DBS Process

4 years ago   |   By Stephen Watkins

OR CRICKET CLUBS REGARDING TEMPORARY DBS PROCESS PLEASE CIRCULATE

You will remember that during the spring lockdown that the Disclosure and Barring Service allowed us to verify DBS applications by using video calls to check identity documents.

From Sunday the 1st of November we will return to this process, most likely until at least the New Year (when it will be reviewed). One key area of our safeguarding umbrella is the effective use of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The ECB have been working with the DBS and have agreed a temporary process. In essence, video calling between the applicant and a select number of Higher Level Verifiers has been agreed.

The process:

Following application, the applicant emails the higher level Verifier and requests electronic sign off
The applicant sends the verifier scanned/photographed copies of their verification documents
Arrangements are made for a video call between applicant and the higher level Verifier where the documents will be checked
The Verifier will complete the process and ‘sign off’ the applicant

CLUB VERIFIERS WILL HAVE THEIR VERIFICATION ACCESS TEMPORARILY REMOVED – we are sorry about this, but we need to follow guidance from the Government (DBS is after all a legal process) and also the expectations of the ECB who manage the DBS Licence for us.

THIS IS A TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT, A REVIEW WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEW YEAR