{"id":88354,"date":"2018-01-25T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=da8ed7bddcf12689fdd265b0b74d96e9"},"modified":"2018-09-21T14:11:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:11:53","slug":"news-story-new-identity-checking-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=88354","title":{"rendered":"News story: New identity checking guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Email addresses updated in line with recent changes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>New identity (ID) checking guidelines have been introduced for standard and enhanced disclosure checks. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/dbs-identity-checking-guidelines\">new guidelines<\/a> have been running in parallel with previous guidelines since October 2017. However, the previous guidelines now cease to apply and you must use the new version.<\/p>\n<p>The change is being introduced so that the DBS\u2019s identity checking process is aligned with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide\">right to work<\/a> checks. These state that employers must prevent illegal working in the UK by carrying out document checks on people before employing them to make sure they are allowed to work.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the changes contact <a href=\"mailto:customerservices@dbs.gov.uk\">customerservices@dbs.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New identity checking guidelines have been introduced for standard and enhanced disclosure checks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88354"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95905,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88354\/revisions\/95905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}