W&P's CRB Check Services are now DBS Checks
Standard, Enhanced & Adult First
From 1 December 2012 the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) will carry out the functions previously undertaken by the Criminal Records Bureau and the Independent Safeguarding Authority.
The DBS was established under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 and will provide a joined up service to combine the criminal records and barring functions.
The service and processes are not changing as a result of the merger and the DBS will continue to deliver their services to customers as normal throughout this transition period.
The primary role of DBS is to help employers in England and Wales make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups including children. This follows a Coalition commitment to scale back the Vetting and Barring Scheme and the criminal records regime to common sense levels.
W&P's CRB Check Services are now DBS Checks.
As a registered body with the Disclousre and Barring Service W&P are able of
offer the following DBS checks (formerly crb checks):
• Enhanced DBS Disclosure - £58 |
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Why choose W&P's DBS service?
• We offer a fast and efficient service from our dedicated in-house team.
• FREE 1-to-1 telephone support for customers.
• Every completed form is error checked before sending to the DBS.
• You will receive a FREE guide to completing the DBS application form.
• Our Turn Around Time Promise! All correctly filled in forms are despatched to Criminal Records within 24hrs.
• Experience - We've been an umbrella body since 2007
W&P's DBS Hotline Call: 0208 1444 178
As a registered umbrella body our role is to...
• Check and validate the information provided by the applicant on the application form.
• Establish the true identity of the applicant, through the examination of a range of documents using guidance provided by the DBS.
• Ensure the application form is fully completed and the information it contains is accurate.
• Countersign applications to confirm that the organisation has an entitlement to access criminal record information.
• To comply with the DBS Code of Practice.
W&P's latest annual assessment from the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) to establish the level of compliance with the Conditions of Registration and the CRB Code of Practice was excellent with 98% of forms submitted being correct.
DBS Checks - Getting Started
Request your DBS pack and forms by filling in the online form below alternatively call our DBS hotline on 0208 1444 178.
NOTE: If you are self-employed you will be required to attend our offices in Dorset for ID verification.
Important Information regarding DBS Disclosure forms
Around 20% of all application forms are not completed correctly. These mistakes slow down the application process, delaying your Disclosure.
Forms returned for correction will be charged an additional £14. We do not want to have to send them back for correction. This will cost you time and money.
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Further Assistance with your DBS Checks
If you require assistance filling in the forms do not hesitate to contact our DBS department we will be happy to assist you. Call our dedicated DBS Check hotline on 0208 1444 178 or email crb@wandptraining.co.uk
An initial joining fee of £5.00 is required for W&P Training to act as your umbrella body.
DBS Enhanced Dislcosure - £58
These are for posts involving greater contact with children or vulnerable
adults such as a social worker or doctor. Such work might involve regularly
caring for, training, supervising or being in sole charge of such people.
Enhanced Disclosures are also issued in respect of other positions such as
those seeking judicial appointments, and certain statutory licensing purposes.
All Enhanced Disclosures involve an extra level of checking with local police
force records in addition to checks with the Police National Computer (PNC)
and the government department lists held by the DfES and DH, where appropriate.
Local police information can be contained on the both copies of the Disclosure.
It is up to the Chief Constable of the police force to decide what, if any,
information is disclosed. An example of information contained on both Disclosures
could be details of a child protection case conference. Chief Constables can
decide that some information is relevant to the position but do not wish the
prospective employee to see sight of this information. This could be details
of suspected criminal activity were an arrest has not taken place but is anticipated.
If this type of local information is available it will be indicated on the
top of the Disclosure that further information is being sent by the police.
This information will be sent separately to the employer/volunteering organisation
only.
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DBS Standard Dislcosure - £40
Standard disclosure checks can be used for by people entering certain professions, such as members of the legal and accountancy professions and applying for specified licences, also people in security industries. A Standard DBS check contains details of all convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings held on the Police National Computer (PNC)
A Standard check cannot reveal if a person is Adult First registered or barred from working with children or vulnerable adults.
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DBS Volunteers Check - £14
The DBS define a volunteer as "a person who is engaged in any activity which involves spending time, unpaid (except for travelling and other approved out-of-pocket expenses), doing something which aims to benefit someone (individuals or groups) other than, or, in addition to close relatives".
The DBS will perform regular audits on volunteer applications to ensure "free-of-charge" checks are not being abused. They are very strict on how this is interpreted and they specifically exclude family members of the business owner, foster parents or carers, and people on work placements working towards a qualification or skill to help their employment prospects.
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DBS Adult First (formerly ISA) - £14
Adult First checks are exclusive to the health sector for organisations that wish to employ a “care worker”. Getting a satisfactory Adult First check will mean the care worker can start work in a care home, for a domiciliary care agency or as an adult placement carer before a full DBS check has been completed. Requests for Adult First DBS check carry precise criteria and are permissible only where it is necessary to take such action because of a real danger that staffing levels will fall below statutory obligations.
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