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Apply to become a Host Family for Bright World




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Please complete the first name, middle name and surname boxes for each person, as they appear in their passport.

Right to Work in the UK

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Your Spouse / Partner

Please complete the first name, middle name and surname boxes for each person, as they appear in their passport.



Your Home


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Diet

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Bedrooms

For each available bedroom you have please enter the number of students you can host.

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Internet

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Transport

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Self Declaration

All full-time members of the household over the age of 16 must review these questions and if anyone answers “Yes” to any question, they should follow the instructions below on the next step.
Has any full-time resident in the household ever:

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If answered yes to any of the above then please provide details

This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all convictions, cautions, written warnings, bind overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’ must be declared.

If you or any member of your household has answered ‘YES’ to any of the questions above, please supply further details along with the relevant dates on a separate form marked Private and Confidential for the attention of the Director of Safeguarding & Operations, Bright World Guardianships, Forge House, 105 High Street, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, BN6 9PU.

Section 70a of the Children Act 1989 states that a person who gives information which he/she knows to be false/misleading or makes a statement in this notice will be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine.

Please note: having a criminal record may not necessarily stop you from working with our company; this will depend upon the nature of the offence.

All full-time residents must be made aware that if their circumstances change and they would later answer “Yes” to any of the questions above, Bright World Guardianships must be notified immediately.

By law, all families hosting a student under the age of 16 years for more than 28 consecutive days will be classed as private fosterers. This procedure would involve further checks by a social worker.

Applicants will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check using original certificates and forms of identification, which applies to anyone aged over 16 years of age living in the house. In processing your application and as part of our Safer Recruitment policy we will need to share your information with a third party agency called uCheck (www.ucheck.co.uk) who we use to undertake DBS checks as an essential part of our screening process. The information uCheck gather will be handled in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016. uCheck’s privacy policy can be found here. Once we have received each person’s clear, enhanced DBS certificate, we will automatically register you with an online Update Service. We will re-register and check each person’s DBS status annually on the renewal date for every year that you remain a host family for Bright World. Applicants will be required to submit details of people who they have known for a minimum of two years and can be contacted by Bright World Head Office to provide reference details. Please tick the box to confirm that all members of the household agree to the above [tick box]

Applicants should be aware that Bright World Guardianships is accredited by AEGIS and as part of the accreditation or inspection process of AEGIS or any other statutory body, applicants must be prepared to co-operate with an inspection, involving a meeting with the host family applicant and access to their accommodation at a pre-arranged time, if necessary [tick box]

We confirm that we have valid, up-to-date and fully comprehensive car insurance for any cars that we, as a host family, would be using to transport Bright World Guardianships’ students and have informed our insurer (or will inform our insurer prior to hosting) that we transport students, for which we are paid expenses.

We confirm that we have adequate home insurance and have declared all relevant facts to our insurers (or will declare all relevant facts to our insurers prior to hosting) regarding hosting international students in our homes, in order to obtain the right cover and premiums.

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Health and Safety Risk Assessment

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If Yes please give details (for example how many, locations, how often tested)


Do you have a carbon monoxide detector alarm fitted? Yes or no or N/A if no gas supply to the property
Host families are required to have at least one fully functional carbon monoxide detector for health and safety. This is compulsory.
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If yes please give details (for example how many, locations, how often tested)

Do you have an annual Landlord’s Gas Safety Check (please only select N/A if you have no gas supply to your property)
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Is your building a 3 storey or more building, an apartment or similar?
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If yes what additional fire precautions have you taken as appropriate?

Fire doors? Yes or no
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Fire escape? Yes or no
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Fire extinguisher? Yes or no
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Fire blanket? Yes or no
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Other fire measures: (please describe)


Landlord’s Gas Safety Certificate

Host families must now have a valid Landlord’s Gas Safety Certificate (CP12) in order to host – this is a legal requirement for all private hosts and hosting organisations.

I confirm that I either have no gas supply to my property or that I have a valid Landlord’s Gas Safety (CP12) Certificate which is renewed annually or that I am willing to have this done and show the certificate to the Bright World representative on their visit


New Landlord Gas Certificate upload


Children or other people living in the household

Please complete the first name, middle name and surname boxes for each person, as they appear in their passports, if applicable.

Child 1

Child 2

Child 3

Child 4

Other Resident 1

Other Resident 2

Temporary Resident 1

Temporary Resident 2


References

Please provide names of 2 referees per adult - 1 personal either covering both applicants or 1 for each as appropriate and 1 professional for each adult. Professionals can be a previous employer or a professional person such as a doctor, teacher or police officer. The nominated professional and personal referees must have known the applicant for a minimum of two years, and must not be family members or spouses. By providing details of the referees the applicant is providing Bright World Guardianships with consent to obtain these references. When you submit this form a request for a reference will go automatically to the people below.

Personal Referee

Personal Referee 2

Professional Referee 1

Professional Referee 2

How did you hear about us?

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Emergency Care Register

Would you like to be considered for the Emergency Care Register to help look after students who may suddenly need short notice care? Tick if yes:

Declaration

You will need the following login details to access the links below:
Username: HF
Password: 123

Please click here to read the Host Family Charter.
Please click here to read the host family Manual.

By submitting this application form I confirm that I have read and understood the Bright World Host Family Charter and Handbook and agree to all that is outlined therein, including an enhanced DBS check to confirm that the applicant is not disqualified from working with children, or subject to any sanctions imposed by a regulatory body and has no convictions, cautions or bind overs. I consent to Bright World Guardianships conduction spot checks during the academic year. I agree that an enhanced DBS check will be carried out on all family members over the age of 16, including children temporarily working away or studying. I have read and understood the Bright World Privacy Policy that complies with the Data Protection Act of 1998.