Building and Social Housing Foundation

BSHF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY MONITORING

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM APPLICANTS

The Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) confirms its commitment to a comprehensive policy on Equal Opportunities in employment in which individuals are selected and treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities and are given equal opportunities. The aim of this policy is to ensure that no job applicant or employee should receive less favourable treatment on any grounds not relevant to good employment practices. BSHF is committed to a programme of action to make this policy fully effective.

To enable BSHF to pursue this policy effectively and to meet other legal requirements, it is necessary to monitor applicants and appointees to its posts. To ensure that we have the most accurate information for this purpose it is important that all applicants complete the questionnaire below.

If you do not wish to complete a particular section of the questionnaire please leave it blank, but please ensure that you still return it with your application.

Responses will be treated in the strictest confidence and will be separated from your application on receipt. No information will be used in the appointment procedure. It will form a confidential database, which will be used in statistical analysis only.

POST: RESEARCH AND POLICY INTERN (UK HOUSING POLICY AND PRACTICE)

GENDER TICK ONE ETHNIC ORIGIN TICK ONE a) White – British a) Male b) White – Irish b) Female c) White – Romany Gypsy d) White – Irish Traveller e) White – any other White background* DATE OF BIRTH

f) Black – Caribbean g) Black – African h) Black – any other Black background*

i) Asian – Indian NATIONALITY (PLEASE SPECIFY) j) Asian – Pakistani k) Asian – Bangladeshi l) Asian – any other Asian background*

m) Chinese

UK POSTCODE n) Mixed – White and Black Caribbean o) Mixed – White and Black African p) Mixed – White and Asian q) Mixed – any other Mixed background*

r) Any other ethnic group*

* If you have ticked ‘other’, please give details: ……………………………………………… …………………

DISABLED PERSONS

A disability or health problem does not preclude full consideration for the job, and applications from people with disabilities are welcomed.

DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE A DISABLED PERSON? a) Yes

If yes, please tick the box(es) alongside any of the following statements that you feel apply to yourself:

a) I am a person with dyslexia

b) I am a blind/visually impaired person

c) I am a deaf/hearing impaired person

d) I am a wheelchair user/have a mobility impairment

e) I need personal assistance/support at work

f) I am a mental health system user

g) I have an unseen disability (eg. diabetes, epilepsy, asthma)

h) I am a person with learning difficulties

i) I have a disability not listed above