DBS Free Events

Good afternoon,

I hope you are well. I recently sent out an e-mail inviting you and your wider organisation to a series of free webinars that I am hosting to support the Voluntary, Charity and Social Enterprise sector. As we head into July next week, I wanted to send you a reminder of the webinar titles and links. Workshops will not be recorded but all attendees will receive a copy of the slides for future reference.

Please take a look at the following workshops that will be delivered as a programme to help understand DBS products and services. Please also feel free to share these links within your wider organisation to the relevant or best placed people. It is fine for multiple people from one organisation to attend. These workshops are free and will be of benefit to recruiters, employers and those who are dealing with safeguarding, welfare, disciplinary, HR staff etc.

Disclosure and Barring Service Eligibility Workshop 16.7.25 9.30am – 11 am

This workshop will cover:

The benefits of DBS and your organisation working together.
The different levels of DBS checks available.
Eligibility, and when an employee or volunteer is eligible for a particular level of check.
What ‘regulated activity’ is.
What the DBS Update Service is, and its benefits.
Other safer recruitment practices that can be in place and how DBS checks form a part of these.

Disclosure and Barring Service Legal Duty to Refer Workshop 31.7.25 12-1.30pm

The workshop will cover:

Understand the benefits of DBS and your organisation working together.
Understand the three different referral routes.
Understand when a DBS Barring referral should be made, including when the legal duty is met.
Understand what Regulated Activity is.
Understand how to make a good quality referral.
Have a clear understanding of the consequences of not making appropriate barring referrals and the consequences of being included in one or both Barred Lists.

Disclosure and Barring Service Update Service Workshop 5.8.25 10-11am

The workshop will cover:

What the Update Service is (and is not.)
Which DBS certificates can be registered with the service.
Benefits of the service to applicants and recruiters.
Status checking & interpreting the results.
Update Service and Home-Based positions.
Using the Update Service when recruitment decisions are made off site.

Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Application Process Workshop 3.9.25 10.30-11.30am

The workshop will cover:

The Enhanced DBS application process
Stage 4 of the Enhanced process and how it impacts the disclosure of information
What to do if you experience delays

Disclosure and Barring Service Harmful Behaviour Outside of the Workplace 19.9.25 12-1pm

The workshop will cover: