Getting an enhanced DBS check for an employee is a straightforward process. You can request an application form from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) or its coordinating body, and then provide the form to the applicant to fill out. The applicant will then return the completed form along with the documents that prove their identity. You can then send the completed application form to DBS or their umbrella body.
If you're using our human resources platform, requesting an enhanced DBS verification online is even simpler. The system allows the applicant to enter their own personal data and, when necessary, pay for their own application. Enhanced DBS checks are only available to employers who need to make a decision about the hiring or suitability of a person working in a regulated activity. It's important to understand what a DBS check is and what you can do if you're unhappy with the information the police have about you.
Enhanced DBS checks are used to help employers make decisions about hiring or the suitability of people who are going to work in a regulated activity. Only posts that are included in the 1975 Order (Exceptions) of 1975 of the Offender Rehabilitation Act (ROA) are eligible for improved DBS control. Individuals can only request an improved DBS check online if their employer has requested it under the Offender Rehabilitation Act of 1974 (ROA). Enhanced DBS checks can only be requested if the person is intended to train, supervise, or be in the sole care of children or vulnerable adults.
The DBS provides a comprehensive list of identity documents that can be accepted as support for an enhanced DBS application. Filtering is the name given to the DBS rules that determine the information that is provided in a DBS certificate. This level of DBS verification is only available to organizations that need to make “hiring or suitability decisions”. Online identity verification is an additional way to confirm an applicant's identity during an online DBS verification.
We provide enhanced DBS checks for some of the UK's most important public and private sector organizations. The results of an enhanced DBS verification usually take 5 to 10 days* after completing the online verification. If a person works somewhere, such as a nursing home or school, but does not provide care or training to a vulnerable group, all that is required is an enhanced DBS check. Enhanced DBS control is the highest level required for positions that involve the care, training, supervision, or sole responsibility of children or vulnerable adults.
If that person was caring for, supporting, or teaching a vulnerable group, an enhanced DBS review would be necessary with a search of banned lists.
