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Disclosure Service Advisor

Title: Disclosure Service Advisor

Location: Home or hybrid option

Hours: Money - Friday 9am-5pm

Salary: 25,294

Accountable to: Head of Training & Disclosures

Responsible for: No management responsibility

DBS Eligibility: Yes – Basic & acceptance by the DBS as a countersignatory

Closing Date: 12th June 2026

About the role

Join a charity that’s passionate about safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. If you want your work to have a real-world impact, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Do:

You’ll be part of our Disclosures & Training team, working collaboratively to provide administrative and customer service support. This is a front-line role where you’ll:

  • Deliver excellent customer service, offering advice and guidance to callers and managing enquiries via phone, email and post.
  • Process disclosure applications accurately, ensuring legal compliance and liasing with the Disclosure and Barring Service or AccessNI.
  • Maintain and update customer and membership records using Microsoft Dynamics, resolving queries and discrepancies as needed.
  • Support team operations through triage participation, reporting, training, and adherence to GDPR, organisational policies, and health & safety standards.

This role offers a valuable opportunity to apply specialist knowledge alongside practical problem-solving - supporting efficient, compliant, and high-quality disclosure services across thirtyone:eight.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

  • Purpose-driven work: Everything you do helps protect children and vulnerable adults.
  • Flexible working options: Balance your life and work with hybrid arrangements.
  • Professional growth: Opportunities to learn, innovate, and lead.
  • Supportive culture: Join a friendly, collaborative team that values your ideas.

If you enjoy delivering excellent customer service, handling detailed processes, and contributing to work that makes a meaningful difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities

  • Provide advice and guidance to members phoning the Disclosure Service and to give a consistently high level of customer service. 
  • Maintain computer records relating to the provision of thirtyone:eight membership and disclosure service
  • Participate in an effective and appropriate triage system operated for callers to the training team.
  • Processing disclosure application forms ensuring that they meet legal requirements.

Specific Responsibilities

  • Deal with incoming post, emails and telephone enquiries relating to the operation of the Disclosure Service.  

  • Carefully check information received to ensure completeness, following up any enquiries necessary by post, telephone or e-mail.      

  • Check and countersign online disclosure application forms and then forward the application to the Disclosure and Barring Service or AccessNI for processing.  

  • Enter details of disclosure applications and members of thirtyone:eight on the database (Microsoft Dynamics). 

  • Follow up all queries, discrepancies and other issues as appropriate with client churches/organisations and the Disclosure and Barring Service.  

  • Participate in internal and external meetings and training events as required – mostly online but occasionally in-person.  

  • Prepare reports and data information as requested.  

  • At all times work within the policies and Code of Practice laid down by the Disclosure and Barring Service, thirtyone:eight and UK Data Protection Legislation and GDPR.

  • Under the Health & Safety at Work Act and associated guidance, take adequate care for the health and safety of oneself and other persons who may be affected by an individual’s acts or omissions.

  • Undertake any other reasonable duty or task in accordance with the objectives of the post.  

Person Specification

A) Essential Personal Characteristics and Qualities:

  • Humility - Having a modest view of your own importance.  
  • Integrity - The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.  
  • Openness - Acceptance of, or receptiveness to change or new ideas. 
  • Collaborative - Involving two or more parties working together. 
  • Solution-focused - Concentration in problem solving or dealing with a difficult situation.  
  • Learning - Knowledge acquired through study, experience, or being taught.  
  • Creative - Having good imagination, thinking differently, or having original ideas.  
  • Fair - Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination. 
  • Committed - Dedicated to a certain course, cause or policy.
  • Passionate - Having or showing strong feelings or beliefs. 

B) Essential Experience:

  • Experience of processing large volumes of DBS checks.

  • A detailed understanding of the legal eligibility for Enhanced DBS checks within a faith setting.

  • Broad-based experience of working in an office environment.  

  • Experience of dealing with clients/customers over the telephone. 

  • Good computer skills (MS Office applications as a minimum).

C) Essential Abilities, Knowledge & Motivation:

These are the skills we regard as essential for the role:

  • Significant working knowledge of DBS Eligibility

  • Excellent telephone manner

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Ability to be self-motivated and to work with the minimum of supervision

  • Ability to identify with and accept the aims of thirtyone:eight as a Christian social work organisation

  • Calm, non-judgemental attitude with sensitivity and tact to enable an appropriate initial response to people in need ringing thirtyone:eight

  • Meticulous as to detail

  • Ability to work to deadlines

  • Flexibility and a good team worker

  • Ability to deal confidentially with matters of a private and sensitive nature

D) Desirable Skills and Knowledge:

  • Experience of working on a database 

  • Good typing skills 

  • An understanding of the Disclosure and Barring Service 

  • An awareness of Christian organisations and church structures

  • Experience of using Microsoft Teams

Apply Today!

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We're looking forward to hearing from you!