Child safeguarding is a very important process for early years childcare and nurseries. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) in England and Wales (and Disclosure Scotland in Scotland) provide criminal background checks known as DBS Checks to provide safeguarding reassurance when recruiting people for roles in nurseries and early years childcare. In this brief guide, you’ll find a breakdown of how DBS Checks apply to early years childcare and nurseries, which roles are eligible, and how organisations can manage the application procedure. Which nursery and early years childcare...
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Working in a care home means that you will be in direct contact with vulnerable adults or children on a frequent basis. Therefore, safeguarding is an important consideration for care home staff. As a part of safeguarding policy, most employers request DBS Checks and in the case of care homes, it is a legal requirement. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulates care homes in the UK, and their safeguarding guidance says that care homes must ensure that all relevant background checks must take place before an applicant can start working in a care home. In this article, we’ll take a...
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Many organisations need drivers, everything from supermarkets who need delivery drivers to care facilities that need drivers to transport patients or residents. When recruiting new drivers, employers need to be careful and make sure that the people they take on are suitable for the role. Pre-employment screening checks are vital tools to help recruit the best possible people for driving roles. When people think of pre-screening checks, they automatically think of DBS Checks. However, DBS Checks may not be needed for every driving role and the level needed depends on the actual...
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If you are planning to work as a dance teacher at a dance school, then you’ll almost certainly be working with children. Most jobs that involve working with children ask for a DBS Check and working at a dance school is no exception. The problem is that there are 3 different levels of DBS Check - Basic, Standard, and Enhanced and it’s not always immediately obvious which one is the most appropriate for a given role. In this article, we’ll cover all the main things you need to know about DBS Checks for dance school employees. Regulated Activities In Dance Schools If a dance...
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As well as evaluating teaching standards and student success, another priority of Ofsted is to keep people safe in the educational establishments they oversee and inspect. Therefore, Ofsted has clear policies and requirements regarding DBS Checks in education and educational establishments. This article will describe the Ofsted DBS Check requirements and how to understand them. DBS Checks In Education: Safe Recruitment Ofsted helps to govern the way that schools, colleges, nurseries, and other educational establishments recruit people. In order to ensure high standards in...
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