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There were so many criminals inside the place I was that had been out there really unfairly, why has this only got 1 comment?

The SIA have a criminal record indicator. If you put details of your conviction into this it will let you know if you will be refused, accepted or refused now but can reapply at a later date. - www.services.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/licensing-cri.aspx.

I agree. Also, isn't it interesting that journalists are not required to have DBS checks, even though their role is - supposedly, accordingly to them - crucial to our democracy, and so much depends on them telling the truth. You would think they would be pleased to undergo such checks and it would not be hard to arrange: just make it a requirement for NUJ membership or for a journalistic or broadcasting role with OFCOM-regulated or self-regulated media or press entities. Remember, this is soooo important. It's about the safety of [kids/women/cute puppies/panda bears]. It's vital for [our democracy/the war on terror/our nation's future/our children's future/the safety of women/the NHS]. As you are implying, all these concerns from people with criminal records are for average folk anyway. People on here are fretting over not being allowed to be a better-paid wage slave, which is what the majority of people are, including most professionals. The solution is to start your own business or let them dole you off and live a stress-free life away from their rat race.

@@TomRogersOnline Thank you for replying to me with such a brilliant comment. I agree with you wholeheartedly. We now know you can be in the police without a DBS, a judge, a politician, a solicitor and lawyer. If you are baseline, minimum wage nothing people like the majority, they will unfairly make us jump through hoops backwards and punish you if it's not done properly. One rule for us and one for them. Nursing homes prefer to hire carers from overseas because it's quicker and simpler to employ them. They are not subjected to the same mania around DBS checks as British people because their criminal pasts (if any) can't be checked anyway. This means that British people with a criminal record are being discriminated against. You have more rights coming from overseas with DBS than being born here. 😂 You couldn't make it up. You're right, live on the dole.

@@dean9235 You do need a DBS check for the roles you mention - and rightly so - but the official reason for DBS checks isn't to exclude people with criminal records, rather it is to manage risk by giving decision-makers the fullest information. If a DBS check reveals a criminal record, that doesn't mean you can't employ or appoint the individual, only that the information should be taken into account in weighing up and managing the risk posed - if you see the difference. Of course, in reality this nuance has been lost. You see people with the words 'DBS checked' on their profiles, and I'm always tempted to ask, 'But what does it say?' Someone could be a murderer and say 'DBS checked' and be telling the truth. A DBS check is a search, not a seal of approval. You are supposed to check the search result, i.e. the DBS certificate. If we're candid about this, nobody wants to employ somebody with a criminal record. That includes people who have criminal records themselves - not hypocrisy really, it's just understandable. In the past, this was well understood and the solution was to limit who could and could not know about a criminal record and how it was publicised. This was on the imperfect but pragmatic principle that if people did not know, it would not be an issue. Any historic information was circulated only amongst sensible people who had a reason to know it (mainly people working in the criminal justice system). The change that came with Huntley and then search engines means that Mavis down the street can know about your past. Is Mavis sensible enough to be trusted with this sensitive information? Meanwhile, John in HR has a right to know if you apply for that warehouse job. We can't have criminals running round our warehouse, what if they steal something? Want a job as a probation officer? Wait for Mary, Jim and Steven and other team members to review your DBS check and decide if there are any safeguarding issues. Were you a naughty boy 20 years ago? Forget about joining a profession. Stick to that factory job - didn't you know that menial jobs are a form of punishment? The public just have some queer ideas, but it must be understood that the average type person is a conformist, obedient stick in the mud: a person's past is also his present. Or he will jump through hoops like a dog at Cruft's for the honour of being a better-paid wage slave. Witness some of the comments on here, such as: "Good grief! I've just completed Level 6 in Advanced Cosmonaut Dental Hygiene in Martian Terraformed Environments, plus I have a PhD and my thesis was on the ethological implications of spanking kangaroos with a table tennis bat, and I still can't get a job as a trainee accountant. What the feck has the world come to?' That being said, a criminal records regime as sweeping as this one is bound to be repressive, encourage paranoia and produce unfair results. The motives for maintaining it are varied but the overarching points are that society has been overtaken by 'safetyism', to an extent justified because we don't want certain people doing certain jobs, but as with anything justified, it has been taken too far. There is always slippage and function creep with things like this and it plays a useful role in social control: average people have sensationalist mindsets and like to measure where they are in the pecking order, which is instilled by TV-watching. The average person thinks that the Telescreen and KZbin channels are reality.

All convictions show on an enhanced DBS check for 11 years if you received a adult conviciton when you were 18 or over. 5 1/2 years if you have a youth conviction and was under 18. Common Assault is protected and will filter off your enhanced DBS check, as long as you did not receive a prison or suspended prison sentence. So, as long as you didn't receive a prison or suspended prison sentence your adult conviction will filter off your enhanced DBS check in 2026. If you have a youth conviction it would have filtered off your enhanced DBS check in 2020/21.

@@douglasyarnton64 excellent thank you, there was no prison time or suspend sentence involved. Roll on 2026!

If the caution was for a protected offence. Then it would have been removed from your standard/enhanced DBS check after 6 years. For a basic DBS check a caution is spent straight away. So, you never have to disclose a Police Caution for a basic DBS check.

Did it show up??

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@@WTMT_NG , the system is so unfair, the Social workers are just after the money and they can do anything to make the case strong against vulnerable individuals. I am applying for the enhanced DBS check and praying 🙏 to lord to ease for me the journey ahead.

@@WTMT_NG , I need help and don’t know how to get it clear?

Why? For minor offence in youth, should be removed when 18, why isn't it?

If you have been arrested, bailed but no charges raised and were free to go, then this sound like No Further Action. If that is the case, then you have Police Information. You do not have a conviction or a Police Caution. So, you have nothing to disclose for a employment DBS check. Police Information can appear on an enhanced DBS check under the "other relevant information" box, if it is relevant and ought to be disclosed. So, again Police Information is not disclosable, as it is not automatic that the Police will disclose the information they have on you, on your enhanced DBS check. However, if your Police information is disclosed on your enhanced DBS check, then contact Unlock and we will guide you on how you can challenge it.

@@douglasyarnton64 thank you!

Hi John, It sounds like the solicitor may have done a Subject Access from ACRO to get a copy of your criminal record. Although this normally have to be conducted by you. So that I can assist you, please contact our Helpline on 01634247350. It is open Monday-Fridays, 10am - 4pm, Monday to Fridays.

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@UNLOCK2000 so if i was applying for a travel visa or job this is not a criminal record and therefore i don’t need to declare this on any applications that right?

@UNLOCK2000 how can it be legal for the police to keep on record like a NFA if you have not been convicted of this crime I was arrested for cannabis possession with intent to supply cautioned for possession but the left the intent with nfa on my pcn how is the fair that checks can show something I'm not guilty of I'm now no longer able to work abroad much less able live there