Enhanced DBS Checks

Comprehensive criminal record checks for those working in the public and private sectors, including healthcare, social care, teachers and more.

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Enhanced DBS Checks Online

Enhanced DBS Checks (also known as Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Checks, and previously known as Enhanced CRB Checks) are the highest level of DBS Check available and are generally required for positions that involve working with vulnerable groups, such as children or vulnerable adults and the elderly. 

Only roles that are included in Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 are eligible for this type of disclosure, as are those that spend more than one day a week, or 3 days in 30 days, in either a registered care home, high-security psychiatric hospital, or a school or nursery. Our online Enhanced DBS Checks offer comprehensive criminal record checks in as little as 24 hours.

There are two types of Enhanced DBS Check available: Enhanced with Barring List or Enhanced without Barring List. The Enhanced check with a barring list covering the relevant children and/or adults barring list checks are required for positions such as teachers, healthcare workers, taxi drivers, and dentists*. If found, an Enhanced Check will disclose spent convictions, unspent convictions, cautions, warnings, reprimands and checks against ISA-barred lists.

Enhanced DBS Checks can only be requested by a company, not an individual. This is due to the protected nature of criminal information in the UK, and ensures that only those who are eligible are able to access this data.

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Bulk discounts available

Enhanced DBS Checks

£ 50
  • Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Highest Level of DBS Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Standard DBS Checks

£ 30
  • Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Comprehensive Criminal Record Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Basic DBS
Checks

£ 30
  • Basic Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Criminal Record Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Disclosure
Scotland Checks

£ 37
  • Basic Disclosure Scotland Checks
  • Criminal Record Checks for Scotland
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Volunteers

STANDARD & ENHANCED CHECKS
£ 12
  • Disclosure & Barring Service Checks for Volunteers
  • Criminal Record Checks for Volunteer Roles
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Enhanced DBS Checks

£ 47
60
  • Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Highest Level of DBS Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Standard DBS Checks

£ 27
60
  • Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Comprehensive Criminal Record Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Basic DBS
Checks

£ 27
60
  • Basic Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Criminal Record Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Disclosure
Scotland Checks

£ 34
60
  • Basic Disclosure Scotland Checks
  • Criminal Record Checks for Scotland
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Volunteers

STANDARD & ENHANCED CHECKS
£ 9
60
  • Disclosure & Barring Service Checks for Volunteers
  • Criminal Record Checks for Volunteer Roles
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Enhanced DBS Checks

£ 45
20
  • Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Highest Level of DBS Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Standard DBS Checks

£ 25
20
  • Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Comprehensive Criminal Record Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Basic DBS
Checks

£ 25
20
  • Basic Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Criminal Record Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Disclosure
Scotland Checks

£ 33
20
  • Basic Disclosure Scotland Checks
  • Criminal Record Checks for Scotland
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Volunteers

STANDARD & ENHANCED CHECKS
£ 7
20
  • Disclosure & Barring Service Checks for Volunteers
  • Criminal Record Checks for Volunteer Roles
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Enhanced DBS Checks

£ 44
00
  • Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Highest Level of DBS Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Standard DBS Checks

£ 24
00
  • Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Comprehensive Criminal Record Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Basic DBS
Checks

£ 24
00
  • Basic Disclosure & Barring Service Checks
  • Criminal Record Checks
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Disclosure
Scotland Checks

£ 31
00
  • Basic Disclosure Scotland Checks
  • Criminal Record Checks for Scotland
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Volunteers

STANDARD & ENHANCED CHECKS
£ 6
00
  • Disclosure & Barring Service Checks for Volunteers
  • Criminal Record Checks for Volunteer Roles
  • Turnaround in as little as 24hrs

Right To Work
Checks

£ 3
21
Per Check
  • Verify prospective employee identities
  • Digital ID checking across 200+ countries
  • Fast & accurate feedback

Social Media
Checks

£ 30
00
Starting From
  • Screen prospective employee social profiles
  • Background checking to protect your hiring process
  • Quick & comprehensive

Adult 1st (First)
Check

£ 10
80
Per Check
  • Exclusively available to those working in adult care services
  • Not to be used as a substitute for a DBS Check
  • Results in as little as 24 hours

External Identity
Check

£ 12
00
Per Check
  • Check against electoral roll, financial records & utilities
  • Route 2 identity validation checking service
  • Results in as little as 24 hours

Enhanced Disclosures FAQs

As an employer, you are responsible for protecting your business from potential threats and safeguarding threats. One of the biggest areas you should be aware of is the threat presented internally by staff. 

