Here are some answers to our most commonly asked questions regarding recruitment. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, please contact us.
You can request an application form by; calling 0131 317 0160 (24 hour); email jobs@mbha.org.uk or you can download a pack from our current vacancy page.
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Please send completed application forms to:
You may also email your completed application form to jobs@mbha.org.uk.
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If you have a question about our recruitment process, please refer in the first instance to the Guidance for General posts or Guidance for Officer posts for information on how to complete our application forms. Should your question not be answered here or should you wish to follow up on an application please feel fee to call 0131 317 7227 or email jobs@mbha.org.uk. If you have pre registered with us as a general applicant, we will contact you when your experience and skills match a vacancy.
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Yes you can, although please think about the type of role that will suit you and your career goals best, and only apply for appropriate vacancies having considered how your knowledge, qualifications, skills, experience and values meet the Person Specification and Job Profile.
No. We can only consider applications from migrant workers/students who hold a full and valid permit to work in the UK.
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You can expect to find friendly and committed people and lots of questions relevant to the position that you are applying for. At the interview we will want to know all about your background and whether your skills match our requirements for the role. Please remember that interviews work both ways, so you will be encouraged to ask questions about Blackwood and the position in return. Tenants or Service Users are frequently involved with recruitment and you may meet them at interview.
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Most people will be worried and anxious before their interview and we recognise that this is a concern to our candidates. With that in mind, we've written some interview tips which you might find useful.
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This is currently to comply with Safer Recruitment requirements set out by the Care Commission. We do not carry out pre employment screening for all groups of staff. The purpose of pre-employment screening is to ensure that care and support staff are not recruited to jobs which could adversely affect their physical and mental health. Pre-employment screening also helps to identify any changes to the work (either procedural or workplace layout) to enable people with disabilities to be employed. All information about your health is confidential. All information that is kept and used is done so in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
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Yes. We are happy for applicants who have gone through our interview process to ask for feedback, we want to provide some benefit from the interview experience whatever the outcome. We generally prefer to do this verbally to ensure the message is conveyed in the right way.
Reluctantly, and due to cost, we don't write back to all applicants with feedback on your application. If you have not heard back from us 4 weeks after the closing date of the post you applied for, you should assume that you have not been successful.
We do sometimes have casual/relief positions available in our units and within our services. These posts are primarily to provide a bank of staff to cover holidays and other absences. To find out about opportunities in your area, please complete the application form stating the area in which you wish to work and we will let you know if there is a relief position available. By agreement, we can keep your application for a limited time until a suitable position does become available. Alternatively, please feel free to contact any of our services directly to see if there are any relief opportunities in your area before submitting an application.
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Membership of the Association's pension schemes will be offered to all staff once certain probationary requirements have been met.
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No. At Blackwood we like you to feel part of our wide community. A uniform would set you apart and would not fit with our approach to personalised care i.e. uniforms hark back to more institutional or clinical care environments. That said, we do have some common sense guidance and requirements that we expect our staff to follow.
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Oh yes! At Blackwood we wholly believe in promoting living and freedom to enjoy living. Independence and getting out and about is vital to our wellbeing and we enjoy organising events for our staff and service users to join in on.
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Yes. We pride ourselves on developing our staff and we believe that it's vital that you continue to learn in your role. We positively encourage the sharing of knowledge and new ideas. We provide training, development and support in a whole range of topics using a variety of delivery methods. We also provide funding and support in many areas to help our staff achieve professional qualifications/ statutory qualifications necessary to their role. Please visit our Learning and Development page for more information. We aim to provide career opportunities for staff who have had the opportunity to develop professionally, personally and academically during their employment with us.
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