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Appointment Timeline

HR receive notification of the successful candidate following your interview. You will then be issued with your appointment letter within 3 working days of this notification. Employment references will also be requested at this stage. Your appointment letter includes details of Online Training which is an essential requirement of your employment. You are required to complete this as soon as possible following receipt of your appointment letter Your appointment letter will request that you make an appointment with HR, in order to commence your employment checks. Please e-mail human.resources@newdur.ac.uk to arrange a suitable time Applicants are also required to obtain an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS and oversees check where applicable. Your appointment letter provides guidance on how to complete your online DBS application. Please let HR know once you have submitted your application for approval. The appointment process will require you to present your employment eligibility documents: - All ID; - Qualifications (including evidence of Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy); - Completed pre-employment medical questionnaire Following your attendance at HR, we will approve your online DBS application and send it to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Your pre-employment questionnaire will be sent to the Occupational Health nurse. Your DBS certificate will be issued to your personal address, within 1 - 6 weeks. Once you have received your certificate you should bring this to HR. HR will be issued with an Occupational Health report detailing your fitness for work, usually within 4 working days of your questionnaire being submitted. You may be required to attend addiitonal appointments with the Occuptional Health Nurse. HR have to complete a number of employment checks prior to a start date being arranged, this includes: Receipt of both references; Proof of Name; Proof of Address; Proof of D.O.B; Receipt of DBS Certificate; Receipt of pre-employment Report; Sight of original relevant qualifications (including Level 2 Literacy & Numeracy qualifications) and Completion of all online training Once all of the above checks have been completed, HR will contact your Head of School / Manager to notify them that you are now cleared to commence your role. Your manager will contact you to arrange a suitable start date. Once your start date has been confirmed, you will be invited to attend an induction session by our Training and Development Manager, this will take place as close to your start date as possible. Your contract of employment and Job Description Declaration will be issued on your first day of employment. You are required to return this within 2 weeks of your start date.
Why are there delays in my appointment?

If the appointment process is taking longer than you thought, there is no need to worry, there are many reasons why your appointment might be delayed:

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Check:

For a DBS to be completed there are several checks which must be completed by Police and Local Authorities. There are many external factors that must be considered when these checks are taking place. Due to these external factors there is no certain timescale on how long your DBS may take, however you are able to track the progress of your DBS application using this website: https://secure.crbonline.gov.uk/enquiry/enquirySearch.do

Unfortunately, the college are not able to influence your DBS application, and it is understandable why several checks are taking place to ensure safeguarding checks have thoroughly bee completed for the college. Unfortunately, you will need to wait for the DBS check to be completed.

References:

The delay might be due to your references. Please note that our Human Resources team are doing anything they can to quicken the reference process, however, if the team are struggling to contact your references, then they will let you know. If you feel comfortable to do so it might be beneficial to contact your references and politely ask them to respond to our Human Resources team.

If you are still not sure why your appointment is delayed, then please feel free to contact our Human Resources team at human.resources@newdur.ac.uk for further information.