Knowledge Base

6 ArticlesApproach →

• Using inclusive language
• Local authorities
• Practical guidance – fair chance recruitment of volunteers
• Practical guidance – Developing a policy for applicants with a criminal record
• Practical guidance – Checklist for recruiters
• Practical guidance – Understanding criminal record disclosure legislation

5 ArticlesAsking →

• Local authorities
• Practical guidance – fair chance recruitment of volunteers
• Practical guidance – Asking for self-disclosure of criminal records information
• When to ask about criminal records
• Practical guidance – Wording questions that ask about criminal records

7 ArticlesAssessing →

• Should we check criminal record stories online?
• Practical guidance – fair chance recruitment of volunteers
• Practical guidance – Dealing with insurance when employing people with criminal records
• Practical guidance – Understanding filtered criminal records and DBS checks
• Practical guidance – Ignoring spent criminal records (Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974)
• Practical guidance – Recruiting people with criminal records to work in prisons
• Assessing criminal records – Carrying out a criminal record assessment

1 ArticlesChecking →

• Practical guidance – Carrying out criminal record checks

0 ArticlesDecision-makers →

1 ArticlesDuring-employment →

• Supporting progression

2 ArticlesEligibility →

• Practical guidance – fair chance recruitment of volunteers
• Practical guidance – Carrying out criminal record checks

2 ArticlesNeed to ask? →

• Should we ask about criminal records?
• Practical guidance – fair chance recruitment of volunteers

1 ArticlesPolicy →

• Practical guidance – fair chance recruitment of volunteers

2 ArticlesPre-recruitment →

• Practical guidance – fair chance recruitment of volunteers
• Practical guidance – Dealing with insurance when employing people with criminal records

5 ArticlesSectors →

• PR & press
• Practical guidance – Lived Experience
• Local authorities
• Practical guidance – fair chance recruitment of volunteers
• Creative and cultural industries