You must select the relevant workforce during your application and have permission from the applicant or employee. These checks are generally required for positions that involve working with vulnerable groups, such as children or adults receiving care. If you’re self-employed, you need to apply through an association or organisation that uses your services.Īs an employer, you’re legally responsible for making sure job roles are eligible for Standard DBS Checks or Enhanced DBS Checks. Individual people can’t apply for this check directly. It can also include barred list vetting checks, such as the Children’s Barred List and the Adults’ Barred list, at the request of the employer.Įnhanced DBS Checks provide a certificate that includes spent and unspent cautions, warnings, reprimands and convictions under the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.Įnhanced DBS Checks are used across a number of industries, including (but not limited to):Įnhanced DBS Checks are only available to employers acting on behalf of their employee or applicant, who must give their consent.
The DBS’ guide to eligibility for DBS checks provides more.
An Enhanced DBS Check includes the same information as a Standard DBS Check but may contain ‘soft’ non-conviction information supplied by the police, such as a person being under investigation for a crime but not yet charged. To be eligible for an enhanced DBS check with a check of the children’s or adults’ barred lists, a role must be included in the ROA Exceptions Order and be specifically included in the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) regulations as able to check the appropriate barred list(s).
