Dbs check

[monkey5]

How do you go about getting a desk check if your just a 1 man band, looking on line it looks like you have to do it through a bigger company, but can't work it out how.
Basically work I a couple of schools and care homes, only been asked once but would be nice to have it available if really required.
Cheers

 

[UNG]

The last DBS check I had was through a company that I did some work for so it might be worth making speaking to the companies / businesses you are working for to see if they can do it for you if you pick up the cost for it

 

[binky]

Use the Scottish system online, it's cheaper. Do not get ripped off by third parties who hijack Google searches

 

[apprentice87]

How do you go about getting a desk check if your just a 1 man band, looking on line it looks like you have to do it through a bigger company, but can't work it out how.
Basically work I a couple of schools and care homes, only been asked once but would be nice to have it available if really required.
Cheers

So far as i know, you cannot get one for yourself. Your employer has to get one for you, and to do this, they have to have some sort of licence. £300??

So far as i know, they are not allowed to show you the results of the DBS either, what it came up with i mean..

Secondly, if you got one through one of them firms that advertise, it would be worthless anyway, as they are not transferable.

What i mean is, say i have a part time job in school "A", they do a DBS. I then start working in school "B" They have to do another one and so on.

Besides, there is more chance of flying to the moon than a school accepting a DBS from one of them firms..

I know that in the NHS [at least in the trust i worked for] even if you moved jobs in the same hospital you had to do another one and i think this is pretty standard as your role has changed.

john..

 

[binky]

School work is better done out of hours, so you don't get asked what you are doing every 10 minutes by nosey kids. I know this from experience .

No kids, or at least any kids are under supervision of staff, means you are not alone with the little darlings, so little need for DBS.

 

[surrey bloke]

You can sign up for subscription payable yearly once the employer does the initial search. Employment agencies work like this. Give the DBS a ring