SECTION 2A. Residential Social Care Worker. Oberstown Children Detention Campus Irish Youth Justice Service Department of Children and Youth Affairs

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1 SECTION 2A Residential Social Care Worker Oberstown Children Detention Campus Irish Youth Justice Service Department of Children and Youth Affairs Please carefully note the following instructions: It is imperative that all sections of this application form are completed in full. Only fully completed application forms will be accepted. Save the entire document, noting the file name and its location. Once completed and saved please this PDF to Important Notice PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT THIS FORM WITHOUT COMPLETING SECTION 1 Candidates should note that the information in the application form will play a central part of the short-list process. The decision to include you on the short-list of candidates going forward to stage 2 of the process may be determined based on the information you supply at this stage. This information may be discussed in more depth, should you be called to interview. Start with your most recent qualification. You can copy and paste text from any existing documents Word, Excel, etc) into the fields in this PDF. ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: Date obtained and Full Title of Degree(s)/ Qualification(s) held Subject(s) taken in final examination Grade obtained (e.g. 1, 2.1, 2.2, Pass, etc.) University, College or Examining Authority

2 SECTION 2A ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: Date obtained and Full Title of Degree(s)/ Qualification(s) held Subject(s) taken in final examination Grade obtained (e.g. 1, 2.1, 2.2, Pass, etc) University, College or Examining Authority

3 SECTION 2A Give below, in date order (starting with your current employer) full particulars of all employment between the date of leaving school or college and the present date. 'Emp. No. 5 should be your most recent employment. ** P = Permanent, T = Temporary, A = Acting Where the grade status is not given it will be assumed that the post held is a temporary one. EMPLOYMENT RECORD: Emp. No.: 5 Title of post held: Period in Months: From: To: Grade status:** P: T: A: Number of staff reporting to you: Annual budget allocation (where relevant) : Salary : Reason for leaving: Emp. No.: 4 Period in Months: Title of post held: From: To: Grade status:** P: T: A: Number of staff reporting to you: Annual budget allocation (where relevant) : Salary : Reason for leaving:

4 SECTION 2A EMPLOYMENT RECORD (continued): Emp. No.: 3 Title of post held: Period in Months: From: To: Grade status:** P: T: A: Number of staff reporting to you: Annual budget allocation (where relevant) : Salary : Reason for leaving: Emp. No.: 2 Title of post held: Period in Months: From: To: Grade status:** P: T: A: Number of staff reporting to you: Annual budget allocation (where relevant) : Salary : Reason for leaving: Emp. No.: 1 Title of post held: Period in Months: From: To: Grade status:** P: T: A: Number of staff reporting to you: Annual budget allocation (where relevant) : : Reason for leaving:

5 SECTION 2B INTRODUCTION Supplementary Question Section for the post of : Residential Social Care Worker Oberstown Children Detention Campus Irish Youth Justice Service Department of Children and Youth Affairs In the following section, we ask you to describe some of your personal achievements to date that demonstrate certain skills and abilities which have been identified as necessary. The skills and abilities are indicated in the headings of questions on the following pages. For each heading you are given a description of a skill or ability. You are then asked to describe a situation, from your own experience, which you think is the best example of what you have done to demonstrate or provide evidence of this skill or ability. It is essential that you describe how you demonstrate the skill or quality in question. Please Note: All questions must be answered. Please do not use the same example to illustrate your answer to more than 2 questions. You can copy & paste text from any other document type into the fields on this form. Should more space be required for an answer, please use the supplementary information section below. It is recommended that you keep a copy of this form for your own records.

6 SECTION 2B Key Competencies For each of the areas below, please highlight (in no more than 250 words) specific achievements, contributions or expertise you have developed from your career to date which clearly demonstrate your suitability for the role of Residential Social Care Worker working in a challenging environment:- Experience of working in partnership with colleagues and other professionals Responding rapidly to situations Bringing a flexible, creative and solution focused approach Problem Solving and Decision Making

7 SECTION 2B Key Competencies (continued) Personal Drive and Initiative including your Continuous Professional Development QUESTIONS Essential Experience: Please provide brief details of your experience of working with children and/or vulnerable adults who present with challenging behaviour, taking legislation and regulation into account. Include your keyworking experience. (Please specify the duration of experience and your exact role in working with children and young people.) (max. 500 words)

8 SECTION 2C SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Please provide below other relevant information in support of your application (max. 800 words). NOTES Before you return the form to Oberstown Children Detention Campus please ensure that you have completed all sections of it and that you have completed the declaration below. The onus is on candidates to establish eligibility in this application form. - Please do not forward any certificates or references with this form. - Misstatements or canvassing will render an applicant liable to disqualification. - The personal data supplied by you on this application form will be stored on computer and will be used only for the purposes registered under the Data Protection Acts, 1988 and DECLARATION I hereby declare that the information given in this form is correct and give my permission for enquiries to be made to establish such matters as age, qualifications, experience and character and for the release by other people or organisations of such information as may be necessary to Oberstown Children Detention Campus for that purpose. This may include enquires from past/present employers. The submission of this application is taken as consent to this. I hereby acknowledge that any information supplied by me during the application process may be made available to the employing authority. Name of Applicant: Date: You may save a copy of this form to your desktop form and edit it later.