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Inside cover
Introduction
Relevant legislation
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
DBS update service
Duty to refer
DBS
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Section 139 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
Nacro’s Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 Guide
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013
Nacro’s practical guidance on DBS filtering
DBS filtering guidance
Access NI criminal record checks
Part V of the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matters) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013
Data Protection Act 1998
Section 56 Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA)
employeradvice@nacro.org.uk
Nacro website: asking about criminal records
Criminal record checks
Determining whether a check needs to be carried out
customerservices@dbs.gsi.gov.uk
DBS News
DBS subscribe
Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006
Nacro website: Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009
Determining which check to carry out
customerservices@dbs.gsi.gov.uk
employeradvice@nacro.org.uk
Nacro website: Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009
Disclosure Scotland
DBS
employeradvice@nacro.org.uk
Nacro website: Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009
Access NI criminal record checks
Disclosure Scotland
Asking the correct question for the role
DBS Code of Practice
Ban the Box
Disclosing criminal records: A Nacro guide
What to do if a criminal record or allegation is revealed on a check
What to do if there are discrepancies
Challenging inaccurate information on disclosures
Information Commissioner’s Office
Limitations of disclosures
employeradvice@nacro.org.uk
Nacro website: employing someone with a criminal record
Assessing the risk and relevance of criminal records
How to manage sensitive information
Information Commissioner’s Office
employeradvice@nacro.org.uk
Nacro website: employing someone with a criminal record
Useful contacts
employeradvice@nacro.org.uk
www.nacro.org.uk
www.cipd.co.uk
customerservices@dbs.gsi.gov.uk
dbsdispatch@dbs.gsi.gov.uk
DBS
www.acas.org.uk
www.nidirect.gov.uk
banthebox@bitc.org.uk
www.bitc.org.uk
info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
www.disclosurescotland.co.uk
casework@ico.org.uk
www.ico.org.uk
Glossary
Regulated activity with adults
Regulated activity with children
References
Employing ex-offenders to capture talent
Resourcing and talent planning 2013
Impact Assessment on proposed changes to the Vetting & Barring Scheme and Criminal Records Regime
Reducing reoffending and improving rehabilitation
Reed in Partnership
Prejudged: Tagged for Life
Appendices
Nacro’s Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 Guide
Risk assessment template (criminal records)
employeradvice@nacro.org.uk
DBS list of offences that will never be filtered from a criminal record check
Nacro’s practical guidance on DBS filtering
Criminal record declaration form for jobs exempt from the ROA
Criminal record declaration form for jobs covered by the ROA
