To ensure the safety of our clients/members a DBS check must be completed for all positions. A criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position at Blue Sky. If a check is returned and reveals any information, this will be discussed with the applicant. The Chief Executive will make a decision as to whether the offer of employment should be withdrawn.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions)(Amendment) Order 1986
We would draw your attention to the following statement:-
“Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this 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 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986. Applicants are, therefore, not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provisions of the Act”.