DBS: Making Safer Recruitment More Accessible - Safeguarding Matters

Jodi Evans talks to Joanne Wheatley, Regional Outreach Manager at The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Joanne discusses how she uses workshops, podcasts, and other free resources to help people understand what DBS checks are for, and which sort of checks are required for each role. Joanne and Jodi also explore how DBS checks can help prevent abuse, and how a check is just one part of a wider safer recruitment strategy.

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DBS: Making Safer Recruitment More Accessible - Safeguarding Matters is an episode from Safeguarding Matters with the Ann Craft Trust by Ann-Craft-Trust.

This episode is 20:23 long.

This episode was published on Nov 26, 2025.

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