Skills for Care DBS Workshops
Skills for Care Midlands are running DBS workshops as per details below. The workshops are free.
Please follow the link to book your places.
You can choose to attend one or both sessions. If you want to attend both please make sure you tick both boxes.
DBS Workshop 1 - Disclosure - 3rd April 1pm - 3pm - on MS Teams
If you work in recruitment in Adult Care, you will know how important it is to apply for the right level of DBS checks for staff working with vulnerable adults. During this first session, come along and meet DBS Regional Outreach Adviser, Lizzie Whittington, who will be covering the need-to-know details of DBS checks, from how the relevant legislation affects what level of check is right for a certain role, to how to respond to disclosure information on a DBS certificate. She will go through what the legal definition of Regulated Activity is, how this relates to DBS processes and give sector-specific examples to help apply the eligibility rules to your workplace or setting. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions so this is a good opportunity to meet your regional Adviser and understand how DBS checks can play an important part in your safer recruitment practices.
Session Objectives:
- Understand the benefits of DBS and your organisation working together
- Understand the different levels of DBS checks
- Understand the filtering guidelines
- Understand when an employee is eligible for a check
- Understand the DBS Update Service
- Understand what Regulated Activity is
DBS Workshop 2 - Barring - 10th April 1pm - 3pm - on MS Teams
DBS plays an important part in the safeguarding environment and maintains the Children and Adult’s Barred List on behalf of the government. An individual can be placed on the barred list if they are deemed to be a risk of harm to either or both the children’s or adult’s workforce and are then legally from barred from working in relevant positions. One of the most important ways that DBS receives information regarding potential harm is through barring referrals submitted directly from employers, Regulated Activity Providers and Personnel Suppliers. In this session, the Regional Outreach Adviser for DBS in the East Midlands, Lizzie Whittington, will explain what the legal duty is for such organisations to make DBS barring referrals and what the process to place someone on the barred list entails. Through some discussion points and interactive activities, she will recap the meaning of Regulated Activity and cover how to make a good quality barring referral as well as how DBS can work with your organisation to protect the vulnerable people in your care.
Session Objectives:
- Understand Barring processes at the DBS
- Understand when a DBS Barring referral should be made, including when the legal duty is met
- Understand how to make a good quality Barring referral
- Understand what Regulated Activity is
- Understand what ‘Relevant Conduct’ and the ‘Harm Test’ is
- Have a clear understanding of the potential consequences of not making appropriate Barring referrals and the consequences of being included in one or both Barred Lists
If you have any queries, contact Attiya Kausar, Locality Coordinator (Eastern & Midlands) via email: attiya.kausar@skillsforcare.org.uk
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