Haunted by past (long one)

[Vworried]

I am in a bit of a difficult situation and wondering if someone can please help me.

about 2 years ago i went off work sick with depresion because of the stress at work. When i was off sick i was getting paid and my doctor said i was better off not going back into that type of work. about 2 months into my sickleave i went to college but never told my employer. at about 6 months i went back into work for a couple of hours a day for a few weeks and signed off sick again. i was still in college at the time and handed in my notice to work a couple of months later.

ive now left college and i am applying for a job that needs a crb check. im really worried now that what i have done will come up on the check and i wont get the job or worse.
can anyone tell me if this will show up and what i should do?

[littlebea]

in my experience the only things that show up on a CRB are crimes you have been charged for. i have had a few cautions in the past and they dont show up, only the actual crimes i was charged with and taken to court for. so unless you have been charged for fraud or something in relation to that job.

also there are different levels of CRB checks depending on if you are going to be working with vulnerable people. fingers crossed, i take it the ex-boss knows nothing about your college?

[legalpickle]

Originally Posted by Vworried

I am in a bit of a difficult situation and wondering if someone can please help me.

about 2 years ago i went off work sick with depresion because of the stress at work. When i was off sick i was getting paid and my doctor said i was better off not going back into that type of work. about 2 months into my sickleave i went to college but never told my employer. at about 6 months i went back into work for a couple of hours a day for a few weeks and signed off sick again. i was still in college at the time and handed in my notice to work a couple of months later.

ive now left college and i am applying for a job that needs a crb check. im really worried now that what i have done will come up on the check and i wont get the job or worse.
can anyone tell me if this will show up and what i should do?

You haven't written that you were cautioned or what happened because of that error in judgment.

If he didn't take you to the Police then it can't show up in a CRB check.

If you were cautioned [read here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7580724.stm] then it is likely to show up on a CRB check. If a complaint was made but it was resolved without the need for a caution then it shouldn't show up in a CRB check.

If he took you to the civil courts and you have a CCJ, then that is irrelevant. It isn't criminal and would only show up in a credit check.

A variety of factors must be taken into consideration by the employer before outright refusing you for employment. These include the type of the offence compared to the type of job needed [for instance if you wanted to work in a bank, that would most likely refuse you], the severity of the offence, how long ago it was and your track record since then.

I would need to know more in order to give an estimate of your chances - the type of job you are applying for, how long ago the offence was committed incl. age at the time, what has been done since then [any offences, work, studies - certificates/degrees...], any offences before then, track record before then [previous employers, school record...], the result of the offence [caution, magistrates court, penalties...] and any other relevant factors.

Whilst the prospective employer is obliged to take all these into account when seeing any problems in a CRB check, the truth is they rarely do and it is extremely difficult, near impossible to improve that they didn't - as they'd no doubt claim somebody else was better suited to the job.