UNIT 3: LO2 Challenge 3

Question 1

Why is Safeguarding needed?

Answer 1

Protects children and vulnerable adults from maltreatment.
Prevents impairment of children and vulnerable adults’ health and development.
Ensures children grow up in a safe and effective environment.
Action needs to be taken to enable people to have the best outcomes.

Question 2

What is the Disclosure and Barring Service?

Answer 2

Processing requests for criminal records by checking police records and barred list.
Deciding whether it is appropriate for a person to be placed on or removed from barred list.
Placing people on children’s barred list.
Placing people of adults’ barred list.

Question 3

What are the 3 types of DBS checks?

Answer 3

Standard
Enhanced
Enhanced with list checks

Question 4

What is a Standard DBS check?

Answer 4

Looking for spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings.

Question 5

What is an Enhanced DBS check?

Answer 5

Same as Standard but with other relevant information held by police. This could be accusations made or charges dropped etc.

Question 6

What is an Enhanced DBS check with list?

Answer 6

Same as Enhanced but with checks to see if a person is on a barred list for adults or children.