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DBS Checks When You Have Changed Name

Date: 03 August 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

The UK has fairly relaxed rules about what you can call yourself. Many people have one official name on their birth certificate or passport and use another name in everyday...

DBS Checks for the Security Industry

Date: 27 July 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

Security is big business, and we’re all used to seeing uniformed security staff standing at the entrance to large shops or working at sporting events. Their presence reassures members of...

Social Media Screening

Date: 20 July 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

The Department of Transport became the latest in a long list of employers recently to announce that all new employees will have their social media feeds screened as part of...

DBS Launches New Customer Webchat

Date: 13 July 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

Even before the pandemic hit the UK, the DBS was looking for new ways to communicate with people who have questions about their service or want to track the progress...

The Five Background Checks an Employer May Run on You

Date: 06 July 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

Although it’s a job seeker’s market in terms of finding a new job at the moment, employers are not allowing their standards to slip when it comes to vetting the...

Which Background Checks Can I Expect for My Role?

Date: 29 June 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

The idea of performing background checking on people in specific roles is nothing new and is particularly associated with people who intend to work with children. The internet and digital...

DBS Checks for MOT Testers

Date: 22 June 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

On 1 April 2022, the laws around people licensed to carry out MOT tests changed. Thousands of garages across the UK carry out MOT tests on cars, vans and other...

Background Screening and Home Offices

Date: 08 June 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

Although the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is – thankfully – over, some of the changes made during the last two years appear to be here to stay. Hybrid working,...

DBS In Campaign to Raise Awareness of Job Scams

Date: 01 June 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

We primarily associate the Disclosure and Barring Service with the disclosure checking process – the criminal records checks which are carried out on many new employees. But this isn’t all...

POVA and POCA Lists – What Are They?

Date: 25 May 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

Back in 1989, the Protection of Children Act introduced a new register which was known as the POCA list, or Protection of Vulnerable Children. The similarly named POVA list is...

DBS Checks When You Have Changed Name

Date: 03 August 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

DBS Checks for the Security Industry

Date: 27 July 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

Social Media Screening

Date: 20 July 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

DBS Launches New Customer Webchat

Date: 13 July 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

The Five Background Checks an Employer May Run on You

Date: 06 July 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

Which Background Checks Can I Expect for My Role?

Date: 29 June 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

DBS Checks for MOT Testers

Date: 22 June 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

Background Screening and Home Offices

Date: 08 June 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

DBS In Campaign to Raise Awareness of Job Scams

Date: 01 June 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

POVA and POCA Lists – What Are They?

Date: 25 May 2022 Author Name: CRB-ADMIN

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