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A barred list check should be sought by anyone working or volunteering in a role that involves close and unsupervised contact with vulnerable adults and children – known as a regulated activity. There are two barred lists containing individuals who are unsuitable to work with children or vulnerable adults.
For some roles a check of both barred lists will be required. This is the legal responsibility of the organisation and it is a criminal offence for organisations to recruit an individual who appears on either of the DBS barred lists in a regulated activity with the group from which they are barred from working. It is also a criminal offence for an individual to seek or carry out work in activities from which they are barred. For further guidance and de nitions of regulated activity, see the links below.
It is important that your organisation only completes the level of check the role is eligible for and that the check is necessary. If an individual knowingly asks
for a DBS check for a post which is not included in the Exceptions Order 1975 or the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA), they would be in breach of Part V, Section 123 of the Police Act, in that they are committing an offence by knowingly making a false statement for the purpose of obtaining or enabling another person to obtain a certi cate under this.
HOW DO WE APPLY FOR A DBS CHECK?
As an employer, you should only arrange a DBS check on a successful job applicant. You can withdraw a job offer if the results show anything that would make the applicant unsuitable. Employers need to check the identity of a job applicant as part of a DBS check. There is further guidance on carrying out ID checks on the DBS website.
There are three types of check. The organisation running the check should provide the applicant with information about the level of check required. DBS check applicants must be 16 or over. Generally, it can take around eight weeks to get a DBS check.
Standard (£26)
This checks for spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and nal warnings.
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