Do you meet the Essential Criteria?

• Having a desire to care for vulnerable adults in their home
• Full driving licence
• Access to a car & car insurance in connection with business
• Access to own mobile phone

Shift Patterns:

• Day Shift: 7am – 6pm
• Evening Shift: 6pm – 11pm

To provide adequate care for our clients, you should be available to complete a full shift. Please note this role requires you to be available to work weekday and weekend shifts.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Please note: Applicants within the last 6 months need not re-apply.

A satisfactory Enhanced AccessNI check will be required for this post. The Optimum Care Group of companies, as per the Access NI Code of Practice, has a policy on the secure handling, use, storage and retention of disclosure information. Copies of these documents along with the Access NI Code of Practice are available upon request by contacting the HR Department. If successful please be aware that we have a policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders. Our Policy states that any existence of a criminal conviction will not necessarily lead to the withdrawal of a job offer, but the failure to fully and accurately disclose all criminal convictions will lead to the withdrawal of the offer.

We are delighted you want to be part of our team!

Please fill in the application form below to apply now:

1. Personal Details

   • Name (Required)
   • Dr/Miss/Mr/Mrs/Ms/Prof./Rev. Title/First/Last
   • Maiden Name (if applicable)
   • Home Phone Number
   • Mobile Number (Required)
   • Email (Required)
   • Address (Required)
   • Street Address/Address Line 2/City/Town/County/Postcode
   • Right to Work (Required)
   • I confirm that I have a right to work in the UK.

2. Additional Details

   • Your National Insurance Number (Required)
   • Are you registered with NMC or NISCC? (Required)
   • Yes/No
   • What is your NMC/NISCC number? (Required)
   • What is your NMC/NISCC certificate expiry date? (Required)
   • DD slash MM slash YYYY
   • Do you have your own form of transport? (Required)
   • Yes/No
   • Driving Licence No.
   • Have you worked for an agency within the last 3 months? (Required)
   • Yes/No
   • Which agency or agencies did you work for? (Required)

3. Next of Kin

   • Name (Required)
   • Maiden Name (if applicable)
   • Address (Required)
   • Contact No. (Required)
   • Relationship to you (Required)
   • Consent (Required)
   • Please tick to confirm that the person named has given their consent to be contacted as your next of kin.

4. Convictions/Investigations

   • INVESTIGATIONS/REPORTS

    - Have you ever been the subject of an Adult or Child Abuse investigation or been previously referred to the Independent Safeguarding Authority/DBS as a result of misconduct involving a child or a vulnerable adult? (Required)
    - Yes/No
    - If yes, provide full details below: (Required)
    - Have you ever been reported to NMC/NISCC? (Required)
    - Yes/No
    - If yes, provide full details below: (Required)

- CONVICTIONS/OFFENCES

    Due to the services provided the majority of posts within the Company are governed by the Protection of Children & Vulnerable Adults (NI) Order 2003 and the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order NI 1979. Disclosure of offences will not automatically debar you from applying for the post.

    - Do you have any convictions that are not “protected” as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, as amended in 2014? (Required)
    - Yes/No
    - If yes, provide full details below: (Required)

    All disclosures will be reviewed for compatibility with the post.

5. Employment History

Our governing body, RQIA requires all applicants to provide a full employment history. Please detail your employment history from when you left school to present.

Please also include periods of time when you were not in paid employment, caring for relatives, time spent in education/training, travelling or volunteering at home or abroad.

- Current/Most Recent Employer

    - Job Title
    - Employer (name & address)
    - Start Date (dd/mm/yy)
    - End Date (dd/mm/yy)
    - Hourly Rate/Salary
    - Reason for leaving

- Previous Employers (please list all since leaving school starting with most recent)

    - Job Title
    - Employer (name & address)
    - Start Date (dd/mm/yy)
    - End Date (dd/mm/yy)
    - Hourly Rate/Salary
    - Reason for leaving

Please click on the + button to add more employers.

- Do you need to add anymore employers to your employment history? (Required)
- Yes/No
- Please complete a paper application form with your remaining previous employers.

6. Break in Employment

- Do you need to provide details of any periods you were not working since leaving school? (Required)
- Yes/No
- Date from (Required)
- Date to (Required)
- Please provide details for this break in employment: (Required)
- Do you need to provide any further details of period you were not working? (Required)
- Yes/No
- Please provide further details of dates and reasons for further periods of not working: (Required)

7. Job Criteria

Please provide any other information which may be relevant to this application, detailing how you meet each of the criteria: (Required)

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8. Qualifications