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All schools maintained by Devon should now use the online Disclosure and Barring Service Checks <\/a>to ensure compliance with the safer recruitment forms and process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Policy, Guidance and supporting documentation in relation to the DBS checking process can be accessed by schools in the HR ONE Policy Library. Please speak to HR Direct on 01392 385555<\/a> for further information if you do not have access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DBS support is also available from our Safer Recruitment Service<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n To support the need for schools to have a single central record of DBS compliance, please download the following letters regarding visitors to schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These letters can be shown to Ofsted inspectors to confirm that Devon County Council staff and those in our linked organisations have had thorough and robust recruitment checks including a DBS check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Safer working practices It is a requirement for all schools to have: Useful links Safer recruitment Forms and process All schools maintained by Devon should […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":71,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1730","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 14:10:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33962,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1730\/revisions\/33962"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Forms and guidance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
DBS checks – DCC forms and guidance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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DBS checks – GOV.UK guidance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Other DCC recruitment forms<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Single central record of DBS compliance for school and Ofsted compliance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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