Enhanced CRB check
stormin norm
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I've just filled in a form for an enhanced CRB check for some voluntary work I'm (hopefully) going to be doing. However just having looked at the CRB website I'm a bit concerned.
I thought that any cautions received as a juvenile weren't stored permanently on your record, does anyone know if that is that correct?
I've also had various other dealings with the police (although not been in trouble/arrested) over the years and am concerned that some of them might show up too as it says that with the enhanced check they can disclosed any info known to the police.
Does anyone know exactly what info they disclose on an enhanced check?
I thought that any cautions received as a juvenile weren't stored permanently on your record, does anyone know if that is that correct?
I've also had various other dealings with the police (although not been in trouble/arrested) over the years and am concerned that some of them might show up too as it says that with the enhanced check they can disclosed any info known to the police.
Does anyone know exactly what info they disclose on an enhanced check?
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That's why they're called "enhanced.."
Sorry!
It's not exactly helping the police I was thinking off. Unfortunately there have been 8 or 9 domestic incidents in the past where I've had to call the police or a neighbour has. I haven't done anything wrong but my ex was involved and he has a criminal record as long as my arm. I just don't think it looks very good.
There were also a few incidents when i was younger involving me and alcohol where the police were involved but I wasn't arrested/charged
God, this sounds awful
If you have been convicted of something, then it does show up on an enhanced CRB check, even as a minor.
You don't have to declare it on job applications as it's "spent" but it will still show on the check.
We have to be SC Cleared, and I even included a caution for riding my pushbike with no lights when I was about 10. Not sure if it was a real 'caution' or more of a case of the butch female inspector putting the fear of god into me.
I work for child protection services and all staff are subject to enhanced CRB checks and many staff do have minor convictions or cautions for things which are not of concern.
Thanks Taglet. Yes, it was a caution for shoplifting when I was 14 and I don't really think the company would hold that against me. I suppose as long as there is nothing that would make a risk to children (which there isnt) I should be ok.
I wouldnt worry too much about that....write it down on the form...the important thing is to be honest....declare everything.
Good luck....and I'll eat my hat if it matters.
I've been told however that they types of things they are looking for are drugs offences and to see if you are any risk to children so it sounds like you should be ok!
That's probably worse than having a minor conviction which you delcared
Well they didn't actually ask if I had any convictions. I don't think getting a caution as a minor counts as a conviction does it? I don't know.
Anyway, a caution isn't a conviction though, they are different things. you would have a conviction if you had been found guilty in court for an offence. Is this the case? A caution is just like an official warning given to someone who has committed a minor offence (usually a first time offence as well) and has admitted guilt. Cautions do go on your criminal record, but I don't know how long for it to be wiped. I would imagine it would depend on the crime, and if you have committed any more offences etc. The CRB asks for unspent convictions, if you have no convictions but a caution, you would answer “no” still.
As a side matter, I thought people under 18 years couldn't receive cautions as such? I thought they were called something else, and maybe “cautions” as a young offender won’t show up?
When they appear they show-up in a very generalised form that might cause concern. (e.g. a girl on the program was cautioned after she slapped another girl when she was 14, and, aged 20 now, it showed up on her CRB as agravated assault)