Declaration of Criminal Record
(Incl. Fitness to Practice declaration for Health Professionals)
Exmoor Search & Rescue Team (ESRT) requires all applicants to disclose certain information on any
previous criminal record that they may hold. The information disclosed on the forms will be treated with the
strictest confidence and will
only be seen by those officers directly involved with the membership and training process.
A person’s criminal record will not, in itself, debar that person from being allowed to become a full
Team Member. Suitable applicants will not be refused membership because of offences which are not relevant to,
and do not place them
at or make them a risk in, the role of a full Team Member.
All cases will be examined on an individual basis and will take the following into consideration:
- Whether the conviction is relevant to the position applied for.
- The seriousness of any offence revealed.
- The age of the applicant at the time of the offence(s).
- The length of time since the offence(s) occurred.
- Whether the applicant has a pattern of offending behaviour.
- The circumstances surrounding the offence(s), and the explanation(s) offered by the person concerned.
- Whether the applicant's circumstances have changed since the offending behaviour.
ESRT believe that the service we provide, in the provision of medical assistance to often vulnerable
persons, is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to
declare any convictions, cautions,
reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013).
For further information on filtering please refer to the
DBS website.
It is important that applicants understand that failure to disclose all convictions, cautions,
reprimands or final warnings that are not protected could result in disciplinary proceedings or dismissal from
the Team.
We require details of any conviction, caution, reprimand or a warning which has been recorded on a
police central record, (includes ‘spent’ and ‘unspent’ convictions) or has any information been held locally by
police forces, including
police enquiries undertaken following allegations made against you, but excluding parking offences, that are
grounds to be considered relevant? This also includes any information that may be held on the DBS’s children and
adults barred list.
Thank you for your submission to join Exmoor Search & Rescue Support Team. We will review your application and
get back to you. Please do be patient with us, we will respond as quickly as we can!