DBS Checks

Comms69

jonnyroyale wrote: »

It's a pretty broad assumption above. You can't possibly know every employers requirements. Maybe the above is the case in your organisation or organisations you have worked for. The scheme is available to allow anyone to request their own DBS check. I am not here stating any benefits or not of the above, only its availability and its cost.

Either the role requires a DBS check or it doesn't. If it requires one, it must be an up to date one.


But here: Save yourself £15, serve a Subject Access Request on the Police. You get the same information.


It'll be as much use to your future employer as the DBS Self check

laineyhen

Thanks for posting op
Most appreciatef
I almost paid a lot more than this recently
Then decided against the job anyway

Pretty sure the employer was goinna put the charge onto me if I had gone ahead

marlot

Comms69 wrote: »

What are you talking about?

DBS checks are provided by one entity- the state.

True ... but not the whole story.

If they want an enhanced check (or enhanced with barring) the employer needs to go through an umbrella body. The actual DBS is provided as a government service (outsourced), but you cannot go to it directly.

That you can now essentially do your own basic check is a good thing.

marlot

Comms69 wrote: »

Either the role requires a DBS check or it doesn't..

As someone who does DBS checks for a charity, its not quite that simple. There are quite a few permutations of checks - basic/enhanced, child/adult workforce, operating out of own home, checking the list of people barred from working with children/adults. I evaluate each role description - I'm commiting an offence if I ask for information I'm not entitled to, and potentially put the children/vulnerable adults at risk if I neglect to ask for something I should have.

marlot

BorisThomson wrote: »

The certificate has a date on it. One applied for individually is no different to one applied for by the employer at the same time.

https://www.gov.uk/request-copy-criminal-record

You've not come up with a valid objection yet ...

This is only a basic check.

As an employer, I can request an enhanced check, that I be told if the person is on the lists as barred, if I select that they will be operating out of their own home then it checks other adults in the home, etc.

peachyprice

Comms69 wrote: »

The objection is that each employer will either not require any DBS or will require one dated after offer of employment - the same as they do now. Except the cost will now passed onto the applicant.


Perhaps you can tell me the benefit of this scheme?

The benefit of this scheme is that you no longer need an employer or organisation to run a DBS check, you can do it yourself.

It was a huge drawback for volunteers and self-employed people and who needed to show a DBS check to get a foot in the door.

This can only be a good thing, if the employer want to do a further enhanced DBS check after being assured that a person at the very least passes a basic check, fine, but actually having a check in your hand is a huge benefit.

LittleVoice

peachyprice wrote: »

The benefit of this scheme is that you no longer need an employer or organisation to run a DBS check, you can do it yourself.

It was a huge drawback for volunteers (though there can be a delay in obtaining a certificate from a standing start, charities do not pay for checks on genuine volunteers) and self-employed people (this is really where I would see an advantage) and who needed to show a DBS check to get a foot in the door.

This can only be a good thing, if the employer want to do a further enhanced DBS check after being assured that a person at the very least passes a basic check, fine, but actually having a check in your hand is a huge benefit.

There is also the possibility of registering for the update service. However this would be at an annual fee. (It's free for volunteers who receive a check through a charity.) This enables a potential employer/another charity to get an update to the DBS certificate if there has been no change to notifications.

peachyprice

LittleVoice wrote: »

(though there can be a delay in obtaining a certificate from a standing start, charities do not pay for checks on genuine volunteers)
There is also the possibility of registering for the update service. However this would be at an annual fee. (It's free for volunteers who receive a check through a charity.) This enables a potential employer/another charity to get an update to the DBS certificate if there has been no change to notifications.

Although not all volunteering involves charity work