Analysing a Job Application for a School Support Officer

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Unit 2

P1

Describe the recruitment documentation used in a selected organisation.

Introduction

I have chosen an application form used by Torfaen County Borough Council and have used a job description for a School Support Officer to illustrate how the application form is used.

The School Support Officer is responsible for managing the reception function for the school and providing administrative support in the school office.

The purpose of the application form

The application form is used to identify and collect information about the applicant. This is needed to make sure the applicant is eligible for/match the position that the applicant are taking on. All questions included in the application form are relevant to the position being applied for. All information provided is extremely important when it comes to making sure the applicant is right for the role.

The application form is the applicant’s opportunity to convince the selection panel that the applicant should select them to go through to the next phase in the recruitment phases, usually an interview.

All information in it should make it easy for the selection panel to see how well the applicant matches the job, provides evidence of how previous experience, skills and abilities mean that the applicant match the needs of the job i.e. the abilities/skills specified within the essential/desirable criteria of the person specification.

The recruitment process for the School Support Officer includes filling out an application form and in doing so providing information about qualifications, employment and training history

The recruitment process of becoming a School Support Officer includes filling out an application form and giving in great detail your background history. The start of the application form informs the applicant on how to fill out the form in the correct way. The applicant is then asked for personal information. This includes name details, home address, and mobile/home number; all of this is making sure the employer can get hold of the applicant if and when needed. Also, to find out the area and distance away the applicant is from that specific area of need, and if the applicant is needed to fill any School Support Officers role’s in the area.

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What the application form asks?

The start of the application form informs the applicant on how to fill out the form in the correct way.

It then asks for the name of the post applied for and posts reference number, which service area of the council the post is situated in, where the post is located and the closing date for applications to be received.

It then asks if registration under the Care Council for Wales General Social Care Council is required. This is for people that are applying for social care jobs, where ...

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