Your Interview

Before we can find you work you must have a face to face interview either at our Kent head office or with one of our Overseas Consultants.

Any work provisionally arranged in advance is dependent on a successful interview and other important checks.

First contact us, preferably by telephone on 01732 355231; interviews will only be confirmed following a telephone conversation.

We try to make the registration process as quick and easy as possible but in health care protection of the vulnerable is of prime importance. Therefore, like any other reputable agency, we will do a number of checks before we register you, and it will be necessary to see a selection of the following*, at the time of your interview:

Mandatory

  • Proof of identity, preferably a passport, EU identity card or photographic driving licence
  • Proof of right to work in the UK (if applicable)
  • Any valid driving licence (mandatory only if you intend to drive for clients)
  • Your work history CV and any qualification certificates
  • National Insurance number if you have one (N.I. card or evidence of your N.I. number on a recent payslip, etc)
  • Proof of your current address (utility bills, statements, driving licence, etc). This can be an overseas address if you have just arrived in the UK.
  • A passport-size photo
  • Arrival air ticket (only if you wish to drive and do not have a UK, EU or “International” driving licence)
  • Names and contact details of two referees including your last employer of not less than 3-months duration, preferably (obligatory for nurses) to include any health care employers.
  • Details of any past criminal convictions or cautions A police check from any other country where you have lived, if available
  • Police check from country of origin

If you do not have a passport, EU identity card or photo driving licence we will need five forms of identification. Please call us for more details.

If your interview is successful and you wish to continue with your application, you will need to undertake a Criminal Records Bureau/POVA check; this will be arranged directly after your main interview by a member of our CRB team. Please bring cash or a cheque to cover the cost of the government’s standard charge (currently £42.00 – this is less than you would pay with many agencies). Regrettably, the law no longer permits us to accept previously acquired disclosures, no matter how recently obtained.

Interview arrival times

Please arrive at least a half hour early to give you time to complete an application form and CRB disclosure application (if not already done so.)

Reliability is of great importance to our Clients, and punctual attendance for your interview is a sign of your dependability. If you arrange an interview that you later cannot attend please call us as soon as possible to cancel or rearrange it. If you do not contact us to cancel your interview you may be denying work to another carer and delaying the start of care for an elderly person.

Apply for a Live in Care Position

If you are interested in becoming a Consultus Live in Carer you can: