Hi all,
New to posting here but not new to reading the forum.
I've previously been CTC + SC'd for a job in national banking in the UK, and I'm now planning to move into contracting and will require the SC to be renewed/restarted for a government contracting role.
My question is of a difficult and awkward nature, and it's really beating me up thinking about all the ifs and buts of it all - I've read all the SC threads here and the stickies, but the 'partner with a record' question hasn't really been addressed with any certainty.
At the moment, we don't live together and have been together for 18 months or so. In 2012 he received a caution for a non contact sexual offence (not the really really bad type of non contact offence for those who know about this area...) and was made to sign the SoR for 2 years. We met a few months after he had come off the SoR, and of course his caution was immediately spent as all are (however, sexual offenses aren't eligible for filtering, not that it is relevant either way to SC anyway). He remained employed throughout, and is in a line of work where SC's aren't needed, and if a DS basic check is requested then he gets the ok from them as the caution is spent and the SoR term doesn't show. He has a lot of responsibility in his job and is a higher rate tax payer for reference.
So, my question - we're planning to move in together in the next few months, around the time that my SC application will be started (I'm not sure if it will be before or after I start it at the moment). I've looked up the FAQ on the government department's website and it states that you only need to give the details of partners if you live with them, but of course if you move in together after SC is cleared you have to fill in a change of details form anyway.
Do I just forget going for SC roles now because of his past? I in no way want to try and hide the situation, but I also don't want to leave my current employment to take up a government department contracting role only to then get the SC rejected. The SC form doesn't allow me to give details on his past, other than his details, which is where we would have openly put the information in, so there's no opportunity to expand on him before they do their checks on him (I'm assuming they'll do full checking on him too if I name him?).
Any advice is appreciated. He has a past, not a pleasant one, but has helped me through a lot in the past 18 months and I want to make it work, but my career is of course important too.
(please try to refrain from posting anything rude etc - I know the situation and the surrounding relevant information, he has been very open and told me not long after we started dating).
New to posting here but not new to reading the forum.
I've previously been CTC + SC'd for a job in national banking in the UK, and I'm now planning to move into contracting and will require the SC to be renewed/restarted for a government contracting role.
My question is of a difficult and awkward nature, and it's really beating me up thinking about all the ifs and buts of it all - I've read all the SC threads here and the stickies, but the 'partner with a record' question hasn't really been addressed with any certainty.
At the moment, we don't live together and have been together for 18 months or so. In 2012 he received a caution for a non contact sexual offence (not the really really bad type of non contact offence for those who know about this area...) and was made to sign the SoR for 2 years. We met a few months after he had come off the SoR, and of course his caution was immediately spent as all are (however, sexual offenses aren't eligible for filtering, not that it is relevant either way to SC anyway). He remained employed throughout, and is in a line of work where SC's aren't needed, and if a DS basic check is requested then he gets the ok from them as the caution is spent and the SoR term doesn't show. He has a lot of responsibility in his job and is a higher rate tax payer for reference.
So, my question - we're planning to move in together in the next few months, around the time that my SC application will be started (I'm not sure if it will be before or after I start it at the moment). I've looked up the FAQ on the government department's website and it states that you only need to give the details of partners if you live with them, but of course if you move in together after SC is cleared you have to fill in a change of details form anyway.
Do I just forget going for SC roles now because of his past? I in no way want to try and hide the situation, but I also don't want to leave my current employment to take up a government department contracting role only to then get the SC rejected. The SC form doesn't allow me to give details on his past, other than his details, which is where we would have openly put the information in, so there's no opportunity to expand on him before they do their checks on him (I'm assuming they'll do full checking on him too if I name him?).
Any advice is appreciated. He has a past, not a pleasant one, but has helped me through a lot in the past 18 months and I want to make it work, but my career is of course important too.
(please try to refrain from posting anything rude etc - I know the situation and the surrounding relevant information, he has been very open and told me not long after we started dating).
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