Applying for a DBS check is a requirement for new applications for the Ofsted Childcare Register. Since September 2014 the requirement is that all applicants must have a DBS check which is on the Update Service.
You can apply online for a DBS check via www.OfstedDbsApplication.co.uk
The process is:
1. Complete the DBS check application form online.
2. Pay online – a payment receipt is sent via email.
3. An email is sent with an Application Reference, which must be written on to the ID Check form.
4. Print out an ID check form and have a suitable person (the form includes a list of suitable occupations) to check your ID.
5. Scan and email the ID check form to Security Watchdog.
6. An email is sent stating that the application has been sent to the DBS. This contains a DBS Application Form Reference.
7. Subscribe to the DBS Update service using the DBS Application Form Reference.
8. Wait for the DBS Certificate to arrive. This can take a few weeks to many months.
Step by Step Guide
Click the Link to complete your DBS
www.OfstedDbsApplication.co.uk
Click on Step One
You are NOT a volunteer, you are a paid employee. Later on the ID Check Form the volunteer section must be left uncompleted.
Click on Step Two, Click Submit you DBS Application
Organisation Reference is OFSTEDP and leave the Password field empty. Click Enter to continue.
Read the Statement of Fair Processing. At the bottom tick the two boxes. Then click Next.
Read the next page. At the bottom tick to confirm that payment will be required. Then click Next.
This page is for details about you. It can be useful to refer to how your name appears on your driving license, passport and other identity documents.
Complete your contact details – phone and email address.
This page is for your home address. The next page will let you add additional addresses. There must be 5 years worth of previous address history.
Complete your place of birth details. Refer to your birth certificate. If your surname has changed since birth, such as due to marriage, then complete details. Then click Next.
Employment Information
Position Applied for is: HOME-CHILDCARER (NANNY)
Volunteer is: NO
Then select No regarding convictions. Then click Next.
Please tick three option on this page
Payment amount will now be confirmed. Click Next to proceed to entering card details.
Once you Completed the DBS application, now go to Step Three – Identity Check. Please download the form and completed the form and email to ofsteddbs@teammatrix.com
Once you receive your completed DBS certificate and have your certificate number. You must register within 30 days of the certificate being issued.
