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Criminal Records Disclosure
We provide services to a wide range of vulnerable people and maintain comprehensive confidential and sensitive information about them. If the job for which you are applying would involve substantial access to vulnerable service users, or personal confidential information about them, you must agree to a Disclosure Notification being sought from the Criminal Records Bureau. This requirement will be made clear in the advertisement for the job and in the job description.
The Disclosure will include a search of the Police National Computer and the databases held by the Department of Health and the Department for Education & Skills. It will include all criminal convictions, cautions, warnings and reprimands and you are required to declare such matters where the relevant posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The disclosure of a criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude you from appointment. There are many offences which may not disqualify an applicant, for example where those which are less serious, were committed some time ago, were committed when you were a juvenile or under extenuating circumstances and where there have been no further offences. However, failure to declare any conviction may disqualify you from appointment, or result in dismissal if information subsequently comes to light.
If you would like to discuss whether a conviction you have would be likely to exclude you from being considered from the post for which you are applying, please contact the Recruitment Team on (01225) 718040, whom you may ask, in confidence, for advice.
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