Criminal Record Bureau Disclosure

Jobs which involve working with children or vulnerable adults are listed in the Exceptions order to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This applies to many of the roles within the College and means that a person applying for such a role is required to disclose all criminal convictions and that the College will also need to obtain a satisfactory Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) Disclosure for the individual.

If the role which you are interested in applying for has this requirement the following information will be shown on the Vacancy Information:

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must therefore disclose all spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings. If you are offered the post we will need to obtain a satisfactory Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure for you.

If this is the case you will need to complete the Disclosure of Criminal Convictions form available on the How to Apply page and forward it to the Human Resources team along with your application. Please note that a criminal offence includes all convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings.

Disclosure of a criminal offence does not necessarily mean that you will not be considered for the role; a person’s suitability will be looked at in the light of all the information available. Things which will be considered include the seriousness of the offence and its relevance to the safety of students, other employers, customers, clients, and property, the length of time since the offence occurred, the circumstances of the case and whether the offence was a one off or part of a history of offending. One of the main considerations will be whether the offence is one which would make the person unsuitable to work in a capacity which provides the opportunity for access to young people or vulnerable adults. To help reach this decision you may be asked questions at the interview.

Any information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and be considered only in relation to the specific role you have applied for.

If you are not short-listed or are unsuccessful at interview any information you have provided will be confidentially destroyed.

If you are offered the post the information will be retained securely by the Human Resources team until a CRB disclosure is received and the information checked against it. If this check is satisfactory the information will be confidentially destroyed.

Under the terms of its registration with the CRB the College is bound by the Code of Practice which gives guidance on all related issues including equality of opportunity and data protection. Further information can be obtained on the CRB website at http://www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk/.