Please click on this link for a helpful flowchart explaining the DBS application process
Please also see the list below for the forms you need to include when submitting a DBS application in your parish.
All volunteers who work directly with children and/or vulnerable adults have to have a valid DBS certificate before they begin to volunteer. The certificate needs renewal every three years.
All forms are mandatory in the Diocese except for the online update service form. The complete DBS application is offered by the government at no cost to volunteers or the Diocese. The online update service minimises the application process at time of renewal. It is something we encourage all volunteers to join.
NEW VOLUNTEERS –
Application form (lilac form or a link for online application form obtained from Antoinette). This is the only form not available on this website because the forms are individually numbered. The information needed can equally be completed online instead of completing this form.
DBS1
DBS2
DBS3a (or 3b for non-UK applicants)
DBS4
DBS17
Online update service (optional)
Guidance notes for DBS3
Guidance notes for DBS4
Privacy notice
ID verification process done by parish Rep or Antoinette
RENEWAL FOR EXISTING VOLUNTEERS
Application form (lilac form or a link for online application form obtained from Antoinette)
DBS3a (or 3b for non-UK applicants)
DBS4
DBS17
Guidance notes for DBS3
Guidance notes for DBS4
Privacy notice
Online update service (optional)
ID verification process done by parish Rep face to face or Antoinette over zoom video call
References are not needed unless the Rep cannot source original copies which should be stored in the parish office
NEW OR RENEWALS USING ONLINE ROUTE
Applicants first and last name
Email address
Role in parish
State if it is a new or renewal application
*If using this route please complete the application table which is available from Antoinette*
References are not needed for renewals unless the Parish Safeguarding Representative cannot source original copies which should be stored in the parish office
TO RENEW THOSE WHO ARE ON THE ONLINE UPDATE SERVICE ALREADY WITHIN THE DIOCESE
DBS4
DBS17
Guidance notes for DBS4
Privacy notice
* Antoinette will be able to renew the existing DBS on the database, and the applicant can use the same existing paper certificate so no ID verification is needed
FOR EXTERNAL APPLICANTS WHO ARE ALREADY ON THE ONLINE UPDATE SERVICE
Application form (lilac form or a link for online application form obtained from Antoinette)
DBS1
DBS3a (or 3b for non-UK applicants)
DBS4
DBS17
Guidance notes for DBS3
Guidance notes for DBS4
Privacy notice
Proof of DBS certificate
ID verification process done by parish Rep face to face or Antoinette via zoom video call
or
The volunteer can apply for a New Volunteers DBS where they would receive a separate DBS rather than use the disclosure number via the external DBS