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University admin ignoring me- AIBU to be a nuisance

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TeamB1 · 15/08/2017 16:43

I'm starting salaried schools direct in September. It involves school based training and teaching with one day a week at university where I should get a PGCE. For months my offer has been marked as conditional even though I have satisfied all the requirements. The university told me that the school should sort out my DBS. They did and it came back clear. The university have been dripfeeding me information and ignoring my requests for clarification. A few weeks ago they asked me to come in with my documents for them to take copies. I did, they took copies and they said everything was fine and would change it to unconditional. Weeks go on and it still says conditional. I call this morning a bit anxious and explain that I have a holiday booked soon and whether they have all they need. The administrator says they are not happy with the DBS as it only had information on the child lists and they need child and adult lists. They said they contact with the school notifying of this. School is obviously largely closed for the summer. No one contacted me about this problem.

I ask them what they want me to do they said get in touch with school.

I did this and managed to get through to HR who are confused as to what the university's issues are. They advise me to do all the university request so that I can start in a September. I get back in touch with the university who are utterly unhelpful and promise to call me back before the day is out. I've accepted that this isn't happening now as it's nearly the end of the working say. I feel really messed around. They have provided no assurance that I can start in September and have given me no answer as to why they did not raise this with me or school months ago when I emailed. The administrator on the phone sounds like she just doesn't care.
I want to call back to but conscious of being a nuisance.

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sonjadog · 15/08/2017 16:45

I´d call back. Don´t worry about being a nuisance, you need to get this sorted.

Leeds2 · 15/08/2017 17:12

I would call back too.
Just bear in mind that uni admissions will be very, very busy this week.

PumpkinPie2016 · 15/08/2017 17:15

Do call back but if the school should be sorting out DBS then contact them as well and ask them to sort the part for the adult lists.

BubblesBuddy · 15/08/2017 17:23

Surely the DBS is for working with young people in the school. Therefore the clearance should be the same as their employees. I assume the enhanced one. Are the school happy for you to be in the classroom with the DBS clearance you have and presumably the one they acquired for you? I think I would speak to the school because they will be back before college starts and it is a partnership between school and college - you are working for the school, not the college.

Hope it gets sorted but it's not insurmountable.

chocoshopoholic · 15/08/2017 17:41

Are you applying for secondary? If you have a sixth form / college placement you may need a vulnerable adults DBS too as students turn 18. If your main/employing school is 11-16 they won't routinely request this for their staff, but you'll have until your away placement for it to be returned.

SerfTerf · 15/08/2017 17:50

You're not a nuisance; You're resolving a snag.

Allthewaves · 15/08/2017 17:53

Has the school sorted out the adult list if that's what the uni require?

TeamB1 · 16/08/2017 16:39

The school have said they cannot legally apply for an adult list as this does not fall under the criteria of a regulated activity with adults. The university are being unbelievably unhelpful

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