A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is a criminal background check that reveals details of all processed and unprocessed convictions, warnings, admonitions and final warnings contained in central police records. Standard DBS tests are requested by authorized bodies and show all final convictions, admonitions and admonitions in force and not carried out, with the exception of protected convictions and admonitions. Accusations may be released under the heading of “additional information” if the police believe that the accusation is relevant to the position they are applying for. Protected convictions and warnings are old or irrelevant convictions and don't need to appear on a DBS check or be filtered.
If you need a new certificate that doesn't include any warnings or convictions that have been withdrawn, you'll need to request a new check from DBS. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the violation, your caution is not eligible to be filtered (removed) from a standard or improved DBS check and would have to be disclosed to an employer if asked. It would not appear in the main body of an improved DBS certificate, although the police could, if they considered the incident to be recent and relevant, choose to disclose it as additional information about an improved DBS certificate. Unfortunately, convictions that carry a prison sentence or a suspended sentence can never be excluded from standard or enhanced DBS certificates, and your conviction will continue to figure at these verification levels until your 100th birthday.
Thanks to the DBS filtering system, some convictions and warnings are no longer included in DBS certificates. If you have been convicted of intentionally injuring (sometimes referred to as Article 1) or to intentional injury (Article 20), that crime can never be deleted from your updated DBS certificate, as both crimes are on the list of DBS crimes that can never be filtered. If you received admonitions when you were under 18, they would be automatically removed from all levels of DBS verification. To begin with, there are different levels of DBS verification that reveal different elements of your criminal record.
They don't appear in the main body of an enhanced DBS certificate, but if the police think it may be relevant to the position you're applying for, they can choose to disclose it in the “additional information” section of the enhanced DBS. However, under the Offender Rehabilitation Act (ROA), it is considered “spent” and would no longer appear on a basic DBS check. When it comes to criminal records checks, it's important to understand what will show up on a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. A standard or enhanced DBS check will reveal details of all processed and unprocessed convictions, warnings, admonitions and final warnings contained in central police records.
It's important to note that some convictions can never be excluded from standard or enhanced DBS certificates - such as those carrying a prison sentence or suspended sentence - while others may be filtered out depending on their age and relevance. Admonitions received when under 18 will automatically be removed from all levels of DBS verification. Additionally, protected convictions and warnings are old or irrelevant convictions that don't need to appear on a DBS check or be filtered. If an accusation is deemed relevant by the police for the position being applied for, it may be released under the heading of “additional information” on an enhanced DBS certificate.
It's also important to note that cautions are not eligible for filtering from a standard or improved DBS check and would have to be disclosed if asked by an employer. However, thanks to the filtering system put in place by the DBS, some convictions and warnings are no longer included in certificates - meaning that if you request a new one online, you won't have to disclose anything that has been filtered out.
