Job Application Form

  • Job Application Form

    Young Carers & Young Adult Carers Support Worker

  • Have you got what it takes to provide support to children and young people who have caring responsibilities?

    • • A sound knowledge of working with children and young people.
      • An understanding of the role that a Young Carer and Young Adult Carers have and how this can impact their life.
      • The skills for a demanding, yet very rewarding job delivering one to one support.
      • The skills to help deliver group sessions.
      • The flexibility to work after school hours into the early evening, occasional weekend work and residentials.
      • Access to own car

    We have a vacancy in the Young Carers Project team, and require a Young Carers/Young Adult Carers Support Workers.


    Post: 12.5 hours per week -  £25,538 full time equivalent

    Wigtownshire Area


    Contributory pension scheme, signup to free health plan and flexible working arrangements.

    The postholder will:

    • Provide support to Young Carers & Young Adult Carers across Dumfries & Galloway.
    • Have knowledge of working with children and young people is essential, as is access to own car.
    • Have an awareness of the workings of the third sector, health and social care services would be an advantage.
    • Have a knowledge of digital applications is essential and experience of using virtual platforms would be an advantage.

    The post will include a blended approach of home and office working

    Posts will be subject to PVG checks

    Please complete the form as fully as possible. If you need any further help or would like the form in a more accessible format, please contact us.


    PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO UNPAID CARERS - NOT PROVIDE CARE.


    PLEASE NOTE: CVs WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 

    Candidates are asked to outline clearly how their skills, knowledge and experience is suited to this post and meet the requirements of the Job Description and Person Specification.

    In submitting your application, we will observe strict confidentiality.  We ask for personal information from job applicants to assist with our recruitment process.  The personal information you supply will be kept in a recruitment folder.  Only those involved with short-listing and appointment will have access to this data. 

    ONLY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS APPLICATION FORM WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE PANEL

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  • Personal Information

  • Do you have permission to workin the UK?*
  • Note: the company will require proof of this right before an offer of employment can be confirmed –e.g., Birth certificate and / or any other appropriate document required to confirm your right to work in the UK as required by law.*
  • Do you hold a current driving licence?*
  • Have you a car / access to a car for business use?
  • Any driving convictions during the last 5 years*
  • Do you have any current /unspent criminal convictions or any pending cases?  (Declaration subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974)

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  • Suitability for the position

  • If selected for interview, do you require any special arrangements to be made on account of a disability?

  • Referees

  • Please provide the names, addresses and telephone numbers of two referees (one should be your present or most recent employer if possible).

  • I declare that the information given in this application form is true and complete. I understand that if I have given any misleading information on this form or made any omissions, this will be sufficient grounds for terminating my employment.

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  • Privacy Statement

    We will process the entire content of your application for the purposes of assessing your suitability for the role and if you are called for interview, we may refer to the information contained within it.  We will not use the information on your application form for any other purpose.

    For data protection purposes, if you are not successful in the appointment, we will keep your application on file for 3 months from our final communication with you; whereas if you are successful, we will normally keep your application form for the duration of your employment and for five years thereafter (in the rare and unexpected event that there may be any legal issue arising from your employment).

  • Equal opportunities monitoring form

    This questionnaire will not be seen by the recruitment panel.  All information received will be treated in strict confidence.  Dumfries & Galloway Carers Centre strives to be an equal opportunities employer and has a clear policy in terms of challenging discriminatory practices.  In order to have accurate information about our performance we would be grateful if you would complete this monitoring form and return it with your application form.  If you feel that our recruitment procedure has unfairly discriminated against your application to work with us, please take this opportunity to tell us.

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  • Do you consider yourself to be a person with a disability? This includes people with long term health conditions.  If you tell us you have a disability we will make reasonable adjustments to where you work and to your working arrangements and at interview.
  • Are you a Carer? “A Carer is someone, who, without payment, provides help and support toa partner, child, relative, friend or neighbour, who could not manage without their help.  This could be due to age, physical or mental illness, addiction or disability.
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