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Search and apply for jobs in Great Britain using ‘Find a job’.
Register your profile, search vacancies and apply for an apprenticeship - you must be 16 or over
How to apply for a basic DBS check to get a copy of your criminal record, and what you must provide. It costs £18.
Jobcentre Plus contact details for claims, appointments, help finding a job and finding your nearest Jobcentre Plus
Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is an unemployment benefit you can claim while looking for work - how to apply online, New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), eligibility, rates, rapid reclaim, JSA interview, when payme…
Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.
Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship.
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
Documents you need when you get asked for a criminal record check when applying for a role
Find courses and training online with the National Careers Service and get advice on funding the costs of learning
Find volunteering opportunities, and volunteer rights, pay, expenses, age limits, criminal record checks.
Getting a work reference from an employer either while in work or when applying for a new job – and what you can do if you think it's unfair.
Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
Where to find internships and work placements.
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
Employment rights and questions you can be asked about your disability - disability symbol, employment advisers and reasonable adjustments
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - work trials, programmes and clubs, New Enterprise Allowance, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
DBS barring referral form to be used when referring a person to DBS. Guidance and additional information sheet included.
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