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Employees and volunteers will soon only have to apply once to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a certificate and will then be able to use an online service to confirm that the existing check is still up to date, removing the need for repeated certificates.
Whilst there will be no cost to volunteers, those in paid employment will have to pay a compulsory annual charge to be a part of the system. Whilst this charge is said to be less than the cost of a CRB check, it will benefit only those who would otherwise have obtained repeated checks due to their role or the variety of roles they undertake. This is very much the minority.
So whilst the system is improving, it looks like the cost to the individual or the employer will increase.
The recent case of R (on the application of A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin) provides some welcome and reassuring guidance to governing boards on the exclusion reconsideration process.
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With 19 HR experts now supporting over 500 schools and trusts across the country, in this edition of 60 seconds we sit down with Emma Hughes, who leads the team, to discuss what this significant milestone means to her.
In order to reduce the risk of potential breaches, schools should follow this Health and Safety Executive guidance.
A ResPublica report highlighted that asbestos continues to be the UK’s number one occupational killer, with nurses and teachers 3 to 5 times more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general UK population. The House of Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee is investigating how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings.
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