Parent Volunteers

We are very lucky to have such supportive families at Danetree Primary School and always welcome volunteers to the school.

In order to become a volunteer at Danetree, we ask parents/carers to undertake a Volunteer Recruitment Process, here - this requires a Right to Work in the UK, we request two references and you need to apply for a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check which is created via a portal for you to complete.  Please note an additional Overseas Police Check will also be requested if you have lived or worked outside the UK within the last five years (this is a requirement of Keeping Children Safe in Education) here.

To start this process, please complete the form and bring into the school office along with three pieces of ID, ideally a passport, driving license and a council tax statement (less than 1 year old) or bank statement/utility bill (less than 3 months old). We can only accept original documentation. Photocopies or documentation printed from the internet e.g. internet bank statement cannot be used.  For a full list of documents which can be used for verification purposes, please see the government guidelines here.  ID documents will be copied and kept on file securely until your DBS Application is complete. Once your certificate has been issued, one piece of photo ID will be kept on file and all other documentation safely destroyed. 

Once we have verified your ID documents, we will initiate your application. You will then receive an online form from our DBS partner ‘Strictly Education’. Once you have competed this form your application will then proceed and all the relevant checks with the police and other bodies will commence. You will be emailed once the process has been finalised and a DBS certificate issued. 

Please note that this can take up to 6 weeks but is often much faster. Your certificate will be posted to your home address - once your certificate has been received, you will need to bring this into the school office so that we can update our records.  

Once all the documentation has been completed, you will need to undertake Safeguarding training in-house which will last approximately 30 minutes.

Please note, if your current surname is different to your birth surname we will also need to see documents relating to this change ie marriage certificate(s) and your birth certificate.

 

DBS Update Service

When completing your application, you will have the option to register for the ‘DBS Update Service’. This update service is an online subscription that allows you to keep your enhanced DBS certificate up to date and allows the school to check a certificate online. The service is free for 30 days after the issue date of your certificate (e would strongly encourage you to sign-up to the service).  We have to ensure that all volunteers at Danetree are on site at least once a term in order for their DBS Clearance to remain valid. Due to the nature of the volunteer/helper role, we understand that this might not always be possible for you. Having an online DBS subscription enables us to check your certificate online periodically, with your consent, in case you are not able to come in every term. If you are not signed up to the update service you will be required to reapply for your DBS yearly. 

To sign up to the DBS update service please follow this link.

Please see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-update-service-applicant-guide/dbs-update-service-applicant-guide for further information.