Is there life after dismissal?

[TheNaturalBronde]

Having to be very vague
Are their any stories of someone being dismissed in a manner that might have to be mentioned to future employers?
(genuine mistake) (education sector)
Mentally doing quite badly atm feeling like my life is over…

I was dismissed with notice pay after 9 years, back in 2017
I’ve been employed with various employers ever since

I was "encouraged" to resign once from quite a high level job in a not very large industry. I had made some mistakes, but didn't really deserve the outcome, and found the whole experience so traumatic that I wondered if I'd ever work again. I spent time with an executive coach who helped me build up my confidence again and find a way of re-framing my experience so that I was honest about it, but also able to put it in context. I went on to storm my next interview! I really would suggest finding some support which helps you to do something similar. We all make mistakes in our working careers, and it is how you deal with them that is important. Good interviewers and employers realise this. Good luck!

This is news to me. Since when was this law?

It was safeguarding related and policy related can’t do details,

but was a genuine error/slip of the mind i didn’t really deserve the outcome but it’s why i feel so depressed and hopeless.

Leave education OP, education is too stressful.

Again, this is all very true.

Thanks for everyone’s concern xx

I’ve had this sentiment echoed a few times in this thread.

How long were you there? You could just leave it off the CV.

I was dismissed from a role in 2018 due to sickness. I was a sahp for 2 years after (whilst re cooperating also) I did have a very small business alongside being a sahp. When I was brushing up my cv I put that business as my self employment for those two years so no gap. The first role I went for was agency who accepted a personal reference and a client reference rather than going back to my last role. I did agency for a year and then went back into employment using the agency as my reference

That sounds stressful hope you are feeling better now,
Was this in education or a different sector?

You wouldn’t be able to cover up six months in prison for a role that requires a DBS certificate.

I would suggest re-framing it, both for your own peace of mind and for future employers, as “not passing your probation” rather than “being dismissed”.

Now obviously, that doesn’t look great to future employers either, and it’s likely that in an interview you will be pressed for further details. But it’s not quite so horrendous.

I do think you will probably find it easier to get a job outside of education, for obvious reasons.

It was social services that I left, private counselling that I did from home and agency work as a TA in schools.

Not in education. Keeping Children insists that any concerns are reported to future employers. Even when it doesn’t pass the threshold DBS, the have the right and duty to report anything related to safeguarding.

This is the issue which is understandable but in certain situations very unfair and can ruin someone’s life and force people into dangerous mental corners

Ultimately it’s about safeguarding children, so I think it’s proportionate. It doesn’t mean they will say anything, but legally they can.

If you are in a union are they supporting you?

Even genuine mistakes can have awful consequences for safeguarding, so it’s important that those things are reported.

I left under a compromise agreement from education (support role). Now in private sector. I'm getting over it gradually

im not in a union no

it’s absolutely important things are reported but i think it’s important things are done fairly & not to heavy handed either.
especially in a very challenging environment & high levels of exhaustion etc
it’s not unusual for people who have been suspended pending investigation to return as well , which is a whole other thread which rather undermines the whole process

In that scenario The prison sentence would be revealed by the criminal record check, not the cv 🤣

Yes that’s exactly what I said

Thankyou everyone for the good , useful information
still processing the trauma, i think anger wi kick in later, take each day as it comes.

onwards i suppose, take care everyone

If you want to stay in education, you'll need to be upfront with employers about the situation (don't try to hide it, that'll cause more trouble).

If I read it correctly, you didn't report someone else when you should have. What you can address now, and then talk about in future interviews is: how you have learned from the mistake, steps you have put in place to prevent the same thing happening again, additional training you've taken, etc. Show that you understand the seriousness and you've done the work needed to prevent a recurrence.

Hi, OP, sorry if this is unhelpful advice as it may be too late, but have you already been dismissed? I was wondering if it might be possible to jump before you are pushed?

This is what most people do in the sector, from my experience. But if it's too late, still don't despair - you just need to be completely honest with future employers - some may agree that your dismissal was unfair and be happy to give you a chance.

When I worked in recruitment in education we employed several people who had left their previous employment in less than ideal circumstances - we listened to their side and made our own judgement.