Welcome to the Southdown recruitment page.
If yes, we may have a job opportunity to suit you.
Please note: unfortunately we cannot accept CV’s.
A day in the life of a Southdown worker
Learn what it's like to work for Southdown in the following documents:
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A day in the life of a Support Worker
A day in the life of a Relief Support Worker
A day in the life of an Employment Specialist
A day in the life of a Floating Support Officer
The role of a Floating Support Officer
How to apply
If you are interested in applying for any of our vacancies you can do so from the current vacancies page. A link to the application form is available at the top of the page and links to the application packs containing job description and person specifications are displayed with each job advert. We regret we cannot accept CV’s:
Alternatively, you can send an email to recruitment@southdownhousing.org quoting the vacancy reference and we will email you the relevant documents.
To request an application pack by phone please call 01273 405838 (answer phone) quoting the job reference number and your name and address.
Please read the guidance notes before completing the selected form and note the closing date for applications.
Disabled applicants
Southdown has been accredited with the ‘Positive About Disability Two Ticks’ symbol which means if you meet the minimum criteria in the person specification and let us know that you are disabled, we will guarantee you an interview for the post.
Applying for more than one vacancy
Each vacancy is identified by a job reference. If you request an application form by post, the job references you have applied for will be listed on the first page of the application form.
Please ensure you only apply for a maximum of two vacancies. You should be aware that any posts further to your first and second preference will not be put forward for short listing. Please indicate on your application form your order of preference by marking your first preference “1” and your second preference “2”.
Your order of preference will help us at the interview stage if you are shortlisted for both posts. We will try to arrange for you to be interviewed once (where posts are similar e.g. Support Worker) with the service managers for the posts you have been shortlisted for.
NB. If you do not provide an order of preference we may have difficulties in arranging your interviews. Once interview arrangements have been made we are not normally able to make any re-arrangements and we are unable to offer different dates to those advertised if you cannot attend.
Data Protection Policy
Southdown is committed to maintaining the standards required by the Data Protection Act, The Tenant Services Authority, employment law and the various standards agencies for the services we provide.
All personal data is managed carefully to meet these standards and individuals have rights of access to data that is held on them.
Unsuccessful applicant records shall be retained for 6 months.
Data Protection Officer
The Executive Director of Business, Vikki Hayward-Cripps, oversees the management of Data Protection and is the registered Data Protection Officer for the Association. She can be contacted via the HR department if you have any queries relating to Data Protection issues in relation to recruitment .
A full policy document is available on request to the H.R. Department at the Lewes Office.