Allied Health Professions: disclosure guidance

Guidance for anyone supporting individuals with criminal convictions and mental health conditions/learning disabilities into work, volunteering or education by providing the necessary knowledge, resources and guidance on the disclosure process.


Footnotes

1. Sheppard and Frost, 2016

2. Machingura and Lloyd, 2017

3. Kielhofner, 2001

4. Kielhofner et al., 2010

5. Chern et al., 1996

6. Fenger and Kramer, 2007

7. Ekbladh et al, 2014

8. Bryson et al., 1997

9. Machingura and Lloyd, 2017

10. Frost et al, 2014

11. See section 170 (2&3) of the Data Protection Act 2018 for details on the exemptions to this offence.

12. A "relevant sentence" is any sentence other than an adjournment or deferral, (or, where applicable, a further adjournment or deferral) imposed on the person in respect of the conviction.

13. See section 5G of the 1974 Act and pages 22-23 of the Guidance for the self-disclosure of previous convictions & alternatives to prosecution in Scotland under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 .

14. See section 5J(1)(c) of the 1974 Act

15. The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland

16. The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

17. Kruttschnitt, Uggen & Shelton, 2000

Contact

Email: forensicmentalhealthreformteam@gov.scot

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