The Providers of Social Work Services (England) Regulations 2013

PART 1 Information

1.  The applicant’s full name, date of birth, current address and telephone number.

2.  Where applicable, any other addresses the applicant has lived at within five years of making the application.

3.  Details of the applicant’s professional or technical qualifications and experience so far as such qualifications and experience are relevant to providing a social work service.

4.  Details of the applicant’s professional training relevant to carrying on or managing a social work service.

5.  Details of the applicant’s employment history, including the name and address of their present employer and of any previous employers.

6.  Details of any business the applicant carries on or manages or has carried on or managed.

7.  The name and addresses of two referees—

(a) who are not relatives of the applicant;

(b) each of whom is able to provide a reference as to the applicant’s competence to manage a social work service; and

(c) one of whom has employed the applicant for a period of at least 3 months, but the requirement for the name and address of a referee who has employed the applicant for a period of at least 3 months does not apply where it is impracticable to obtain a reference from a person who fulfils that requirement.