The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. They do this by searching police records and, in relevant cases, barred list information, before issuing a DBS certificate to the applicant.
Carrying out DBS checks is an essential part in ensuring that unsuitable individuals are not working in judo in the UK. British Judo insists on all individuals and clubs to obtain a DBS check before working with vulnerable groups and children.
Applying for a DBS check
This will enable the BJA to make safer decisions to prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children and vulnerable adults.
We require full name of the applicant and an individual email address for each applicant alongside why you need a DBS such as Coach or Club Welfare Officer alongside your British Judo Membership Number (or equivalent Home Nations Membership Number).
BJA DBS Eligibility Criteria
Disclosure Managers
Please note that the nominators list going forward on the new system will be kept to very few individuals and access to the system is only granted to the following approved authorised nominators:
Principal Contact – DBS – DBS@britishjudo.org.uk
- Peter Cuckoo – Northern Ireland Judo Federation – cco@nijudo.com
- Tom Hughes – Welsh Judo Association – tom.hughes@welshjudo.com
Support
Once you have received the link to your DBS application from a member of BJA staff and have any queries on the application process itself or are experiencing difficulties completing your application, please contact DBS@britishjudo.org.uk.
Updating a DBS Check
DBS checks have a lifespan of 3 years at which point they need to be updated.
The Update Service is an online profile which allows applicants to store multiple DBS Checks. This is beneficial for people who require multiple DBS checks for work, hobbies or charity work they may do. Organisations can carry out a quick online Status check, with consent, to see if an individual’s DBS Certificate is still up to date – saving you both time and money.
Once you have signed up to the Update Service you will never have to complete an application form again (subject to required workforce and level of the check).
Applicants have a six week window to sign up to the Update Service, 28 days prior to your application being submitted to the DBS and 30 days after the issue date on your Disclosure Certificate.
Every revalidation you will be required to complete a Consent to Perform a Status Check form to enable us to check your status online.
If your DBS checks holds new information, British Judo will request you to provide a copy of your Disclosure certificate from the DBS and follow the Positive Disclosure policy.
For more information about the Update Service click here.
Information from DBS Outreach Service Workshop 5th June 24
The DBS Regional Outreach service – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- The benefits of DBS and your organisation working together.
- The different levels of DBS checks available.
- Eligibility, and when an employee or volunteer is eligible for a particular level of check.
- What ‘regulated activity’ is.
- What the DBS Update Service is, and its benefits.
- Other safer recruitment practices that can be in place and how DBS checks form a part of these.
The BJA Safeguarding Team have an established working relationship with the DBS Outreach Service to ensure we are kept up to date o DBS issues impacting on England & Wales (Judo Scotland & NI Judo Federation have similar relationship with their home nations criminal checks bureaus)
DBS Checks in sport
A DBS campaign that has launched offering some further resources and guidance that may be of benefit to your organisation. Learn more about how to make your sport safer: www.safeguardingsports.campaign.gov.uk
PDF Downloads:
DBS checks in sport – working with adults
DBS checks in sport – working with adults – Welsh
