By ImJack - 16 Dec 19 2:51 PM
Hello
My name for this forum is Jack, have a current conviction (suspended) for posession of indecent images.
Hope some of you are having better luck with employment, as someone in an IT field I'm struggling.
I've read in a few places, mainly government, and I think STOPITNOW, about a list of employers (250+) that have registered their willingness to look at employing people with convictions.
Anyone actually seen this list, or a page that specialises in finding employment for people in my/our situation?
Probation service in Maidstone hopeless, lots of talk about self employment cards, agencies, schemes etc, then all fizzled out when I actually lost my job and asked them for help (very like universal credit!).
Thanks, Jack
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By jcdmcr - 26 Jun 20 1:53 AM
+x+xHello My name for this forum is Jack, have a current conviction (suspended) for posession of indecent images. Hope some of you are having better luck with employment, as someone in an IT field I'm struggling. I've read in a few places, mainly government, and I think STOPITNOW, about a list of employers (250+) that have registered their willingness to look at employing people with convictions. Anyone actually seen this list, or a page that specialises in finding employment for people in my/our situation? Probation service in Maidstone hopeless, lots of talk about self employment cards, agencies, schemes etc, then all fizzled out when I actually lost my job and asked them for help (very like universal credit!). Thanks, Jack Welcome Jack, As you can see if you browse the forum it's a mixed bag with employment, this is list I've seen of 'friendly employers' https://hub.unlock.org.uk/knowledgebase/looking-for-friendly-employers/Yes, there's usually a lot of talk of self-employment because, to be frank, nobody has a solid answer. As I said to someone else, your conviction does not take away your skills, your work experience or your life experience. You may just have to apply those things in a different way. Have you got any skills you can sell online? I'm working from home as a freelance at the moment, I'm not earning much, but it's keeping me busy, running down the clock on my sentence and I'm learning a few things about self-employment on the way. Also, have you had contact with APM? - https://apm-uk.co.uk/ the people there help offenders back into work, offer free employment training courses etc. My experience with them has been positive and completely non-judgemental as they help people from all sorts of criminal backgrounds. Appointments with them got me out of the house (they pay your travel) and a chance to chat about things open and honestly. It's their job to help you and I get back into work. I hope that helps and as you can see by other posts that you're not alone with the situation you find yourself in. Good luck. I've found even programs who help offenders discriminate against sex offenders (images too).
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