Work With Us

Yes. We will conduct a series of pre-employment checks following a conditional offer of employment. These may vary depending upon the role but, legally, all employees need to demonstrate evidence of the right to work in the UK, and many of our posts require an Enhanced DBS check and two satisfactory professional references.

For night working roles, or if you declare any ongoing health issues, you may also be encouraged to attend an occupational health check. As we conduct these checks, we will keep you informed of the progress. However, the checks can take between 2-8 weeks to complete.

We will provide feedback when requested following interviews. However, we do not provide feedback on application forms. If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date for a vacancy, then please assume you have not been successfully shortlisted.

Application forms will be kept for 6 months following submission. After this time, they will be deleted in line with our retention policy as well as compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018.

Location is largely dependent upon the role for which you apply. For many of our frontline job vacancies – such as working in our hostels, children’s homes, maintenance or domestic teams etc. – you will need to be located on site to ensure our charity can continue delivering high quality life-changing services for our community’s most vulnerable members.

There are some vacancies where staff do not always need to be on site – e.g. some support services – in which case home working arrangements on a full or hybrid (part-office, part-home) basis may be possible for the duration of the pandemic lockdowns if agreed beforehand with your line manager.

It is important to note that all our venues and locations operate a COVID-safe policy in line with all up-to-date government guidelines to ensure our staff team and service users alike can feel safe and empowered at YMCA. Hand sanitisers are in place at every YMCA location with social distancing measures and one-way systems in place where appropriate.

YMCA is committed to a policy of equal opportunities in the provision of services and as an employer. We strive to support all candidates and staff with any reasonable adjustments they may need and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We also welcome feedback upon ways we can improve our processes. Please contact recruitment@nottsymca.org if you would like to comment on our processes in relation to equal opportunities, or anything else that you have seen on our website.