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Gateshead Council

   

On 1 December, under the provisions of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (PFA), the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) merged with the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) to form the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The merger has resulted in the following changes to terminology:

• A standard CRB check has become a standard DBS check
• An enhanced CRB check with barred list check has become an enhanced check for regulated activity
• An enhanced CRB check has become an enhanced DBS check

Forms and guidance

• Disclosure of Criminal Convictions form (Word)
• Disclosure of Criminal Convictions form (PDF)
• Disclosure and Barring - Application Guidance (Word)
• Disclosure and Barring - Application Guidance (PDF)
• Disclosure and Barring Service – Applicant Statement (Word)
• Disclosure and Barring Service – Applicant Statement (PDF)
• Obtaining a Criminal Background Check - Practices and Procedures (Word)
• Obtaining a Criminal Background Check - Practices and Procedures (PDF)
• Risk Assessment DBS Certificate (Word)
• Risk Assessment DBS Certificate (PDF)
• DBS Accepted Evidence of Identity
• Disclosure and Barring Service Routes for Disclosure Certificate

News and updates

• 2012 Changes to DBS Evidence
• Safeguarding Matters Issue 5
• Safeguarding Matters Issue 6

Archive

• 2012 Posts and Positions in Gateshead (112K PDF)
• 2012 Vetting and Barring Scheme (94k PDF)
• 2012 ISA Registration and CRB Disclosures (172k PDF)