Disclosure and Barring Service: DBS Barring Functions and the Legal Duty to Refer (online)
Date/Time 2 October 2024 - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
CostFREE
This training course is organised by the Disclosure and Barring Service and will be presented live by the DBS Adviser for Yorkshire and The Humber:
Free workshop for those within the voluntary sector, the Barring and Legal Duty to Refer session will provide insight and guidance into the DBS Barring functions and when an organisation must by law refer a staff member or volunteer to DBS following safeguarding concerns.
Course content
- How DBS and the voluntary sector can work together to safeguard vulnerable groups
- What ‘Regulated Activity’ is
- When a DBS barring referral should be made, including when the legal duty is met
- The three different referral routes
- How to make a good quality referral
- The consequences of not making appropriate barring referrals
- The consequences of being included on one or both Barred Lists