To think this just rules me out completely?

[Sunflowerfield9]

Job interview for a start date in just under 3 weeks time. I should apparently hear back this week but I reckon I’m going to be automatically ruled out as I don’t have a DBS check and this position needs an enhanced one and I think it will take longer than that to receive the copy? Feel deflated now.

Apply now. If they want to see it, say you have applied and will give it to them when you get it.

In my experience an enhanced DBS has to be requested by the employer but they have never taken more than 5/6 days.

Employer has to do them and everyone needs one - even if you have one if you move to a new job you have to have a new one.

It's the Employers job to sort thar out. As others have said.

You can subscribe to the DBS renewal service which speeds up the process for an employer. There's a small fee of about £13.

I don’t think that on its own rules you out - a friend got a job in a school last year and they just made sure she was always with another adult until her DBS came through, then she could go about by herself.

It should be requested by them when they employ you. If you're unsure, then just ring and ask them.

No it shouldn't rule you out as most employers need to do a new one (even if you have one already).

Employers have to request their own DBS. Even if you already had one you’d have to get another one anyway. If they like you they’ll offer it subject to passing the DBS. Then if you pass it the jobs would be yours.

Surely everyone will need one? Except staff already working there. My dd did one recently took about two weeks to come

This, I’d had a DBS for a volunteer position but when I started a new job they couldn’t accept it and needed to do their own.

It’ll need to be done by the company after they’ve made a job offer. There’s no point at all in applying for your own.

My job puts new starters on ‘reduced duties’ until it’s cleared.

They will apply for this check,make sure you are ready with your ID. They seem to be coming back quite quickly at the moment and yes then apply to join the update scheme so that if you move jobs the process of rechecking is quicker.

Jobs with a short start date are a bit of a red flag because they probably already have an internal candidate in mind. Surely most people would need to give more than 3 weeks notice to their current employer?

I verify these as part of my job. Contacted casual or volunteer - doesn’t matter if you had one yesterday, we’ll be doing a new one before you start with us 👍🏼

They're coming back very quickly at the moment.

Theres no way an employer won't request a new DBS check so don't worry, nobody has a foot above you by already having one

I once got a job that requires DBS. It took three months for me to get it (!) but they still honoured the job.

If it's in a school then you will just have to be accompanied at all times until its been done.

If the job description says "enhanced DBS required" they just mean they will be applying for one for the person they offer to, so don't bother applying if it would flag up something that means you can't work there. They don't mean you have to have one already.
As others have said, plans will be in place while they wait for it to come through.

Unless the emoyer is clueless they know the DBS rules so it's a non issue as everyone will be the same except as posted above internal candidates in which case failure to get the is nothing to do with the DBS

Was just going to say that. It rules most external candidates out surely. So if they got an absolutely ideal candidate who had a months notice they’d say no. I doubt it.

Your employers apply for it. I had one when I worked at a doctors, but when I changed jobs my new employers had to reapply for me.

I have just run one for one of my employees and it took 3 weeks to come back! Never known it to take so long but definitely don’t bank on it always being this timeframe

You cannot apply for an enhanced DBS check on yourself. It has to be done through your employer or another body (like the Scouts, Sport England). If you are successful at the interview they will then ask you to do a DBS check.

Last time I did one it was all sorted by HR. I just needed to turn up with some ID, I think my passport and something with my address like a bill or bank statement.