Finding volunteers in nonprofit organizations can sometimes be a challenge. It can be difficult to ask those who volunteer their time to do a background check. When volunteers participate in regulated activity, identified organizations are eligible to request an enhanced DBS with a check of prohibited lists. An employer can request a DBS verification as part of their hiring process (formerly known as a CRB verification).).
These checks are processed by the Disclosure and Prohibition Service (DBS). The DBS now provides a simple tool to help organizations decide if they can check roles. The requirement to check DBS depends on whether a person is going to engage in regulated activity as part of their role (learn more about “regulated activity” here).
DBS checks
can only be requested by qualifying organizations and individuals who have the legal right to access information.If basic verification is required, the employer may ask the person to apply directly to DBS (if they work in England or Wales) or to Disclosure Scotland (if they work in Scotland). Both the person receiving a check from DBS (the applicant) and responsible employers and organizations can track the progress of basic checks using the DBS online account tracking service. The standard DBS check includes information on unexecuted convictions, cumulative convictions, warnings, admonitions, and warnings. This means that volunteers do not have to perform the function three or more times in a period of 30 days or between 2 and 6 hours, but that they have the possibility of contacting children before they can be examinees.
If a person volunteers overnight, once a week or more, or 4 or more times in a 30-day period, an enhanced DBS check should be performed. This process is for transgender applicants who do not want to reveal details of their previous identity to the person who asked them to complete an application form for DBS verification. If you are going to run a non-profit organization that helps people with disabilities, more checks will be needed on potential volunteers and staff. This type of control is usually requested for positions that involve regular contact with vulnerable people, such as those who work in health centers or social services.
Payment information was updated to reflect that another person can now pay a person's basic check. Access to standard DBS checks, improved and improved with exclusion lists, is only available to employers who, by law, have the right to ask a person to disclose their full criminal record, including convictions handed down (except for injunctive warnings and convictions that are not verified when verifying their criminal record). In its general guidelines, it recommends that organizations talk to DBS if they think they might need to keep information longer. DBS cannot access criminal records held abroad, so a DBS check may not provide a complete view of an applicant's criminal record if they have lived abroad of the United Kingdom.
A DBS check provides information about a person's criminal history or, in some cases, confirms that the person has no relevant convictions.
