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Non crime domestic on DBS

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PinkMember · 07/07/2024 14:54

Has anyone had experiences where a non crime domestic incident has been disclosed on an enhanced dbs certificate for working with children?

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DabS1234 · 07/07/2024 14:59

Everything will be disclosed on enhanced DBS. You need to be honest with your employer and tell them before it comes to light - if your in employment and this is a repeated DBS you should have told them straight away. Otherwise you need to disclose at interview stage.

In our work we would consider any info and if appropriate consider a risk assessment to look at weather your appropriate for the role. If we weren't informed by the applicant before hand this would indicate a lack of honesty and would be a big problem.

Mrsttcno1 · 07/07/2024 15:35

DabS1234 · 07/07/2024 14:59

Everything will be disclosed on enhanced DBS. You need to be honest with your employer and tell them before it comes to light - if your in employment and this is a repeated DBS you should have told them straight away. Otherwise you need to disclose at interview stage.

In our work we would consider any info and if appropriate consider a risk assessment to look at weather your appropriate for the role. If we weren't informed by the applicant before hand this would indicate a lack of honesty and would be a big problem.

100% this, they can see everything on enhanced so be upfront about it

sailingsunshine · 07/07/2024 15:36

@PinkMember , was it a warning/caution for DV?
When recruiting for staff who need a dbs it's not unusual to see arson/shop lifting / financial fraud (cash in hand income) on a DBS. It has to be disclosed as part of the application process. Sorry I haven't seen a domestic incident disclosed as part of the HR process.

PinkMember · 07/07/2024 15:48

No warnings or cautions. Just a police visit and they left. I have since checked with the police department and they informed me I was labelled as the victim in the computer. My employer and labour union was informed and they advised no action needed to be taken.

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manipulatrice · 07/07/2024 16:11

Disclose everything. Being a victim should therefore negate any issues with an employer, however, non crime domestics aren't recorded as victim and suspect, just both as involved parties.

StellaSmile · 07/07/2024 16:48

I don't think it will be disclosed, that's wouldn't meet threshold for going on a "barred list" and so there's the "any other relevant information" section that is at the discretion of local police but to put something there it goes through strong vetting procedures to ensure it's rational to put it, the sort of things that may go in that section is if there's an ongoing investigation.
I'm a senior GP in a safeguarding role so I have a bit of experience of what gets you on a barred list etc and being a victim not domestic violence doesn't.
I honestly don't think it will.

prh47bridge · 07/07/2024 18:01

The guidance to be followed by the police when deciding what non-conviction information to disclose can be found at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65c4d67f9c5b7f000c951b36/Statutory+Disclosure+Guidance+4th+Edition.pdf

If you were the victim, this should not be disclosed.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65c4d67f9c5b7f000c951b36/Statutory+Disclosure+Guidance+4th+Edition.pdf

Coolblur · 07/07/2024 18:45

A caution or conviction would only appear on a perpetrator's DBS, not that of a victim of crime.
If you were the victim, then it won't appear on your DBS. I don't know why people are saying you should declare this, it's of no relevance, and no one else's business.

cabbageking · 23/11/2024 21:10
  • · any information (including non-conviction information) held by the local police forces that the chief police officer reasonably believes to be relevant to the application and ought to be disclosed.

It depends on the information, how often any incidents happened and the nature of the records.
An example might be the Soham murders where there was lots of soft information that was not revealed which might have made a difference to any job offer.

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