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You can use our online services to check the progress of basic, standard or enhanced checks or view your certificate.
DBS offers a number of online services, including the Update Service, DBS online accounts and online tracking.
Guidance to help you validate the identity of a DBS check applicant and a new lead/countersignatory.
Introduction Identity verification is an important part of the DBS…
1. Cyflwyniad Mae gwirio hunaniaeth yn rhan bwysig o’r broses DBS.…
This guidance is no longer in use and is available for quality…
Nid yw’r canllawiau hyn yn cael eu defnyddio mwyach ac maent ar gael at…
Introduction This guidance will help you validate the identity of a…
This guidance sets out how Registered Bodies (RBs) and Responsible…
Introduction The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) digital identity…
The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also known as Sarah’s Law, lets those who care for young people find out if a person has a record for child sexual offences.
Guidance on how self-employed individuals and personal employees can apply for Enhanced or Enhanced with Barred List(s) DBS checks through an Umbrella Body.
Guidance for applicants on basic DBS checks, including the cost, how to share and view the result, and what information is disclosed on a basic DBS certificate.
Guidance for employers about DBS checks, including how to apply, registering with the DBS and the code of practice.
Information regarding a DBS online account and the services available to you as a barring or basic check customer.
A table of rehabilitation periods for the most common sentences and disposals, and example scenarios.
This page contains guidance about making referrals. Also includes information about relevant offences, and a link to start or resume your referral online.
Guidance on what private individuals should check when viewing a DBS certificate from someone they're looking to employ, such as a tutor or carer.
Step by step guidance for applicants filling in the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application form.
This guidance covers the role that the police play in the DBS checking process.
A collection of guidance and policy documents relating to the submission of basic checks, for Responsible Organisations.
A list of Responsible Organisations and their responsibilities
Guidance leaflets relating to eligibility and other DBS services and products.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) sets out internationally recognised codes, designated to each country and most dependent areas.
DBS makes considered decisions about whether somebody should be barred from engaging in regulated activity.
Guidance for referred individuals including why they may have been referred and what happens next.
Using the e-bulk system for making multiple applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service, including how to register.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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