Application Form

General Information

Please check that all the sections have been completed.

Applicants who can demonstrate in their applications that they possess the skills, experience and abilities required for the post, stand the best chance of being short listed and selected for interview.

You can refer to any relevant skills, knowledge and experience you have acquired in paid or unpaid work (that is, outside full-time employment); for example: studying, training, social activities, organising sports, community or voluntary work.

Please ensure that any continuation sheets are headed with the reference number supplied with this form.

References will be followed up if you are offered employment with Ward.  Furthermore, Ward must be able to complete a full five-year work history, or back to school leaving if less, within twelve weeks of your commencement of work.

Section 8 of the 1996 Asylum and Immigration Act make it a criminal offence for an employer to take on a new employee, whose immigration status prevents him or her from taking up the post in question. This applies to all types of employment, including part-time temporary and casual appointments.

Any data about you will be held in completely secure conditions, with access restricted to those involved in dealing with your application and in the selection process.  As indicated elsewhere, the data you provide will be used to monitor the effectiveness of Ward’s equal opportunities policy.  We will be unable to process your application unless we can use your personal data in the ways described above.  We shall consider that by signing and submitting the application form, you are giving consent to the processing of your data in the ways described above.

Security Screening/Vetting

Your potential employment within the security industry is dependent on security screening.  This is done following the rules of British Standard 7858.

To ensure that the integrity of each applicant is of a suitable standard to work in a position of great trust, we will need to check either for the last five years or back to your completion of full-time education if that was less than five years ago.

In completing the application form you must give as much detail as possible. We will confirm your education history and employment history on a continuous month-by-month basis.

We will contact each of your previous employers and educational establishments within the time as stated above.

We will need to contact your current employer before we are able to complete 5-year screening. Permission to do so is a condition of the offer of provisional employment.  If such permission is withheld this offer will be withdrawn if the security screening is not concluded satisfactorily.

Previous employment should be detailed as follows:

Date of start and finish of employment months and years;

Name of line manager and your position within the company at the time of leaving;

Full name and address of company;

Full telephone number of companies.

It is important to detail each job that you have had no matter how short the contract. In the case of working through an agency it is necessary to give only the agency name, address and contact.

In the case of unemployment or gaps in employment:

Where you have registered with an employment service office, fill in the appropriate form.  You will find this attached to your application form. (Appendix A).

Where you have been unemployed and have not registered with an employment service office, please nominate a character referee who is not related to you and can verify by knowing you at the time that you were unemployed for the dates shown.  Please supply name, address and telephone number.

You must seek permission from the character referees sought, as we will write/telephone them to confirm the information you have supplied.

Previous education should be detailed as follows:

  • Name, full address and telephone number of School/College/University.
  • Date of start and finish of education at each in months and years.
  • The qualifications you gained.

Character referees:

Please nominate two people who have known you for at least 2 years within the last 5 years. These people should not be related to you but may be a current or previous colleague.

  • Full name, address and postcode.
  • Full telephone number.
  • Length of time you have known the character referee.

Financial History

From 1st January 2007 all applicants must undergo a public financial background check in accordance with screening and vetting BS 7858. 

Probationary period of employment:

After gaining references to confirm your occupation for the previous 5 years we may offer you a Temporary to Permanent position on a probationary basis whilst we are checking the remaining references. This period will be for no longer than 12 weeks. If you are successful in gaining permanent employment with Ward Security, all formal offers of permanent employment are subject to six months probationary period. Any period of Temporary to Permanent work for 12 weeks will not be counted as your formal start date with Ward Security on a permanent employment basis.

Criminal offences

As part of our security screening process we ask you to declare any previous criminal proceedings you may have had taken against you.  Please give full details.

We would point out that the company complies with the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 stating that convictions that have been ’spent’ must be ignored.

I confirm that I have read the above information, understand, accept and agree with the process outlined. 

 



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DECLARATION
1. I understand that employment with the Company is subject to satisfactory references and security screening in accordance with BS 7858 and I undertake to cooperate with the Company in providing any additional information required to meet these criteria.
2. I understand that my present employer will be contacted. I further understand that any offer of employment may be withdrawn if the security screening is not concluded satisfactory.
3. I authorise the Company and/or its nominated agent to approach previous employers, schools/colleges, character referees, DWP, Criminal Justice Agencies or Government Agencies to verify that the information I have provided is correct for reference purposes. I further acknowledge that Ward may use the information contained within this application, to conduct Security Screening to BS 7858, on behalf of the Company to whom I am applying and to share that information with the company.
4. I authorise the Company or its nominated agent to make a consumer information search with a credit reference agency, which will keep a record of that search and may share that information with other credit reference agencies and with the company.
5. I understand that some of the information I have provided in this application will be held on a computer and some or all will be held in manual records. I understand that all information given will be held in the strictest confidence and that Ward are registered under the Data Protection Act 2018. Registration Number ZA184836.
6. I accept that I may be required to undergo a medical examination where requested by the Company, subject to the Access to Medical Records Act 1988. I consent to the results of such examinations to be given to the Company.
7. I understand and agree that if so required I will make a Statutory Declaration in accordance with the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835, in confirmation of previous employment or unemployment.
8. I acknowledge that personal data will be used for the purposes of security screening and that any documents presented to establish my identity and proof of residence may be checked using an ultra violet scanner or other method to deter identity theft and fraud. I further acknowledge that if any of the original documents provided to establish identity appear to be forgeries will be reported to the relevant authority.
9. I understand that the information I have provided may be used to conduct a Disclosure Scotland check and if so, Disclosure Scotland will use the information I have provided to verify my identity and to check and process my application. Disclosure Scotland will use this information for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime and for other related purposes.
10. I understand that the DBS/Disclosure Scotland may pass the information it holds about me to other Government departments or organisations, the police and other law enforcement agencies for the purposes of the prevention and detection of crime, of the apprehension and prosecution of offenders and for other related purposes.
11. I hereby give Ward my express permission to receive and open the returned disclosure and to subsequently forward to my present employer, where applicable.
12. I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the details I have given in this application form are complete and correct. I acknowledge that misrepresentation, or failure to disclose material facts, either during application or throughout employment may constitute grounds for withdrawal of an employment offer or termination of employment and/or legal action.

WARNING it is an offence if you knowingly make a false statement for the purpose of obtaining, or enabling another person to obtain, a Disclosure.

Please remember to send copies of official documentary evidence which confirms name, current home address and another confirming date of birth.


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*   I certify that all information provided is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and fully understand the declaration form.
× Minimum last 5 year address information is compulsory.
× You must enter last 5 year's (60 months) of address without breakdown.
× Minimum last 5 year position information is compulsory.
× You must enter last 5 year's (60 months) of career information without breakdown.