About the workshop
Learn how to make an appropriate and accurate barring referral, including how to meet your legal duties.
A referral can be made when there are concerns that an individual may have harmed a child or vulnerable adult, or put a child or vulnerable adult at risk of harm.
This workshop will cover:
- Who has the legal duty to make a referral
- When a DBS Barring referral should be made
- When the legal duty is met when making a referral
- The three different referral routes
- What Regulated Activity is
- How to make a good quality referral
- The consequences of not making appropriate barring referrals
- The consequences of being included in one or both Barred Lists
- The benefits of DBS and your organisation working together
The workshop will run for approximately 1hr30, including a 30-minute Q&A at the end.
The Legal Duty to Refer webinar is delivered by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) in partnership with Homecare Association. You may also be interested in attending our other DBS webinar this October about the Barring Referral Service.
Who the workshop is for
It is for recruiters, employers, HR staff and those who deal with safeguarding, welfare, disciplinary etc.
Why attend?
- Hear from DBS experts
- Improve your knowledge and understanding of the DBS and the Barring Referral Service
- Ask your own questions of the speakers
- Network with other homecare professionals
Meet the speakers
The sessions will be delivered by Laura Gaskell, National Outreach Advisor, and Sean Maskey, Regional Outreach Advisor, from the DBS Outreach Team.
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is responsible for managing the lists of people who are barred from regulated activity in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
The Outreach Team work across the nation to inform organisations of how DBS checks work, while helping organisations understand their DBS responsibilities.
Laura and Sean are well placed to answer any questions raised during the Legal Duty to Refer webinar Q&As.
