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Advice
Criminal records that don’t show (stay) on standard and enhanced DBS checks (filtering and protected cautions and convictions)
…for providing basic, standard and enhanced criminal record checks. DBS Filtering Guide More information For practical self-help information – We have further information on employment To discuss this issue with…
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Personal Story
Disclosing convictions received during my employment
…Useful links Comment – Let us have your thoughts on this post by commenting below Information – We have practical self-help information on receiving a criminal record whilst in employment…
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Article
Moving on: Employment after release
This month, we’ve written a further article for InsideTime ‘Through the Gate’ Section which focuses on employment after release. A copy of the article can be found below. On release…
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Advice
Explaining gaps in your CV as a result of a criminal record
…I explain short gaps? If the gap in your employment history is short and sandwiched between longer periods of employment, you can often deflect attention by giving the dates of…
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Personal Story
Problems with employment for serving inmates
…time job. In the very near future I will be able to go home for ‘overnight resettlement leaves’. And that leaves me only one final hurdle; finding paid employment whilst…
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Second Reading in House of Lords for Bill to amend Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
…emphasises the general advantage to society of securing employment for ex-offenders and thereby reducing reoffending and unemployment.” Lord Ramsbotham “I have to say that I am extremely disappointed by…
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Unlock comment: Recruitment & Employment Confederation becomes Ban the Box employer
Commenting on today’s news that the Recruitment & Employment Confederation has become a Ban the Box employer, Christopher Stacey, co-director of Unlock, the national charity for people with convictions, said:…
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Our submission to the government’s call for evidence on the employment of people with convictions
Today we have submitted our written response to the government’s call for evidence on the employment for people with convictions. Download our submission here. You can find out more about…
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Blog – Looking to the future: incentivising employment of people with convictions
…financial incentives to improve employment prospects for people with convictions. There are more than 11 million people in the UK with a criminal record. Most have never been to prison…
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“What we need now is action” – Unlock’s view on the prisons white paper
For all the talk of rehabilitation, the proposals offer little that we haven't seen before.
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