Disclosure and Barring Service Policy

If a DBS check is required, it should be indicated on the appropriate role description and/or application information.

In order to ensure individuals convicted of offences are not unreasonably disadvantaged in the job market, many convictions after a specified time, may be considered as if they have never occurred i.e. they are called ‘spent’.  A criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude applicants from employment or volunteering.  CTCIC will consider all applications on their merit based upon the information provided and the requirements of the post.

However, under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, certain roles are exempted from the above and applicants for these specified roles and/or posts will be required to complete a form detailing any previous or pending convictions.

All appointments to such posts will be conditional upon information provided by the Disclosure and Barring Service which is satisfactory to CTCIC.  The Disclosure and Barring Service provides CTCIC with information about spent or unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings held on the Police National Computer and/or information from local police forces and from Department of Health records.

All employees and volunteers that are required to have DBS checks as per this policy, must have current checks in place in order to undertake activities, on a voluntary or employed basis. Where staff and volunteers are required to have DBS certification, CTCIC will pay the cost of the application process.