Pnc check followed by dbs check

[Thatsmoneyhoney]

Hi all

So long story short i have applied for a job within social care. My employer ran a pnc check which showed no trace but i still have to do a dbs check. I thought they were the same thing..?? Does anyone know the difference? Of course i have nothing to hide but i can not start work until the dbs comes back and i am so desperate to start!!

I think it might be that spent convictions would not show on the pnc check but any relevant spent convictions would show up on the DBS.

First stage of a DBS check is via the PNC computer.
For certain jobs, there follows another stage looking at whether the person is on various lists, eg barred from working with children.
www.carecheck.co.uk/we-all-know-what-dbs-checks-are-but-what-is-the-process/

If it helps I applied for a Dbs recently and it arrived very quickly. Congratulations on the new job