These individuals represent your business. Considering this, it seems prudent to have a criminal background check conducted so that you can have peace of mind. With an Enhanced DBS Check, you can achieve just that. 

In order to be eligible for an enhanced DBS with barring list check, the applicant must be carrying out regulated activity on a regular basis (4 times per month or once overnight). 

This includes:

  • Healthcare for adults provided by or under the supervision/ direction of a regulated healthcare professional.
  • Personal care for adults involving hands-on physical assistance with washing and dressing, eating, drinking and toileting; prompting and supervising an adult with any of these tasks because of their age, illness or disability; or teaching someone to do one of these tasks.
  • Social work provision by a social care worker of social work, which is required in connection with any health services or social services.
  • Assistance with an adult’s cash, bills or shopping because of their age, illness or disability is arranged via a third party.
  • Assisting in the conduct of an adult’s own affairs under a formal appointment.
  • Conveying adults for reasons of age, illness or disability to, from, or between places where they receive healthcare, personal care or social work arranged via a third party.

Full criteria can be found on this UK government website.

The processing time for an Enhanced DBS check will vary based on factors such as the complexity of the check, the accuracy of the information provided, and the current workload of the DBS. 

At CareCheck, we do our very best to speed up the process where possible. Generally, 62% of all Enhanced DBS Checks that go through us are completed within just 24 hours. 85% of all checks are completed within just 5 days.

  • An organisation would register here and a company account would be set up within 15 minutes. The HR users on the account would be sent login details as well as an organisation reference.
  • The applicant would complete the application form and produce ID documents to their employer.
  • The employer would then complete the ID verification, approve the application and submit it to us.
  • Care Check will oversee the application, countersign it and send it off to the DBS for processing.
  • The application will complete and the employer receives a completion notification; a hard copy certificate is later produced.

From October 2019, prices for Enhanced DBS Check start from £46. For bulk DBS prices, see all pricing options or register your business today.

If you have any questions, please call us today on 0333 777 8575 or alternatively you can email us on info@carecheck.co.uk.

As an individual, you can’t apply for an enhanced DBS check; your employer or the organisation you work for will have to do it. 

If you only need a basic check, you can apply for that yourself here.

As an individual, you cannot apply for an enhanced DBS check, nor can you “enhance” an existing basic or standard check.

If a job or role requires that you must undertake an enhanced DBS check, this must be applied for by your employer. If you are self-employed, you must apply via the organisation that is paying you for your services.

As with all DBS checks (whether that’s basic, standard or enhanced), the checks go back as far as the police have records for you. Much like standard DBS checks, but unlike a basic DBS check, an advanced check will cover both your spent and your unspent convictions.

No, an enhanced DBS check has to be applied for by your employer, or the organisation you are working with or will be working with.

As with all DBS checks, there is no official expiry date for an enhanced DBS check. This is due to the fact the information is up to date at the time the check was performed. 

Some employers or organisations may require additional checks in the future; however this is for each individual organisation to decide.

By and large, your employer will pay for your DBS check, but there is no law to say that they have to – so it’s always worth checking with them.

Firstly, note that you can’t “pass” or “fail” a DBS check. The check simply reveals details of the applicant’s criminal history. It is up to the potential employer or organisation to decide what to do with that information.

However, it’s usually violent or sexual convictions, or repeated convictions of fraud that will “fail” a DBS check – although this will depend on the nature of the job in question. Other reasons for potentially “failing” an enhanced DBS check are false information on your application, and poor credit history.

* Enhanced DBS Check Exceptions

If a person is not falling into regulated activity but working within an environment where there is the opportunity for contact with vulnerable adults, such as a care home for adults, they would be eligible for an enhanced DBS Check with no adults barring list.

Where an applicant is working with or around children, there is eligibility for an Enhanced DBS Check with children’s barred list/List 99.

The definition of regulated activity comprises of unsupervised activities: teaching, training, instructing, caring for or supervising children, providing advice/guidance on well-being, or driving a vehicle only for children or working for a limited range of establishments (‘specified places’), with opportunity for contact: for example, schools, children’s homes, childcare premises. Not work by a supervised volunteer.

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