Understanding eligibility for DBS Checks

The DBS Regional Outreach team provides advice and guidance to both employers and voluntary organisations on DBS products and services. This includes supporting organisations to understand eligibility for DBS checks and helping to ensure that they are requesting the correct level of check for the role, as well helping understand when their legal duty to make a referral to DBS is met.

This workshop will cover:

• the benefits of DBS and your organisation working together
• the different levels of DBS checks available
• eligibility, and when an employee is eligible for a check
• what ‘regulated activity’ is
• what the DBS Update Service is, and its benefits
• the safe recruitment practices that can be in place, with DBS checks forming a part of these

This workshop is suitable for anyone who has responsibility for engaging with DBS processes and legislation within their organisation including those who decide on levels of checks to be applied for, carry out recruitment or manage staff in regulated activity or have responsibility for safeguarding or trustees.

If you are an organisation who has a large number of individuals you would like to attend a workshop please contact dbsregionaloutreach@dbs.gov.uk and we can arrange providing direct support.