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A set of practices to ensure directly employed staff in YOI’s for under-18s, STC and Prisons with Mother and Baby Units comply with safer recruitment practices.
DBS Chief Executive Jeff James attended the parliamentary launch of the UK's first National Hiring Strategy and the new Hiring Fraud Guide.
This guidance explains what providers of children’s homes must do under the law when recruiting and employing staff.
The Disclosure and Barring Service helps employers make safer recruitment decisions. DBS is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office .
DBS supports Ann Craft Trust's Safeguarding Adults Week theme 'Prevention: Act Before Abuse' to help organisations create safer cultures.
Safeguarding industry experts have collaborated to launch an industry best practice 'Better Hiring Toolkit' for the hospitality sector.
Avoiding discrimination against disabled people in recruitment – advertising the job, encouraging applications, reasonable adjustments
Guidance for procuring and deploying AI responsibly in the HR and recruitment sector.
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is supporting Wales Safeguarding Week, taking place on 10-14 November 2025.
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