The information you provide will be handled and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. It may be used by the employer for business purposes including the prevention and detection of fraud as well as for HR purposes and administration. If you are appointed, this information will form part of your personnel record and will be treated as confidential and will not be disclosed to any unauthorised person.
The position for which you are applying involves contact with children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all subsequent amendments (England and Wales). For this position you are not entitled to withhold information about police cautions and convictions that have been made against you. Including any that would otherwise be considered ‘spent’ under the Act.
Appointment to this post is subject to a DBS (disclosure and barring services) and satisfactory pre-employment checks at a satisfactory level. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
I declare that all information given as part of my application is true and I understand that any false, inaccurate, or incomplete information on my application form may result in dismissal, disciplinary action and may invalidate any contract of employment with Pumpkin Patch Nursery.