DBS Offer Free-of-charge Fast Track Checks for Healthcare and Social Workers in COVID-19 Crisis As of March 30th 2020, the Home Office and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) will enact temporary arrangements to provide DBS checks and fast-track emergency...
Scammers Take Advantage of NHS Volunteers Amid COVID-19 Crisis The Coronavirus is affecting everyone globally. As a nation, we need to be kind, help others and follow the Government’s advice to ‘stay home’. NHS Volunteers DBS Checks ...
2019 has been a year of change for the Disclosure and Barring Service. From removing the ability to amend missing or incorrect information in Enhanced DBS check applications (you can find more about the changes to Enhanced DBS Checks here), to putting procedures in...
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...
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...
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...
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