NHS with spent conviction

sunnys8080

Are NHS jobs hard to get with a couple of spent criminal convictions? I know they do full DBS checks.

I'm ill atm but want to desperately turn my life around.

xapprenticex

NHS jobs are hard to get WITHOUT spent convictions.

General_Grant

sunnys8080 wrote: »

Are NHS jobs hard to get with a couple of spent criminal convictions? I know they do full DBS checks.

I'm ill atm but want to desperately turn my life around.

What sort of job. Not all would be legitimate for an enhanced DBS.

sunnys8080

Alcohol support worker as I first hand experience myself and it runs in my family!

IAmWales

Criminal convictions are not a bar to any role in the NHS, each case will be considered on its merits. If you stole a bar of chocolate twenty years ago that's not going to cause an issue, if you assaulted someone last week that will! They'll give you opportunity to explain the situation, how you ended up there and how you have changed things since.

Recruiters in mental health actively welcome those with personal experience in that area, as it gives you a genuine understanding of the challenges your clients will be facing. They will obviously need to check that you are currently stable and not susceptible to relapse.

Good luck!

Comms69

Are you sure the role is even subject to Enhanced DBS?

polgara

The majority of drug and alcohol workers (ie not nurses) are employed by third sector companies as they have won most of the tenders nationally. However as people have said it isnt necessarily a barrier as long as you can demonstrate that it is in the past and you have a low risk of re-offending

sunnys8080

Thank you very much. I've actually seen an nhs drug worker who's actually been in prison though he never said what for.

nicechap

Just ensure you declare them if asked on any application form.

Its often not the conviction but the failure to declare that will stop a job offer in its tracks.