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This guidance covers the role that the police play in the DBS checking process.
Filtering identifies and removes protected convictions and cautions so that they are not disclosed on a DBS certificate.
Guidance on what private individuals should check when viewing a DBS certificate from someone they're looking to employ, such as a tutor or carer.
Guidance for referred individuals including why they may have been referred and what happens next.
DBS makes considered decisions about whether somebody should be barred from engaging in regulated activity.
Filtering rules for certain cautions and convictions that can be removed from a DBS certificate.
Using the e-bulk system for making multiple applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service, including how to register.
This flowchart will help you decide if you need to make a referral to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Guidance, checklist and form for making a subject access request to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The DBS check application process for volunteers, for basic, standard and enhanced DBS checks.
A step by step guide for countersignatories completing the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application form.
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
Version 9 of the quality assurance framework (QAF) came into force on 17 June 2013.
Information on the handling process for DBS certificates.
Information around our Partnership and Engagement team and Regional Outreach service.
This privacy notice covers personal data collected during the recruitment, security clearance and on-boarding process.
These documents contain terms and conditions for individuals and organisations who use DBS online services.
Information around which organisation to use for criminal record checks in the UK and overseas.
In certain circumstances you have a right to have personal data held about you erased. This is known as the right to erasure.
Changes to the filtering rules that came in to force on October 28 2023, the following page explains the potential impact on DBS customers
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