Is This Good Enough

DECLARATION FORM ‘A’ & GUIDANCE NOTES



CONFIDENTIAL


The position you have applied for has been identified as a regulated or controlled activity within the terms of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006).   It requires us, therefore to apply for a criminal records check via the Disclosure & Barring Service under the provisions of the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations (as amended).

Before you can be considered for appointment to work with vulnerable groups, within St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we must be satisfied of your character and suitability.

Please read the following notes carefully before completing this declaration form.   If you require further information, please contact 0151 430 1319.   All enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence.

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust aims to promote equality of opportunity and is committed to treating all applicants fairly, and on merit, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against applicants on the basis of criminal conviction or other information declared.

Prior to making a final decision concerning your application, we shall discuss with you any information declared by you that we believe may have a bearing on your suitability for the position.   If we do not raise this information with you, this is because we do not believe that it should be taken into account.   In that event you still remain free, should you wish to, to discuss the matter with the interviewing panel.   As part of assessing your application, we will only take into account relevant criminal record and other information declared.

The information that you provide in this Declaration Form will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.   It will be used for the purpose of...