Recruitment and selection is carried out carefully to select the best candidate for the post in a fairly and non-discriminatory manner.
The process includes job descriptions and person specifications, advertisement and short-listing for interview followed by a panel interview. We will include users of Grace Eyre services in the process depending on the role.
All our vacancies are advertised internally and all our permanent and fixed term are advertised externally. Please refer to Recruitment Selection Retention Policy HR10.
Everyone who works for Grace Eyre’s is required to meet high standard of care and support in all aspect of their work and we have a Code of Conduct which sets down and clarifies what is meant by ‘conduct’ and the standards of behaviour we expect from you. This is available along with our policies on the intranet. Please refer to Code of Conduct S21.
When you join Grace Eyre, we will ask you to provide us with details of your previous employers (either in a paid or voluntary capacity) or educational establishment. References are confidential between your referee and us. In the event that unsatisfactory references are received, we may withdraw the offer of employment.
Likewise, when you leave Grace Eyre, we will provide a reference for you. However, please note that the references given will be of a factual nature only and will not comment on the quality of your work.
Some roles within Grace Eyre – and in particular those working with vulnerable clients – require convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings to be declared on application forms (in accordance with Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013). Criminal offences do not necessarily preclude employment with us but will be taken into account in connection with the particular job for which the applicant is applying.
Where appropriate, candidates are required to have a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure. If you are working in any of our learning disability services, you will most likely be unable to start in post until a satisfactory DBS Disclosure has been received. If you are working for other groups within Grace Eyre, you may be able to start in post, provided you are able to sign a declaration stating that there are no convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings.
Grace Eyre’s full time working hours are 37.5 hours per week. Your contract of employment will specify your working hours and pattern. Where the organisation can accommodate part time working, job share, term time only we will consider any such requests.
We have adopted a hybrid work model which means that employee’s who are able to and are not directly supporting people can split between remote working from home and office-based work. Please refer to Working Time and Flexible Working HR09.
Meetings in Teams include audio, video, and screen sharing. To join a Teams meeting just look in the invitation for instructions about calling in and click in the link. To book a Teams meeting use your outlook calendar to forward the invitation and details to join will automatically be allocated.
Salesforce is a cloud-based management system which stores all our staff information and records annual leave, sickness, training records and lots more. When you start you will receive an email link invitation containing your username and password to log onto the system.
Skedda is an online booking system for our meeting rooms, spaces, and desks. You should receive an email from notifications@mg.skedda.com which will contain a link to allow you to sign up to use the service.
Grace Eyre has a recognition agreement with the Trade Union, UNISON which means they negotiate on behalf of their members on pay and other terms and conditions of employment.
To become a member, you can download the membership form and pay a monthly subscription, either by direct debit or directly through payroll. Please forward your form to humanresources@grace-eyre.org or ask if you have any queries.
You have the right to be accompanied by a trade union representative to formal meetings whether you are a member of the union or not. Our current trade union representatives are:
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