UCheck

Ben Nicholas

Leanneda Clark

Understand when Enhanced DBS checks and barred list checks are required, what regulated activity means for roles with children or adults, and how Adult First fits in.

Enhanced / Regulated Activity and Barred Lists

Define regulated activity with children, including types of unsupervised work, required frequency, and why barred individuals must not do this work.

What Is “Regulated Activity” With Children?

Explain how roles working with children in regulated activity relate to Enhanced DBS checks and the children’s barred list, including examples of activities and settings.

What check can I have if I am working with children?

Learn how “regulated activity” is defined, which activities and settings qualify, and how this drives eligibility for Enhanced checks and barred list searches.

Regulated activity with children and adults

Describe what a DBS Adult First check does, when it can be requested, which roles and organisations are eligible, and why it cannot be used for children’s barred list information.

What a DBS Adult First Check Is

Set out the strict eligibility for Adult First: adult care services, regulated activity with adults, and only alongside an Enhanced check with adults’ barred list.

When You Can Request an Adult First Check

Learn how DBS Adult First Checks are requested and displayed in uCheck, typical turnaround times, and what each result (“No Match”, “Please Wait”, “Certificate Issued”) means.

How Adult First Works on the uCheck Platform

Learn what each DBS Adult First result (“No match”, “Registered Body must wait”, “Certificate completed”) means and how it affects starting or deploying staff.

Types of Adult First Check Results

See how the children’s and adults’ barred lists work, how Adult First checks provide a fast barred list result for adult services, and when these options are appropriate.

Barred lists and Adult First

Guide employers on how to fill in the “position applied for” field so it reflects eligibility (duties and setting) rather than just job title, reducing DBS queries.

What is the purpose of the position applied for?

Explain why DBS/uCheck raise queries (name/address mismatches, role details), how employers should respond fully, and what happens if information is incorrect.

Why you have received a query email

Learn how to respond fully and accurately to a DBS query email via uCheck so your reply can be sent to DBS without delays to the application.

How You Should Respond to a DBS Query

Learn why the DBS may raise a query on an application, how uCheck forwards it to you, what you must include in your email response, and how incomplete or incorrect…

Queries from the DBS

Learn what DBS does after uCheck forwards your full query response, including when an application may be withdrawn with no refund and when you must submit a new check.

What Happens After You Respond to a DBS Query

What are the eligibility criteria for different types of DBS checks, including barred list checks?

Get guidance on describing roles clearly in DBS applications so eligibility is obvious and learn how to respond when DBS queries information you’ve submitted.

Role descriptions and eligibility

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