Hey everyone, this is such a great service! I've been looking through the forums but can't find anything specifically answering my query so here goes:
I have been in a health care job for a short while and part of it involves visiting a nursing home to provide allied health care.
The nursing home requires a stat dec to be signed. However the stat dec asks me to confirm I have "never had any charges laid against me by police concerning any offence committed in Australia or in
another country in the past." I was charged with doing something petty and stupid in 2005. I was not convicted and it doesn't come up on a police check. I have passed multiple background checks in the past and it's never been an issue until now.
Am I in the wrong if I sign this stat dec? Not signing it will cause some major dramas at work and I'd have to explain to my supervisor why I can't sign, which I'd rather avoid if it's at all possible.
I have been in a health care job for a short while and part of it involves visiting a nursing home to provide allied health care.
The nursing home requires a stat dec to be signed. However the stat dec asks me to confirm I have "never had any charges laid against me by police concerning any offence committed in Australia or in
another country in the past." I was charged with doing something petty and stupid in 2005. I was not convicted and it doesn't come up on a police check. I have passed multiple background checks in the past and it's never been an issue until now.
Am I in the wrong if I sign this stat dec? Not signing it will cause some major dramas at work and I'd have to explain to my supervisor why I can't sign, which I'd rather avoid if it's at all possible.
