Another chance to brush up on DBS checking

Due to the success of the free Eligibility and Barring training in March specifically for the Voluntary Sector, DBS will run another round of workshops.

The Eligibility workshop will take place on May 8^th 24, 10-11:30am and the Barring workshop on May 15^th 24, 1:30-3pm.

Here’s what each will cover:

Eligibility – appropriate for those who need to give advice, make decisions about what levels of DBS checks should be applied for etc

The aim of this workshop is to understand:

• The benefits of DBS and you working together

• What the DBS Update Service is, and its benefits

• The Enhanced DBS application process

• The different levels of DBS check

• Eligibility, and when an employee/volunteer is eligible for a check

• What ‘regulated activity’ is

Barring/Legal duty to refer – appropriate for those who are dealing with safeguarding, welfare, disciplinary, HR staff etc

• Understand the benefits of DBS and your organisation working together
• Understand the three different referral routes
• Understand when a DBS Barring referral should be made, including when the legal duty is met
• Understand what Regulated Activity is
• Understand how to make a good quality referral
• Have a clear understanding of the consequences of not making appropriate barring referrals and the consequences of being included in one or both Barred Lists

To book a place on the workshop please click on the link and complete your details: