What is the process of applying for a check if you are the verifier?

All DBS checks requested via Making Music are completed online via an online portal run by a company called First Advantage.

The first time you request an online DBS check a registration fee (£5 for members, £7.50 for non-members) will be payable. This is a one-off fee and you will not have to pay it for any future checks. The process will work as follows (more detailed guidance for each step will be provided when you order a check).

1. Verifier requests DBS checks from Making Music
2. Verifier signs an agreement (if this is the first check carried out by this verifier)
3. Verifier is set-up with online First Advantage account
4. Verifier emails applicant(s) though online account with request to complete online form
5. Applicant completes online form
6. Applicant and Verifier meet and check documents
7. Verifier completes verification part of online form
8. Online form sent directly to DBS
9. Making Music invoice for check(s)
10. DBS contacts applicant with check outcome

For subsequent checks, you are able to go straight to your online First Advantage account and start this process from the fourth step.