my caution has ruined my career

[francesca007]

im so worried about my future! when i was 18 i took some hair bobbles from a shop about 3 years ago! And got a caution, ive never been in trouble or done anything like that before and after! i dont know what i was thinking! know i want to work for an NHS hospital near by myself and worried they wont employ me? do you reckon this is the case! im thinking now, know one would want to employ me? will it be on my crb? can someone help me or give me advise on what might happen? please! my email is [email protected]

[wisewomen]

A caution doesnt give you a Criminal Record it is just a warning not to do it again.

Go for the job, you have nothing to lose :-)

[VillageVicar]

I agree with wise. I would also add, youthful indiscretions are often the building blocks of our future. You're clearly upset and remorseful for what you did. And you see how it 'could' affect your future.

I only wish others had the same sense of awareness as you!

I wish you every success in your career!

And bless you for choosing such an honourable field

Fr Bill

[ojread2]

I thought a caution showed on a full CRB, which is what the NHS will do as it's being ion contact with vulnerable people?

[VillageVicar]

OJ, I'm not certain about that. I 'thought' they only did the first level CRB. However, that's an excellent thought. I'll be at hospital later in the day and I'll ask one of the HR administrators.

Fr Bill

[cheries]

I think in some sectors of the NHS they can afford to interpret the CRB results; that is to say a caution for shoplifting is unlikely to infer that the person is likely to assault a pateint.
I would go for the job Francesca, the NHS needs people like you!!!!

[tigwig]

hi, please stop worrying! This is hardly the crime of the century! I work as a nursery nurse for the NHS and around 10 years ago I was cautioned for possession of a class A drug, this isn't as bad as it sounds there was a group of us and we got a lift home by someone we barely knew, turned out he had a bag of pills in car and got pulled on way home with us in car. We all got arrested, spent night in cell and it's never stopped me getting any job or ever been brought up. Good luck

[aims1202]

I am the same as tigwig. In 1999 i got charged with possession of a class A drug and then with a class B drug a year or so after.
In 2005 i decided i really wanted to work in the NHS with children. i thought it would stop me doing this but i was wrong. Obviously they had a copy of my CRB and i also wrote a letter about what had happened and how my life was different now. They did not mind at all and i got the first job i applied for.
I really wouldnt worry about a caution they wont take any notice of it. Good luck in getting the job.

[arbe07]

hi yah just wondering what happened to your application co'z you had the same problem with my friend who is a nurse and accused of shoplifting recently,tah