APPLYING TO TRANSFER TO DURHAM CONSTABULARY

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1 APPLYING TO TRANSFER TO DURHAM CONSTABULARY Pers 244 A (amd Oct 14)

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3 DURHAM CONSTABULARY Guidance Notes for Completion of the Transferee Application Form This form is for use by Constables on level transfer from all England and Wales police forces, from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, British Transport police and Scottish Police Forces. Transferees from any other police force should complete the standard application form for new recruits. You should read these notes thoroughly before completing the form. You might also find it helpful to retain a copy of your completed application to refer to later. Before submitting your form you must attach to it: copies of your last 2 PDRs Your application will not be processed until these have been received NOTE 1. ATTENDANCE RECORD/HEALTH AND EYESIGHT You will be asked to complete a medical questionnaire later in the recruitment process. Successful applicants will also be rquired to undertake a medical examination prior to appointment. You will be contacted in due course with further information about this. NOTE 2. BUSINESS INTERESTS You need to declare your business interests. Any interest will need to be approved by the chief officer in order for you to continue with it. NOTE 3. FINANCIAL POSITION Police officers are in a privileged position with regard to access to information and could be considered potentially vulnerable to corruption. They should not therefore be under pressure from undischarged debts or liabilities and should be able to manage loans and debts sensibly. A FINAL WORD What can hold up the process? These are some of the more common reasons for holding up applications. Failure to complete all parts of the application form or to include copies of all the documents requested or to sign the declaration. A medical query raised by the Force Medical Advisor. This may need reference to your doctor, and your consent will need to be obtained before your doctor is approached. Your co-operation can help avoid delays. If in doubt regarding the completion of this application form, please contact the Recruitment Officer of the force to which you are applying.

4 NOTE ON TRANSFEREES TO ENGLAND AND WALES FORCES Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Periods of service with the PSNI in any rank will be treated (for pay purposes) as if it were service in the corresponding rank of the force applied to. (This may not apply to transferees above the rank of Chief Inspector). transferring officers will not be required to complete a probationary period. Some adaptation training may be required. This will be a matter for the Chief Officer. British Transport Police (BTP) Periods of service with the BTP in any rank will be treated (for pay purposes) as if it were service in the corresponding rank of the force applied to. (This may not apply to transferees above the rank of Chief Inspector). transferring officers will be required to complete a probationary-period. Some adaptation training may be required. This will be a matter for the Chief Officer. Scottish Police Forces Service in any rank in Police Scotland is reckonable as service on joining a Home Office force. Transferring officers will not be required to complete another probationary period. Some adaptation training may be required. This is a matter for the Chief Officer. Ministry of Defence (MoD) Police and Port of Tilbury Constabulary Periods of service in the rank of Constable with the MoD Police and Port of Tilbury Constabulary is reckonable for pay purposes. Transferring officers will be expected to complete a probationary period with the new force. Foundation training is also required. Channel Isles, Isle of man Police Periods of service in the rank of Constable with the Channel Isles or Isle of Man police is reckonable for pay purposes. Transferring officers will be expected to complete a probationary period with the new force. Some adaptation training may be required. Royal Parks Police The Royal Parks Police is not classed as a police force under the Police act Transferring officers will be expected to complete a probationary period with the new force. Foundation training will be required. United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary (UKAEAC) and other non-hq forces not listed above. The UKAEAC and certain other bodies of people attested as constables are not classed as police forces under the Police Act Transferees from these forces are classed as new recruits and required to undergo a two year probationary period and foundation training.

5 RESTRICTED - STAFF DURHAM CONSTABULARY APPLICATION FORM FOR TRANSFEREES Reference Number You should read the guidance notes before completing this application form. Please complete this form in person, either in black ink or by word-processor. Use continuation pages if necessary and clearly mark which questions they refer to. Sections which do not apply to you should be clearly marked N/A. Data Protection Act 1998: The information you provide in this application form will be entered into a manual and computerised recruitment system and is covered by the Data Protection Act Section 1 Surname: Personal Details Previous Surname(s): Forename(s): Title: (Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Dr) Date of birth: Town and Country of birth Home address Post code: address (if applicable) Tel. no: (including area code) Home: Mobile: Work: (if convenient) National Insurance no: Your current rank: Position and Force Applied for Rank eg. Constable... Force: Part time c or Full time c (Tick as appropriate) Previous Addresses: Please give all addresses at which you have lived over the last five years. Start with the most recent. Do not include your current address. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary and attach to this page. Full address (include postcode, if known) Approximate dates from (month/year) to (month/year)

6 SECTION 2. RECORD OF POLICE SERVICE A. Current Police force Which force are you currently serving in:... Include addresses of your: Force Headquarters: Postcode:... Serving Station: Postcode:... Force Identification no (e.g. collar no) Current role within force: Date started in force: Present salary: Other benefits or bonuses (e.g. housing allowance, special priority payment): Period of notice required to be given. Please give a brief description of your present role, duties and responsibilities:

