collected, with third parties or with other
information held by us. We may also use or pass onto third parties information to
prevent or detect crime, to protect public funds, or in other ways as permitted by
Law and emh group policy.
By signing the application form we will be assuming that you agree to the
processing of sensitive personal data, (as described above), in accordance with
our registration with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
I confirm that the information I have given within this application, is accurate
and true. I understand that providing misleading or false information will
disqualify me from appointment or if appointed may result in my
Apprenticeship being withdrawn.
SIGNED:
DATE:
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