Are you a therapist or counsellor working with vulnerable individuals?
You can apply for an enhanced DBS check and certificate for yourself, here at Therapy-Near-Me.
DBS certificates are a great way to evidence that you are currently trusted to work with vulnerable individuals.
If you're looking for Standard DBS checks, please click here.
Enhanced DBS checks help you demonstrate that you are unlikely to pose a risk to vulnerable individuals.
DBS is the Disclosure and Barring Service, which is part of the UK government.
DBS checks were previously known as Criminal Records Bureau check or the CRB check.
Many clients, whether individuals or organisations, may want to know you have completed a DBS check, for their security and safeguarding, especially if vulnerable individuals are involved.
For some roles, there will be a legal requirement for you to complete the enhanced DBS check, under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Enhanced DBS check is the highest level of criminal record check available in England and Wales.
It is specifically for roles involving regulated activity with children or vulnerable adults.
The Enhance DBS check reveals spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings, as well as any relevant information held by local police forces.
Individual therapists and counsellors require an organisation, such as Therapy-Near-Me to manage the Enhanced DBS application.
Legally, not all people are eligible for Enhanced DBS checks.
We find this strange, because it's just evidence that you've got a clean history.
If you are not eligible for the Enhanced DBS check, you could still be eligible for the standard DBS check.
The government has an online tool to assess eligibility.
The tool suggests that people are eligible if they work in healthcare or work in a hospital, and whose role is a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, optometrist or other healthcare professional or someone supervised by one while providing healthcare whose role are eligible.
This suggests therapists and counsellors are eligible, while coaches may not be.
Healthcare is said to include all forms of health care provided for individuals, whether relating to physical or mental health and also includes palliative care and procedures that are similar to forms of medical or surgical care but are not provided in connection with a medical condition.
There is also higher standard, which is the enhanced level DBS certificate with access to the DBS Adult's or Children's Barred List. However, this is only available to members of (or people supervised by members of) the General Medical Council, the General Dental Council, the General Optical Council, the General Osteopathic Council, the General Chiropractic Council, the General Pharmaceutical Council, the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Health and Care Professions Council, Social Work England.
If you're interested or bored, applicable legislation includes The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2022, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002.
The government have produced a confusing Adult workforce guide and a Child workforce guide.
A health care professional is a person who is a member of a profession regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002.
If you are not eligible for the Enhanced DBS check, you could still be eligible for our standard DBS check.
Members who pass the enhanced DBS check will recieve an electronic copy of their Enhanced DBS certificate.
When you request an enhanced DBS check with Therapy-near-me.com:
The whole DBS checking process is normally be completed within 48 hours.
We are available for support, through-out the process.
For professional grade Therapy-Near-Me members, the enhanced DBS check costs £69.99.
For basic grade Therapy-Near-Me members, the enhanced DBS check costs £119.99.
Of course, professional grade members get lots of other benefits too, including:
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To apply for your Enhanced DBS check, simply log in to your account and make your request.
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