7 ABOUT YOUR FAMILY Please tell us about your family (wherever they live), and any other adults living at your address. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary and attach to this page. Please complete all sections or your application will be delayed. Relationship to you (delete as appropiate) Full name (include previous surnames and name at birth, if different) Full address (including postcode, if known) Yourself Your spouse or partner Your father Your stepfather or mother's partner Your mother Your stepmother or father's partner Your brother or sister (full/half/step etc) Your brother or sister (full/half/step etc) Your brother or sister (full/half/step etc) Your brother or sister (full/half/step etc) Your spouse's or partner's (mother/stepmother etc) Your spouse's or partner's (father/stepfather etc) Your child/child of or partner (only state if aged 10+) Your child/child of or partner (only state if aged 10+) Your child/child of or partner (only state if aged 10+)

8 B. PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS TO ANOTHER POLICE FORCE. Please give details of any previous applications to any Police Force. Please include initial applications for appointment as a Police officer and any subsequent application to transfer. Month/year Force Result PREVIOUS POLICE SERVICE. List previous roles/positions held in your current force and previous roles/positions held in other forces in which you have served. Start with the most recent. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary. Force/station/ department Rank/position held Dates from/to Reason for leaving (e.g. promotion)

9 C. TRAINING RECORD. Please indicate what training you have received Dates (approx.) Description (e.g. kwikuffs, batons, etc) Personal Safety Training Firearms Diversity training Other police training (start with the most recent and continue on a separate sheet if necessary) Dates (approximate) Qualification (e.g. OSPRE/constable to Sgt Part 1) D. OTHER QUALIFICATIONS. Please give details of other academic or vocational qualifications. Start with the most recent. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary. Qualification and Level E.g. A Level Physics (C) ; BScHons Psychology (2.1) ; BTEC Business & Finance (Merit) Date attained

10 G. MISCONDUCT AND COMPLAINT ISSUES. Are you currently involved in any complaint or misconduct enquiry? If yes, please provide brief details. We will contact your force for verification CONVICTIONS / CAUTIONS Please enter below details of convictions for any offence (including traffic convictions and appearances before a court martial) or formal cautions by police for any offence (including cautions as a juvenile) or any bind-overs imposed by any court. You must include spent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (by virtue of the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975) Date Name of court or police station where dealt with Enter details of any charges or summons at present outstanding against you Date of alleged offence Nature of alleged offence H. BUSINESS INTERESTS - See guidance Note 2 Do you currently have any job or business interest, which you intend to continue should your transfer be successful? If YES, please state the nature of this job or business and the extent of your involvement (e.g. actively involved, non-executive director). Include hours spent on it Do you or your wife/husband/partner or any relative living with you own or intend to run a shop or business which requires a licence (e.g. liquor, gaming, refreshment house or entertainment) If yes, please give full details

11 I. FINANCIAL POSITION. Schedule 1 of Police Regulations 2003 states that members of a police force shall not wilfully refuse of neglect to discharge any lawful debt. See guidance Note 3. Details (inc. dates) Have you had any Court action taken against you for any debt? Have you been party to a voluntary agreement registered with the County Court? Has a County Court/Tribunal Judgement been made against you? If YES, has this been cleared?* Have you ever been registered as bankrupt? If YES, have your bankruptcy debts been discharged?* Are you in arrears with any existing loan/ mortgage/hire purchase agreement? Have you ever had any form of loan terminated, including bank/credit/cheque/ store card withdrawn? If YES, please give full details. Have you had repossession proceedings commenced against you? Is there currently an attachment of earnings against your salary? * If applicable, please provide a Certificate of Satisfaction J. REFEREES. Please give names and addresses of two referees. Current Line Manager: A Senior Officer from your Force Telephone:... Telephone:... May we contact this referee now? May we contact this referee now?

12 SECTION THREE Leadership Please give an example of when you have been flexible and open to alternative approaches to problem solving, finding better, more cost effective ways to do things and making suggestions for change. Applicant's Response Date of example(s) provided: Referee: Contact Number: Official Use - Assessor Notes Rating:

13 SECTION THREE Public Service Please explain how you build public confidence, and identify the best way to deliver services to different communities, working in partnership with other agencies. Please be explicit about your role, the role of others and the outcomes. Applicant's Response Date of example(s) provided: Referee: Contact Number: Official Use - Assessor Notes Rating:

14 SECTION 3. REASON FOR TRANSFER. Why do you wish to transfer to this police force?

15 E. SICKNESS ABSENCE. We will contact your current force for verification of your sickness record at a later stage. How many occasions you have been absent from work due to ill health over the last eighteen months. How many days sickness absence have you taken over the last eighteen months. E.G: If you have been sick on three occasions and the total number of days sick was 12, this would be shown as: 3 occasions 12 days. Please state whether any of the above was directly related to a disability under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act Please state whether any of the above was pregnancy related. E. DRIVING SKILLS. Do you hold a current driving licence? If yes, what is your driving licence number:... If yes, which groups?... Have you any endorsements on your Licence? If yes, how many?... What is your Force driving grade/level?... F. YOUR OTHER ACTIVITIES. Please tell us about any other skills you have, such as language skills or any voluntary or community activity you are involved in. Are you a member of the Reserved Forces?

