{"id":4932,"date":"2020-11-05T06:41:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T06:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/?p=4932"},"modified":"2021-03-18T12:49:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T12:49:20","slug":"dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"DBS Advice About Avoiding Common Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recruitment hasn\u2019t stopped during the recent Covid-19 pandemic. In some sectors recruitment may be slowing, but other sectors, such as healthcare, have never been busier. If you\u2019re applying for a new job or have been asked to re-apply for your DBS check, then a recent press release from the DBS should guide you in the right direction. Their list of the most common mistakes made on DBS forms should help guide your form-filling and stop you from falling into many of the same traps.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Address History<\/h2>\n

Right at the top of the list of common mistakes is a failure to provide a 5-year address history. For most people this is straightforward. Just list all the places you have lived permanently for the period, with dates, full addresses, and postcodes. If you have moved around a lot, then you may need to use a continuation sheet on a paper form. If you\u2019ve been a student<\/a> moving between home and term-time accommodation, or lived overseas, check how to record your exact address history. It\u2019s really important to get this right. If you omit key details in this section, your application risks being rejected outright.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Countersignature Date<\/h2>\n

Another more surprising reason for rejection is issues with the counter signature on your form, whether paper or online. The date must be completed using the dd\/mm\/yy format and can\u2019t be left blank. If your countersignatory doesn\u2019t date the form, doesn\u2019t sign it or makes some other mistake, the DBS will reject the application<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Volunteers<\/h2>\n

A volunteer<\/a> doesn\u2019t pay for a DBS check, but the form has to be completed in the right way to inform the DBS. Cross the correct box to show that the application is for a volunteer. The DBS regularly receives applications where people have ticked both boxes \u2013 saying that the applicant is both a volunteer, and not a volunteer. Another error is to tick the box saying that the application is being sent for a voluntary position, yet still sending payment.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Forenames<\/h2>\n

This is the other section of the form where you have to be really careful about what you are completing and ensure that you give all the information. Write legibly, as the DBS say they will reject any forms which can\u2019t be deciphered. Completing the form digitally is a better option but check carefully for typos. Enter the dates when your name changed. If in any doubt about what to fill in and where, contact the DBS and ask for advice rather than just trying to guess.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nationality<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019ve ticked the box on the form to say that you\u2019re British and hold a UK passport<\/a>, you must them go on to complete the section of the form asking for your passport details. If you don\u2019t remember to do this, or fill in the wrong details, then the form will be rejected. If you have ticked a box saying that you don\u2019t hold a passport, or hold a passport from another country, obviously leave this section blank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re applying for a new job or have been asked to re-apply for your DBS check, then a recent press release from the DBS should guide you in the right direction. Their list of the most common mistakes made on DBS forms should help guide your form-filling and stop you from falling into many of the same traps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDBS Advice About Avoiding Common Mistakes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you\u2019re applying for a new job or have been asked to re-apply for your DBS check, then a recent press release from the DBS should guide you in the right direction.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DBS Advice About Avoiding Common Mistakes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you\u2019re applying for a new job or have been asked to re-apply for your DBS check, then a recent press release from the DBS should guide you in the right direction.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CRB Direct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-05T06:41:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-18T12:49:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"crb-admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"crb-admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/\",\"name\":\"DBS Advice About Avoiding Common Mistakes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-05T06:41:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-18T12:49:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/1b45c80f7d9781fe6a7e7148fad45e1f\"},\"description\":\"If you\u2019re applying for a new job or have been asked to re-apply for your DBS check, then a recent press release from the DBS should guide you in the right direction.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DBS Advice About Avoiding Common Mistakes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/\",\"name\":\"CRB Direct\",\"description\":\"\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/1b45c80f7d9781fe6a7e7148fad45e1f\",\"name\":\"crb-admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/205f4a48ca8f9921f31527a74b849ba1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/205f4a48ca8f9921f31527a74b849ba1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"crb-admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/author\/crb-admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DBS Advice About Avoiding Common Mistakes","description":"If you\u2019re applying for a new job or have been asked to re-apply for your DBS check, then a recent press release from the DBS should guide you in the right direction.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DBS Advice About Avoiding Common Mistakes","og_description":"If you\u2019re applying for a new job or have been asked to re-apply for your DBS check, then a recent press release from the DBS should guide you in the right direction.","og_url":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/","og_site_name":"CRB Direct","article_published_time":"2020-11-05T06:41:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-18T12:49:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"crb-admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"crb-admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/","url":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/","name":"DBS Advice About Avoiding Common Mistakes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-11-05T06:41:36+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-18T12:49:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/1b45c80f7d9781fe6a7e7148fad45e1f"},"description":"If you\u2019re applying for a new job or have been asked to re-apply for your DBS check, then a recent press release from the DBS should guide you in the right direction.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/dbs-advice-about-avoiding-common-mistakes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DBS Advice About Avoiding Common Mistakes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/","name":"CRB Direct","description":"","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/1b45c80f7d9781fe6a7e7148fad45e1f","name":"crb-admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/205f4a48ca8f9921f31527a74b849ba1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/205f4a48ca8f9921f31527a74b849ba1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"crb-admin"},"url":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/author\/crb-admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4932"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5966,"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions\/5966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crbdirect.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}