What's annoying you today? V4
What's annoying you today? V4
The DBS system.
The whole idea was supposed to be a development from the CRB checks that were carried out in years gone by.
Once you were registered with the DBS, we (the public) were told that records would be kept. If an organisation/employer needed to check the records, all it would take was the individual to provide their reg number and then the organisation/employer would check online.
My most recent DBS check (my first since the CRB became obsolete) was a year or so ago.
An organisation needed to check it, so I provided my reg number.
It turns out they can't check my records, as I didn't pay the additional £13 within 19 days of issue to enrol onto the DBS Update Service, that would allow anyone to check it (with my permission).
Because I am well beyond the initial 19 days since the DBS was issued and my application records have been destroyed - I now need to pay the £54 application fee and undergo a new DBS. I would also need to pay the £13 annual fee to keep my records open for future reference on the DBS Update Service.
Totally defeating the point of introducing the DBS and seeing procedures follow the exact same system as the flawed CRB!
An absolute farce.
