by Care Check | Jun 3, 2019 | News
From the 1st August 2019, changes to the Enhanced DBS Check application process will come into effect. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) announced these upcoming revisions on the gov.co.uk website, and it will impact both applicants and Registered Bodies. What...
by jennifer.eason@carecheck.co.uk | Mar 5, 2019 | News
An academic study undertaken by Dr Beth Weaver at Strathclyde University has been released and found that the criminal record tick box on job applications does little to predict whether an individual could potentially re-offend. Speaking to the BBC news, Weaver...
by jennifer.eason@carecheck.co.uk | Feb 25, 2019 | News
The supreme court has rejected Home Office appeals over a criminal record scheme which has seen many people lose jobs because of past convictions they received as young offenders. The judges overruled the government scheme in favour of individuals who said their lives...
by jennifer.eason@carecheck.co.uk | Feb 18, 2019 | News
Taxi drivers could potentially require an Enhanced criminal record check before they are granted a licence after new proposals were released last week. If the tender is approved, every council in the UK will be instructed to carry out DBS checks on all applicants...
by jennifer.eason@carecheck.co.uk | Jan 30, 2019 | News
Councillors have argued that recent proposals to make it mandatory for them to have a Basic criminal record check should be abolished as it is an unnecessary measure. Saima Afzal, councillor and chairman of Blackburn with Darwen council’s standards told The Lancashire...
by jennifer.eason@carecheck.co.uk | Jan 22, 2019 | News
Potential domestic abuse victims will legally be able to check if their partner has a violent past after a campaign for a domestic violence bill was passed yesterday. Theresa May unveiled Clare’s Law- a landmark domestic abuse proposal following a campaign initiated...
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