THE DECENT WORK PROJECT - THE DECENT WORK PROJECT

Get Started as a Prospective Workers

We are home makers and professionals who have experience of working in the public and private sectors and also the not-for-profit and informal sectors of the economy.

Terms and Conditions for Prospective Workers

Prospective Workers:

1. Shall dress in the uniform prescribed by Decent Work and abide by the Decent Work Dress Code all the time

2. Shall not be rude and shall not insult or engage in physical fights with her/his employer, the members of the household and other co-workers; except in cases of the breach of the worker’s bodily integrity

3. Shall use the phone sparingly while at work; use the phone only when it is absolutely necessary

4. Shall not physically and emotionally abuse the young, sick, vulnerable, aged, differently-abled persons/persons with disabilities who they are employed to care for

5. Shall not sexually abuse or visit sexual violence on members of the household, co-workers and the young, sick, vulnerable, aged, and differently-abled persons/persons with disabilities who they were employed to care for

6. Shall not act singly or in collusion with others to steal from their employer or hurt him/her in any way

7. Shall abandon this application process if s/he is engaged in alcohol or substance abuse

8. Shall not make demands that were not specified by Decent Work in the terms of employment, from their employers

9. Shall agree that Decent Work should undertake background checks to ascertain that you are not engaged in criminal activities and have no records of physical and sexual abuse anywhere

10. Shall agree to get a guarantor who will complete her/his guarantor form and respond to questions about her/him during background checks

11. Shall agree to pay between N1,500 and 5,000 for your training by Decent Work depending on the domestic/care giving work you wish to take up [If you would wish to stagger payment for training, please call and discuss payment plans with the Station Manager in your location]

12. Shall agree to pay an annual registration fee of N2,000 for your name to be included in the Decent Work Database. Decent Work cannot place you at work if we do not have your details in our Database.

If you disagree with any of the terms and conditions, please click: I disagree and the system will log you out. You can call the Station Manager of Decent Work who is close to your location to discuss the terms and conditions that you disagree with or are uncomfortable with.

Please accept our Terms and conditions before you register

Personal Details

Note: Provide us with every necessary information about you so as to be able to get you what you require.

Enter your Full name

Enter your Date of Birth

Please enter your last birthday age, only numbers accepted: e.g 30

Please enter your phone number in this format: e.g +2347011111111

Please enter your Email Address: e.g [email protected]

Please enter your current work address

Please enter your current home address

Are you a Nigerian?

Yes No

Please enter your state of origin and local government area: e.g Lagos, Alimosho Local Government etc

Enter Identification Details: e.g Drivers License, National ID Card or International Passport etc

Enter Identification Details if you are not a Nigerian

Are you below the age of 18?

If you are below 18, can you provide approval/consent to work from your legal guardians/parents?

Can you provide documentation to prove your age?

What languages do you speak?

Language	Fluent	Conversational

Decent Works Details

Note: Provide us with every necessary information as required by Decent Works.

Do you agree to attend the Decent Work Orientation/Training programme?

Do you agree to Decent Work putting your details through a background check?
(Please note that Decent Work will carry out background checks on all applicants who wish that Decent Work should place them at work either in homes or offices)

Which type of domestic/care work have you ever done?
I have worked as/I am working as (Please choose):

Select the mode of work you prefer in order of preference (Example: Full-time live-in, hourly, part-time, etc). See the relevant sections of this website for details. (As the need arises and your circumstance change, you can propose to change your mode of work by discussing with the Station Manager of Decent Work in your location)

Which type of domestic/care work would you prefer to train/re-train for so that Decent Work can place you at work? (See the relevant sections of this website for details)

Do you need to work in the domestic/care sector urgently? How would you categorize the urgency of your need for work in this sector?

If your request for training/re-training and placement for work in the domestic/care sector is urgent, please state why)

Do you have special health challenges you would like Decent Work to take on board when considering you for placement at work? Please list them.

Provide details of a guarantor that Decent Work can contact to verify your character:

RESPECTING YOURSELF AND PERSONS YOU WORK/CARE FOR AND SAFEGUARDING YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT

Decent Work encourages prospective workers to respect themselves, respect persons they work for and safeguard their work environment by:

1. dressing as prescribed in the Decent Work Dress Code all the time

2. not making demands that were not specified by Decent Work in the terms of employment, from their employers

3. refraining from entering into a separate contractual agreement, which excludes Decent Work, with their employers. Decent Work would blacklist a worker who violates this clause and would not re-register the worker in the Decent Work Database.

4. turning off faulty electrical fittings/appliances and reporting same immediately to the employer

5. not operating faulty electrical appliances or appliances/gadgets which they do not understand

6. humbly learning how to use gas cookers and ensuring that all gas points are turned off before the employee lights the gas

7. humbly learning how to use generating sets, and not assuming the role of generator repairers (or repairer of other electrical and mechanical appliances where s/he has no training)

8. encouraging their employers to buy fire blankets and fire extinguishers for the kitchen area

9. encouraging their employers to provide face masks, surgical gloves and disinfectants if they clean up for household members who are infirmed or unable to care for themselves and those who become suddenly sick and are showing signs of infection

10. not acting singly or in collusion with others to steal from their employers or hurt them in any way

11. not being rude and not insulting or engaging in physical fights with their employers, the members of the household and other co-workers; except in cases of the breach of their bodily integrity

12. not slapping, pushing, pulling, beating, kicking and dragging persons they are employed to care for and not recruiting others to physically abuse the persons who require care

13. not shouting on or fingering the nose, face or any other part of the body of the person requiring care and not recruiting, encouraging or cheering others to visit abuse on the persons they were employed to care for; be they babies, children, adults or the aged

14. not initiating, suggesting, agreeing to, engaging in sex or forcing anyone in the household/workplace into any sexual acts

15. not purporting to have obtained the consent of persons (whether a child, an underage or an adult) they were employed to care for to participate in any sexual acts; and

16. respecting the privacy of their employers within the household; this includes not taking ANY photos of their employers and members of the family and posting on-line.

CHOOSE YOUR INTERVIEW DATE:

Upload Documents

Select The Location you will require the service

Upload Passport Photograph (JPG FORMAT ONLY)

Upload Birth Certificate

Parental/guardian consent to work (compulsory for prospective workers who are 16 and above, but less than 18). This is not the same as a guarantor form. This category of applicants will still need guarantors

Verifiable current student’s ID card (compulsory for prospective workers who are students)

Upload International Passport or National ID Card or Drivers License (JPG FORMAT ONLY)

Upload Immigration papers/appropriate work permit (compulsory for service users and prospective workers who are non-Nigerians. Please merge entire document in one file format such as PDF then upload)

Upload certificates from formal educational institutions and non-formal education activities (essential if prospective workers want to prove they have certain knowledge and skills)

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