Delighted Young Client Avoids Inclusion on Adult Barred List
The Adult Barred List is maintained by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and includes individuals who are barred from engaging in regulated activities. The DBS also maintains the Children’s Barred List and makes informed decisions about whether a person should be included on one or both lists.
The team at KANGS recently assisted our client, a young adult, avoid inclusion on the Adult Barred List.
After receiving a ‘Minded to Bar’ letter from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), our client, who works as a Support Care Worker, immediately instructed the team at KANGS to prepare and submit her Representations within the required timeframe.
Helen Holder of KANGS explains how we guided our client and achieved this successful outcome.
The Circumstances
In 2020, our client was engaged to provide childcare for three children of a physical Healthcare Practitioner. The practitioner who had left a highly abusive relationship, during which the children had experienced emotional trauma. She subsequently provided an extensive and complimentary Character Reference which included the comment that she “will forever be welcome in my household due to the significant difference she has made to our lives.”
In July 2022, our client was working as a Support Worker at a Care Home (‘the Complaining Care Home’), a role she held for a number of months before choosing to leave in order to focus on her academic studies.
She subsequently returned to the Complaining Care Home to support herself financially while continuing with her education. During these first two periods of employment, there were no complaints or concerns raised about her conduct.
Thereafter, she took the opportunity to transfer to another Care Home, where she was offered training to support people with more complex physical health needs.
In due course, our client returned to the Complaining Care Home for a third period of employment, which she left to join her current employment.
After a period of time, our client was served a Minded to Bar letter containing allegations of misconduct, said to have occurred during her third period of employment at the Complaining Care Home.
The Allegations
The ‘Minded to Bar Letter’ indicated that the DBS thinks it may be appropriate to bar our client from engaging in ‘regulated activity,’ which includes working and volunteering with vulnerable adults.
The allegations made included that, in October 2025:
- whilst in her role as a support worker, she intentionally left her shift causing a service user to become unattended on the toilet, naked, smearing and head banging which resulted in injury to her head and bleeding,
- the neglect of her duties compromised the care of other service users until other staff arrived to cover her departure.
How We Assisted Our Client
In order to meet the deadline imposed, the team at KANGS promptly:
- carefully examined and reviewed the ‘Minded to Bar’ letter and all other relevant documents,
- attended our client discussing in detail her schooling and college history, the circumstances surrounding the allegations made against her, and her account of events,
- advised our client upon her position and the appropriate procedure to adopt to oppose the allegations,
- collated all relevant documentation and prepared comprehensive Written Representations detailing our client’s objection to the Minded to Bar letter, together with a bundle of supporting documentary evidence,
- submitted our client’s Written Response and accompanying documents to the DBS.
Fantastic Result
Following careful consideration of the Written Representations and documents meticulously compiled and prepared by the team at KANGS, the DBS determined that it would be inappropriate to include our client on the Adults Barred List and that no further action would be taken.
Our client was extremely pleased with this highly successful outcome, which relieved the significant stress and anxiety she had experienced and enabled her to move forward with her life and career aspirations.
How Can We Assist?
At KANGS, we have a proven history of successfully representing individuals facing proposals to include them on a Barred List. We have seen first-hand the anxiety caused by those receiving a Minded to Bar letter and understand the serious impact such inclusion can have on both their professional and personal life.
Our services are tailored to each client, ensuring every case is handled with meticulous attention and tailored support. Our proven strategies and dedication to client success, means we have helped many clients avoid inclusion and continue their careers with confidence.
If you need guidance on a DBS matter, please contact us using the details below:
Tel: 0333 370 4333
Email: info@kangssolicitors.co.uk
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