Getting a Job with Wyre Forest District Council
Filling in the application form
With each application form you will receive a job description and
person specification, with other information to tell you more about
the job . You should look carefully at this to decide if your
skills, knowledge, experience and abilities match those needed to
do the job.
We shortlist using the information provided on the application
form. This means that you must provide evidence that you meet all
the essential parts of the person specification and, as far as
possible, all the desirable qualities that we need.
When filling in the application form include relevant experience or
knowledge that you have gained through paid or unpaid work, in a
hobby, at home or at school.
To enable our Equal Opportunities policy to run efficiently please
use the application form provided, continuing on extra sheets if
necessary. Please do not send a Curriculum Vitae with your
application form. If you have any difficulties completing the
standard application form we will accept your application typed,
recorded on an audio or video cassette or in Braille. If you use
one of the alternatives please follow the format of the standard
application form.
Personal Details
To achieve equal opportunities, we will detach the personal details
from the application form before shortlisting . The Interview panel
will not have this information until the interview, when we need it
for administrative purposes.
Work Experience
Please give details of your current and previous jobs in this
section, with the most recent first. You may also wish to include
any experience you have gained in doing unpaid or voluntary
work.
Experience, Skills and Knowledge
Make sure that in this section of the application form you clearly
show how you meet the key areas of experience on the person
specification. You may have gained the experience, skills and
knowledge through work, home, voluntary work or other
activities.
Education and Training
If you come for an interview you will have to produce original
documentary evidence of your qualifications. This includes your
driving licence if this is a requirement of the job. We will not
accept Photocopies.
Pension Scheme
All successful applicants can join the Local Government Pension
Scheme. The Council encourages all employees to join the
Scheme.
Referees
In this section of the application form please give the names and
addresses of two referees. One must be your current employer (or
your last employer if you do not have a job)
Acknowledgement of Application
For economy, we will only acknowledge your application if you send
a stamped-addressed envelope with your application.
Canvassing of Elected Members of the Authority
Canvassing of elected members of the Authority in support of your
application will disqualify you as a candidate.
Criminal Record Bureau Checks
Applicants appointed to jobs classified by the Council as having
substantial access to children under the age of sixteen or other
vulnerable members of society will be subject to a CRB check
to reveal any previous criminal convictions.
Medical Examinations
It is the policy of the Council that any offers of appointment are
subject to medical clearance. Candidates have to complete a medical
questionnaire and may have an examination. At this stage the
Occupational Health Unit is told of any reasonable adjustments
needed to let disabled applicants do the job.
Prevention and Detection of Fraud
We must protect the public funds we handle so we may use the
information you provide on your application form to prevent and
detect fraud. We may also share this information, for the same
purposes, with other organisations which handle public funds.
How to contact us
You can contact us:
Telephone: 01562 732765 / 732767
Postal
Address: Human Resources, Civic Centre, New Street,
Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs, DY13 8UJ
