I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Birtenshaw (Bolton, England) in Feb 2017
Interview
CEO CHOSES WHAT QUESTIONS HE WANT TO ASK, no structure at all. There’s a formal interview- panel followed by what they term scrutiny interview. If CEO doesn’t like you then you not picked
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you effectively develop relationships with your manager?
If a SU made an allegation to you about a colleague how would you deal with it?
Why Birtenshaw?
Three principles of recording?
How would you support a young person who is presenting challenging behaviour?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Birtenshaw (Bolton, England) in Oct 2016
Interview
Interview was competency based, where you would have to describe using examples how you could handle difficult situations. Always refer to safeguarding as the most important thing will to support and help the young person however the situations. Try to think of situations of crisis where you use skills like patience, consistency, resilience to solve them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if you are hit by a young person?