16 SECTION 4. DECLARATION. I declare that all the statements I have made in this application are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and that no relevant information has been withheld. I understand that: I must inform the recruitment office without delay of any change in my circumstances. Financial checks will be undertaken to verify my financial status and that all such information will be treated in confidence. I consent to these checks being made. Any offer of appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, vetting, a medical examination, drugs and continued good conduct. A member of a police force who has deliberately made any false statement or omitted information in connection with his or her appointment may subsequently be liable to misconduct proceedings. I confirm that my fingerprints and a sample of my DNA have been taken in my current force. (PSNI and Scottish forces do not currently take officers' DNA) Successful candidates must serve wherever required to do so within the force area. The Chief Officer retains the right to reject any application without giving reasons. The information I have provided may be held on manual filing and computer systems as part of the recruitment process. I understand that this information may be shared by other police forces. Signature:... Date:...

17 CHECKLIST Read through your completed application form carefully to ensure it is clearly presented and you have answered all the questions, marking them N/A where appropriate. Failure to provide accurate and complete information may result in your application being delayed or rejected. If you have any remaining questions, please feel free to contact the Recruitment Officer of the force you are applying for. Before returning your application form please check the following. Have you included a telephone number at which you can be contacted? Have you enclosed 2 Performance Development Reviews/Staff Appraisals? Have you signed the declaration in section 4? Have you remembered to take a photocopy of your completed application form? Have you completed and enclosed the equal opportunities monitoring form and our marketing form? THE COMPLETED APPLICATION FORM AND ALL ENCLOSURES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM, POLICE HQ, AYKLEY HEADS, DURHAM DH1 5TT

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19 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: TRANSFEREE. The police service is an equal opportunities employer and is determined to ensure that: The workforce reflects the diverse society which it serves and that the working environment is free from any form of discrimination, harassment or victimisation. No job application or employee is treated more or less favourably on the grounds of gender, transgender, sexuality, age, marital status, or religion or disability, ethnicity, pregnancy/maternity status. No job application or employee is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be justified by the requirements of the job. The information on this form is for monitoring purposes only and will not be made available to those assessing your transfer. The information supplied will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be affect your transfer in any way. Completion of this section is voluntary, but the information will help us ensure equality of opportunity. AGE GENDER c Under 18 c c c c c Over 65 c Prefer not to say c Male c Female c Transgender c Prefer not to say DISABILITY c Yes c No c Prefer not to say SEXUAL ORIENTATION c Bisexual c Gay/Lesbian c Heterosexual (straight) c Other c Prefer not to say RELIGIOUS BELIEF/FAITH c Buddhist c Christian (State denomination if you wish c Hindu c Jewish c Muslim c Sikh c None c Other (please state) c Prefer not to say ETHNIC ORIGIN c Prefer not to say WHITE MIXED c British c Irish c Any other white background c White & Black Caribbean c White & Black African c White & Asian c Any other mixed background ASIAN OR ASIAN BRITISH c Indian c Pakistani c Bangladeshi c Any other Asian background BLACK OR BLACK BRITISH c Caribbean c African c Any other Asian background CHINESE OR OTHER ETHNIC GROUP c Chinese c Any other (please specify)... PREGNANCY/MATERNITY (on completing this form) c Pregnant c On maternity leave c Neither c Prefer not to say MARITAL STATUS c Single c Married/Civil Partnership c Divorced/Separated c Prefer not to say THIS INFORMATION FORMS NO PART OF THE TRANSFER PROCESS. IT WILL BE DETACHED FROM YOUR FORM ON RECEIPT.

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21 MARKETING FORM - TRANSFEREE. To enable us to monitor our public relations and marketing activity, please indicate what prompted you to apply to join this force. Tick any that apply c Contact with Police Officers or other Police Service employees in this force. c Friend/family in this area. c Internet Site (please state site)... c Other advertisements, articles, interviews c in police press (please state site)... c in local press (please state site)... c in national press (please state site)... c at local event (please state site)... c in recruitment poster (please state site)... c Other (please specify)... Please give details of any other media, interviews or articles which prompted your application. THIS FORM WILL BE DETACHED FROM YOUR APPLICATION

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