Guidance for applicants – in confidence
The position you have applied for is identified as exempt under the Exceptions Order of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in England and Wales).
This means that when considering any such appointment, the employing organisation is legally permitted to request a standard or enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service (known as a DBS check).
Standard and enhanced disclosures will include information about all SPENT (old) and UNSPENT (current)convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013.
Enhanced disclosures may also include other relevant police information where this is deemed relevant to the position you are applying for.
Before you complete this form, it is important to understand which convictions or cautions are now protected(or filtered) under an amendment to the Exceptions Order to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (as amended in England and Wales] which came into force from 29 May 2013.
Protected convictions and cautions will never be included in a standard or enhanced DBS disclosure. Applicants are not legally required to declare any such convictions or cautions to an employer, and the employing organisation is not entitled to consider any such offences as part of their recruitment process.
If you have a criminal record and have any queries or concerns about the type of information you may be asked to declare, please refer to the following sources for further guidance.
https://unlock.org.uk/information-and-advice/ - Unlock
https://www.nacro.org.uk/about-us/volunteering/ – NACRO
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide – Unlock
https://www.nacro.org.uk/nacro-services/criminal-record-support/advice-for-employers/ - NACRO
Our Commitment to you
Before you can be considered for appointment with Bank Partners we need to be satisfied about your character and suitability.
If the position has, in addition, been identified as a regulated activity under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006) (as amended by the Protection of Freedom's Act 2012) an enhanced DBS disclosure will include information which is held on the Children's and/or Adults barred list(s), as applicable to the position.
Bank Partners aims to promote equality of opportunity and is committed to treating all applicants for positions fairly and on merit regardless of ethnicity, disability, age, gender or gender re-assignment, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, marriage or civil partnership. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against applicants on the basis of criminal conviction or other such information declared.
Prior to making a final decision concerning your application, we shall discuss with you any information declared by you that we believe may have a bearing on your suitability for the position.
If we do not raise this information with you, this is because we do not believe that it should be taken into account. In that event you still remain free, should you wish, to discuss the matter with the recruiting manager. As part of assessing your application, we will only take into account criminal records and other information declared which is relevant to the position being applied for.
The information that you provide in this declaration form will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. It will be used for the purpose of determining your application for this position. It will also be used for purposes of enquiries in relation to the prevention and detection of fraud.
Please answer all of the questions within this form.
If you answer ‘YES’ to any of the questions, please use the space indicated to provide any information that you believe may have a bearing on your suitability for the position for which you are applying.
Please use the continuation sheet provided in this form to include any additional information or supplementary comments you wish us to consider in support of your application. You may continue on a separate sheet if necessary.
It is important to stress that answering ‘yes’ to any of the questions below will not necessarily prevent you from taking up an appointment in the NHS. This will depend on the relevance of the information you provide in respect of the nature of the position for which you are applying, and the particular circumstances.
It is important to stress that answering ‘yes’ to any of the questions below will not necessarily prevent you from taking up an appointment in the NHS. This will depend on the relevance of the information you provide in respect of the nature of the position for which you are applying, and the particular circumstances.
All cases will be examined on a case by case basis, and will consider the following.
If the conviction is relevant to the position applied for.
The seriousness of the offence.
The age of the applicant at the time of the offence(s).
The length of time since the offence(s) occurred.
If the applicant has a pattern of offending behaviour.
The circumstances surrounding the offence(s) and the explanation(s) offered by the applicant.
If the applicant’s circumstances have changed since the offending behaviour.
It is important to be aware, that the failure to disclose all unspent and unspent convictions which you are legally obliged to declare (i.e. those that are not protected under the DBS filtering rules), could result in disciplinary proceedings or dismissal.
If you have a criminal record and have any queries or concerns about the type of information you may be asked to declare, please refer to the following sources for further guidance.
https://unlock.org.uk/information-and-advice/ - Unlock
https://www.nacro.org.uk/about-us/volunteering/– NACRO