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  • 2 weeks later...
Guest sn0wdr0p

Still waiting for my new out of school staff members DBS to come through. Not as quick as before for people who had recently had a check done. Good tracking system though which shows the 5 stages of the process and where your check is. Getting desperate though as I'm going to be short staffed next week. I usually take on some holiday staff on standby but can't afford it now - and the checks may come to late in the holidays now. I have had to warn my husband that I may have to cancel my holiday as I will need to work.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Committee members have to go through Capita. Unfortunately the word 'volunteer' is causing a problem, on Capitas site trustees have to pay, they are not seen as volunteers and Oftsed withdraw voluntary status for trustees a while back, not sure when.

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I have just spoken to ofted regarding outstanding DBS checks for new committee members - i was given the following link and informed that as long as they fit criteria volunteers should not pay ???

 

www.ofsteddbsapplication.co.uk

 

Ref: OftsedA

there is no password but just click next or continue

 

i am about to check this out

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right - all this has me so confused - I rang the gov dbs help line - volunteers are free - they don't charge Capita but Capita charge us an admin fee - so volunteers ie Committee members are free but Capita charge an admin fee - so I phoned Capita again as advised by gov lady - I argued how unfair it was and that charity or committee run preschools will no longer operate because of this - I asked what the admin fee was for as its all done online and only one person gets a certificate !

I shall now put my thoughts down on paper and send to them !!!!!! back to the drawing board

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I have a student coming in for 10 hours a week voluntarily from sept as nvq placement, has anyone used TMG since changes for this ?

Looking at post further back it also looks like someone unpaid but gaining a qualification is no longer classed as voluntary either, so if I don't tell them how will they know they're not just a helper :/

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