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Come and work for Cumbria County Council Help us build pride in Cumbria Contents Welcome from Peter Stybelski, chief executive 4 About the council 5 Working for us 7 Putting people first 9 About Cumbria 10 Our council structure 11 What you will need to know 12 • Terms and conditions of employment 12 • How to complete your application form 16 • CRB information 21 • Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 25 Welcome ... Congratulations, you’ve just taken the first step towards working for Cumbria County Council. Cumbria County Council is an exciting and fulfilling place to work. Every day we provide a wide range of services to the people of Cumbria and we touch many lives, in many different ways. We are at the very heart of Cumbria’s communities. As well as delivering excellent local services we make sure that Cumbria’s voice is heard regionally and nationally, speaking up for Cumbria on major issues like jobs, investment and resources. Everyone who works for the council plays a part in helping us deliver our goal ‘Building pride in Cumbria’. If you want to help us deliver that goal then I hope that your application is successful. Thank you for contacting us and good luck! Peter Peter Stybelski Chief Executive Cumbria County Council The Courts Carlisle CA3 8NA 4 5 About the council Cumbria County Council’s core purpose We will: is ‘Building pride in Cumbria’. To help • care about people; achieve this we have six clear aims. • care about performance; and • care about partnership. To make Cumbria: Helping deliver our ambitious goals is the Better second largest workforce in Cumbria. Improving council services We employ just under 10,000 people (17,000 if you include teachers). This Wealthier makes people our most important asset. Making Cumbria more prosperous From cleaners to care workers, from administrators to accountants everyone Healthier at the council has a role to play in making Improving the health and well-being Cumbria a place where people want to of adults live and work. Happier Improving the life chances and well-being of children and young people Safer Creating safe and secure communities Greener Creating and protecting a high quality environment for all. We want our organisation to be a positive ‘can do’ place to work. We expect all our employees to share common values and ways of working. 4 5 The biggest and most important resource within any organisation is its employees and Cumbria County Council is no different. 6 7 Working for us - our people are our strength We take great care that we match the Some key benefits are: right people to the right jobs, benefiting our staff and the communities we serve. • job share and flexible hours working arrangement through the council Employees at Cumbria County Council ‘flexi-time’ scheme not only have the chance to enjoy a (this may not apply to all posts) rewarding career, with opportunities • competitive rates of pay and holidays for development, but they also enjoy • a work-life balance culture a great working environment with the • maternity and paternity leave range of benefits you would expect arrangements from the public sector. • a very competitive final salary pension scheme • a staff discounts scheme • training and development opportunities • relocation package (where it is applicable) • excellent internal communications • corporate awards to celebrate excellence. 6 7 You’ll find lots of benefits and incentives as an employee of the county council. 8 9 Putting people first - delivering services that matter We are enormously proud of our Through this democratic process county. We know that strong and councillors set the direction for the sustainable communities are what council, deciding on the priorities that makes Cumbria a great place to live, best meet the needs of the Cumbrian work and play. We are determined to citizen. To find out more about the help capture Cumbria’s natural assets; council’s democratic process visit our a unique blend of energy and serenity; website cumbria.gov.uk. and use them to improve the quality of life for all. Cumbria County Council also works in partnership with a wide range of public In Cumbria each community is and private organisations to help deliver represented by a county councillor that excellent services. Cumbria leads the they elect once every four years. In way on a number of innovative strategic Cumbria this adds up to a total of 84 partnerships with the private sector. councillors. As individuals they represent their own community and its needs, and as a group they speak up for Cumbria as a whole. 8 9 About Cumbria Cumbria is a special and inspiring place. Cumbrians enjoy a strong of sense The world famous landscape, the of community, they live in a beautiful, warmth of the people and the strong vibrant place and enjoy a thriving social sense of place, mean this unique piece and cultural scene that blends the of England inspires a lasting affection county’s rich history with a vibrant and among residents and visitors alike. forward looking attitude. But there is more to Cumbria than Cumbria is a modern, exciting and meets the eye. What brings people here connected place. It is only a short and keeps them coming back is, quite journey from the big cities but it is a simply, the unbeatable quality of life. million miles from the crowds, the traffic and the fumes. Time and again the county comes top of the league in surveys looking at Britain’s Cumbria can be whatever you want; best places to live. Other research a haven of peace and quiet or a hive shows that Cumbrians tend to be proud of high-tech activity and excitement. of where they live and pleased that it is This is only a brief glimpse of what one of the safest, most crime free parts Cumbria is all about, of what it’s like to of Britain. live and work here. To get a real taste of this beautiful, interesting and exciting Nowhere in Britain is more beautiful or county, you’ll really have to come and more beguiling than Cumbria and, in the experience it for yourself. modern world, nowhere offers a better opportunity to get the work-life balance right. 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