There have been some important changes to note in terms of the new process with regards to ID checking for DBS applications. Accepted ID check documentation has also been updated. Therefore, please ensure that you check which of your ID documents are being assessed for verification prior to submitting a DBS check. 

We can no longer accept purely postal ID documents.

• If you wish to post your ID documents, you can do so with your form however, BWSW will then require to arrange a video call with yourself whilst we are in possession of the ID documents, to verify these against you as an individual on said video call.
  
  
• If you do not want to send your identity documents through the post you can either;
• Visit our office and bring them with you if you are local.
• If you are a member of a club, your Club Secretary is able to verify your ID documents on our behalf.

In order for us to accept documents that have been witnessed by a Club Secretary, the individual must bring the original ID documents to the Club Secretary and the ID documents must be verified by the Secretary whilst the individual is present. The Club Secretary must then take photocopies of each of these documents. Please ensure that the copies are clear and legible.

The Club Secretary will then be required to sign each document with the following declaration – ‘This copy is a true likeness of the original’ and provide their signature on all copies of documentation along with the Club Secretary name. Please ensure that you also include the date that the original copies were seen. The photocopied and signed documents will then need to be posted to BWSW, along with the completed DBS form itself, so that we can complete our section of the form and then send it off for further processing.

If you would like us to check whether your proposed contact at the club/centre is able to conduct the DBS document check, please contact us beforehand and we can confirm.

Please be advised that it can only be the Club Secretary who can verify documentation – please do not approach another member of your club/centre to complete this for you. 

Full details on the DBS Process(es) can be found here

View valid DBS ID documents here