If you have a medical condition, the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) requires employers to make reasonable adjustments to the job content or working environment. To achieve this, we need to know whether you are covered. Definition of Disability: “A physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities in a non-work environment.”
There are 6 million carers in the United Kingdom and nearly one in eight workers are carers. With an ageing population and an expected increase of 60% of carers in the next 30 years, we would like to monitor the number of people with caring responsibilities.
To protect certain vulnerable groups within society, there are a number of posts within Helen & Douglas House that are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended). As the post you have applied for falls within this category, it will be exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applicants for such post are not entitled to withhold any information about convictions or other relevant criminal record information which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act. If you are successful with this application, any failure to disclose such information could result in dismissal or disciplinary action. Any information provided will be confidential and will be considered only in relation to posts to which the Order applies.
All individuals applying for positions which involve ‘regulated activity’ are required to have an enhanced criminal record check and, where appropriate to the role, this check will also include any information which may be held against the barred list for working with children and/or adults. The full definition of ‘regulated activity’ is defined under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) which came into force on 10th September 2012.
The post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applicants must therefore declare all cautions, criminal convictions, criminal convictions pending, warnings or reprimands both within and outside of any ‘unspent’ period.
I declare that the information given in this form and in any accompanying documentation in true to the best of my knowledge and belief and give my permission for enquiries to be made to confirm qualifications, experience, dates of employment, right to work in the UK and for the release by other people or organisation of necessary information to verify the content.