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The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is a non-departmental public body of the Home Office of the United Kingdom.The DBS enables organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially involving children or vulnerable adults, and provides wider access to criminal record ...
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The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks are normally performed when a person is recruited. All those with access to government assets are subject on recruitment to the requirements of the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. This includes all applicants for employment in the civil service and armed forces and applies to both permanent and temporary staff and private secto
It is also unlawful for an organisation to knowingly carry out (or enable someone else to obtain) a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check on a person for a role which is covered by the act. If a role is covered by the act, the employer is only legally entitled to carry out a basic criminal check known as a Basic Disclosure (provided by DBS ...
DBS checks for elected members in councils across the country are currently defined as "best practice" rather than statutory. 'Maximum safety' A 2022 review, carried out by a former chief ...
Vulnerable Group Access (including children), as operated by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), replacing former Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) checks; Law Enforcement, with a hierarchy of Police Personnel Vetting (PPV) and Non-Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV) levels.
In 2022, the council implemented a new policy requiring taxi drivers to submit to criminal record checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service every six months, down from three years.
The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) was a non-departmental public body for England, Northern Ireland and Wales, that existed until 1 December 2012, when it merged with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) to form the Disclosure and Barring Service. [1] The ISA was created by the Labour Government 2007–2010.