Help with your job application

We require references before we can confirm an offer of employment.

Do not include friends or relatives as referees; these will not be accepted and it will delay the recruitment process.

First Referee: Your first referee must be connected with your current or most recent employment/period of self employment/work experience/voluntary work, such as your manager, supervisor or a main contractor.

Second Referee: A suitable second referee would be a previous employer, business associate, leader or organiser of a voluntary organisation, school teacher or university/college tutor.

If you're applying for a job working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, and you're either currently working or volunteering with the relevant group or have done so in the past, one referee will need to be that employer or organisation.

Make sure that you ask the referee if they are willing to supply a reference on your behalf before including them on the application.