'Advising with Conviction' online training

’Advising with Conviction' is a full-day workshop designed to provide front-line practitioners and advisors with a well-rounded knowledge of how to support individuals with their criminal records and disclosing them to others.

This workshop is endorsed by the Probation Institute and endorsed by the Institute of Employability Professionals.

Objective

To be more confident in providing accurate and effective advice and support to people with convictions on if, what, when and how to disclose.

Who’s it for?

Supporting practitioners who are either advising or supporting people with convictions into employment, volunteering and education.

What does it cover?

It provides an overview of the following areas (these can be tailored when delivered in-house)

• About Unlock / Why is this important?

• Types of criminal record checks and what they disclose

• Understanding criminal records

• Legally, need to disclose?

• To disclose or not to disclose?

• When & how to disclose? [in brief]

• The role of self-disclosure statements [in brief]

How will it work online?

We use Zoom for our online training. Attendees don’t need a Zoom account to join. A link will be sent to attendees a week or so before the training and we will attach a short handout for you to use on the day.

Registration will be from 9.30am. The session will start promptly at 9.45 am and finish at 4.00pm . There will be a mid-morning and mid-afternoon break plus a 45 minute lunch break.

This course has been developed with practitioners in mind.

We can also provide workshops to university admissions professionals to help them develop policies and practices that assist them in dealing fairly with applicants who have a criminal record.

More information regarding our training services are available on our website here.

Any questions?

Please contact training@unlock.org.uk

Bookings are subject to our training terms.

FAQs

What's the refund policy?

Unfortunately no refunds are allowed. Transfer to an alternative Unlock workshop may be possible up to two weeks in advance of the training date. After that period no transfers will be allowed. Substitutions are allowed at any time, just let us know and we will arrange for a ticket to be sent to the new attendee.

Please ensure that you purchase the correct ticket type. We reserve the right to cancel your booking and refund your purchase if the wrong ticket type is purchased. You will then be welcome to re-purchase the correct ticket. If you are unsure of your qualification for the concessionary rate, please email admin@unlock.org.uk. Thank you.