OUR SERVICE - WORKING FOR YOU
The Vale of Glamorgan Council is a registered umbrella body with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Our Employment Check online system means we can now act on your behalf and carry out your online DBS checks for you.
DBS
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are a critical part of the safeguarding process for staff with access to adults at risk and children or those in certain prescribed roles.
Ten simple steps to a safer, faster solution
Need to run a DBS check through our Umbrella Body service?
Here’s what happens with our managed service:
1 You will register with us as an Umbrella Body Organisation by completing a registration form.
2 Once approved, you will provide us with the applicant/employee/volunteer’s email details
3 An administrator will create a username and password and email a link with instructions to the applicant/employee/volunteer on how to complete the form online
4 We will also arrange an ID Verifier to verify ID details with the applicant
5 The applicant/employee/volunteer uses the link to the employmentcheck.org.uk web page and logs in to complete the simple, easy to follow form
6 We will send the applicant/employee/volunteer an email confirming that their form has been successfully submitted
7 We will notify the ID Verifier via e-mail that the ID section now needs to be completed
8 The manager checks the ID with that supplied by the applicant/employee/volunteer, enters the details and submits the form
9 valeofglamorgan.employmentcheck.org.uk will send the form electronically via e-Bulk to the DBS for processing
10 Average turnaround time for DBS disclosures is 5 days.
No more paper. No more postage. Access anywhere by PC, laptop or iPhone.
Call us on 01446 709455 or email dbs@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk to get started.