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Studying with a conviction from 25 years ago

I was wondering if someone could give me some advice. I am currently doing a Health and Social Care Diploma and I would like to get into the Ambalance service, but I have a problem. I was convicted of GBH without intent 25 years ago and sentenced to a year in prison. I have not been in trouble before this or after, it was involving an ex partner of mine. I don't want to be doing all of this studying and then it becomes apparent that they wont employee me because of my conviction. If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it. Nasty comments need not reply. Kindest regards

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MXSTAR

Theres a lot of jobs that say that they offer those with a criminal conviction a job, given that you can provide what it was for and ectera.
Actually through my research, the goverment has a lot of jobs that don't discriminate on criminal conviction. and even offer those out of prison an accelerated application.
My advice would be to research NOW from the get go a list of jobs and see if they say these things, and then email them asking them if they would accept your application with said conviction. This would save you from not doing the applications, but knowing if they would accept you. So then you know i have these jobs that would accept me.

If you want to go into the ambulance sector, then apply the same thing, email a bunch, ask them if you would be accepted with your conviction. see result, have fait, continue studying, then apply.