Can any position request a DBS check?

Comms69

GreenTreen123 wrote: »

But sex offenders who have been punished have got unsupervised access to the public at all times.... so you can be sure there are a few people working around you who are sex offenders.

Sex offenders won!!!8217;t get a job in school as the school would require a DBS check. Sweeping the streets wouldn!!!8217;t require a DBS according to the list provided earlier on (I would have to double check but I!!!8217;m sure it doesn!!!8217;t).

So yes you can give advice but remember it!!!8217;s an opinion not facts.

Sex offenders also often have conditions put upon them.

Given most will have gone to prison, and those convictions are never spent as far as I know; that would all come out regardless of DBS.

ohreally

GreenTreen123 wrote: »

So yes you can give advice but remember it!!!8217;s an opinion not facts.

It's kind of the point that advice is factual.

marliepanda

ohreally wrote: »

It's kind of the point that advice is factual.

Its seriously easier not to engage. They were told on another thread they were giving dangerously wrong opinions on posts which did not require opinions, so now this is being parroted out.

There are many 'facts' on this thread. Useful, correct, facts.

marliepanda

Comms69 wrote: »

Sex offenders also often have conditions put upon them.

Given most will have gone to prison, and those convictions are never spent as far as I know; that would all come out regardless of DBS.

Exactly. If you are a sex offender it does not mean you can never work again. It means you can never again be left alone or put into situations where you could potentially offend again with a child or vulnerable adult, so care work, school work etc would be out.

It doesnt mean you can never work again, because you are interacting with the public... that is a ridiculous thing to believe.

GreenTreen123

@Comms as it stands now only the jobs on the document above require a DBS check. The cleaning job requires a DBS check despite not meeting the criteria. A sex offender isn!!!8217;t going to be offered a job when the DBS comes back with th offence.

So are you basically saying that all employees should be allowed to do a DBS check and refuse a job based on any offence - or have to stick within the the law which is only getting DBS checks if they meet ththe above criteria?

Comms69

GreenTreen123 wrote: »

@Comms as it stands now only the jobs on the document above require a DBS check. The cleaning job requires a DBS check despite not meeting the criteria. A sex offender isn!!!8217;t going to be offered a job when the DBS comes back with th offence.

So are you basically saying that all employees should be allowed to do a DBS check and refuse a job based on any offence - or have to stick within the the law which is only getting DBS checks if they meet ththe above criteria?

Hold on, you don't get to ask a loaded question and not get picked up on it.


Do I think that all employers should be allowed to do DBS checks - yes. Can they refuse that person work, yes.


But as the law currently stands, obviously all businesses MUST adhere to it.


You're being too simplistic. A cleaner working in a school requires a DBS, one working in a factory (probably) doesn't.