DBS Overview - FREE COURSE - Online

Do you have responsibility for recruitment? Are you a Safeguarding Lead? Are you involved in Section 5 of All Wales Safeguarding Procedures? Are you a trustee who has an overall responsibility in relation to Safeguarding?

Trainer: Carol Eland - Disclosure & Barring Service

Cost: Free of charge

Learning Outcomes:

Introduction to DBS
Understand the benefits of DBS and you (organisation) working together
Myth Busting Quiz’s
Understanding DBS checks including Eligibility Criteria and Regulated Activity
DBS Update Service
Understand DBS Referrals
Understand Legal Duty, Relevant Conduct and Harm
How to make a good quality referral
The consequences of not making a referral

This course is free of charge but if you fail to attend or you provide less than two week's cancellation notice will be charged a fee of £20. If you find that you are unable to attend, we do allow and encourage you to find someone to take your place on the course, if this is possible for us to do for you at the time.

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