IMPORTANT NOTES FOR APPLICANTS
Before you complete this form, please ensure you have read the information on the vacancies page of our website.
In addition to completing this form, please also email a copy of your cover letter and CV to micky@pegasusbay.school.nz - as one PDF document.
If you are selected for an interview you may bring whānau/support people at your own expense. Please advise if this is your intention in your cover letter.
Failure to complete this application and answer all questions truthfully may result in any offer of employment being withdrawn or appointment being terminated, if any information is later found to be false.
Police vetting
Applicants may not be employed as a children’s worker if they have been convicted of a specified offence listed in Schedule 2 of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014, unless they obtain an exemption. The Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004 will not apply to these specified offences and these offences will be included in your Police vetting results.
The Clean Slate Act provides certain convictions do not have to be disclosed providing:
Please note that you are not obliged to disclose convictions if you meet the above conditions but can do so if you wish. If you are uncertain as to whether you are eligible contact the Ministry of Justice.
Shortlisted applicants being interviewed will need to provide originals of both a primary identity document (e.g. passport) and a secondary identity document (e.g. New Zealand driver license). A list of acceptable primary and secondary documents is available in the last sections of the Vulnerable Children Regulations 2015.
This application form and supporting documents will be held by the board. You may access these in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 1993. If you have any queries, please contact the person cited in the advertisement.
Custodial sentence means a sentence of imprisonment and includes corrective training, preventive detention, a sentence of imprisonment served by home detention, borstal training, detention centre training and any other sentence that requires the full-time detention of an individual. Non-custodial sentence includes, but is not limited to, a community-based sentence, a sentence of home detention, a sentence of a fine or reparation, a suspended sentence of imprisonment, and a specified order.
