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Sandra – Using a self-disclosure statement helped my daughter get a college place
Sandra contacted our helpline on behalf of her daughter who was experiencing difficulties in getting onto a college course due […]
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Teresa – I challenged my employers decision following disclosure of a filtered conviction
Teresa contacted our helpline as she needed advice following a meeting with her employers to discuss an anonymous ‘tip off’ […]
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Liam – I successfully appealed my employer’s decision to dismiss me due to ‘unsatisfactory conduct’
Liam contacted our helpline after his employer dismissed him for failing to disclose his unspent conviction. Liam explained to us […]
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Geraldine – Getting clear advice enabled me to successfully challenge an ineligible DBS check
Geraldine contacted our helpline following a job offer teaching adults. Geraldine explained that her employers had initially told her that they […]
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Arthur – Challenging the results of a basic criminal record check carried out by Disclosure Scotland instead of the Disclosure and Barring Service enabled me to keep my job
Following his successful appointment to a job working in a call centre, Arthur had been told by his new employer […]
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Clive – A potentially ineligible criminal record check led to the DBS considering barring me from working with children and vulnerable adults
Clive contacted our helpline for some advice after he’d received a letter from the Disclosure and Barring Service stating that they […]
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Social housing providers can only request details of unspent convictions on housing application forms
We were contacted recently by an individual who wanted some advice about answering a criminal record question being asked by […]
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Colleges must ensure that if they want to know about criminal records, then their questions are very clear
Our helpline was contacted recently by a probation officer who was working with an individual looking to apply for a college […]
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Joseph – “Getting help in applying to have my Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) discharged at court”
As part of his sentence in 2012, Joseph was put on the Sex Offenders Register for five years and given […]
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Alice – “How can a new company taking over a care home contract assess my convictions so differently”
Alice had been employed as a care support worker for 15 years during which time she’d worked for several different […]
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Wayne – “I was at risk of losing my job as a result of my employer taking on a government contract”
Wayne had been working as a consultant for several years when he was offered a paid job working for one […]
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Albert – My daughter shouldn’t have been Disqualification by Association due to my caution
Following receipt of a caution for ABH, Albert contacted our helpline as he was extremely concerned that his caution could affect […]
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Celine – How Disqualification by Association unjustly effects the lives of family members who don’t have a conviction
Celine contacted our helpline after both her son and daughter had been suspended from their teaching roles under the Disqualification by […]
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Challenging a Community Rehabilitation Company regarding the failings in their recruitment process
We were contacted by an individual after she’d been dismissed from her job as a receptionist with a Community Rehabilitation […]
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Paul – Spent convictions should be disregarded for insurance purposes
Paul contacted our helpline after a major insurance company cancelled his motor insurance policy as they believed that he’d failed to […]
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Wendy – Historic minor conviction from 22 years ago caused problems securing a job
Wendy contacted our helpline following the offer of a teaching role in a local school. She’d just received her enhanced DBS […]
