nd trustworthy adults, the nature of voluntary roles varies, so schools and colleges should undertake a written risk assessment and use their professional judgement and experience when deciding what checks, if any, are required. 311. The risk assessment should consider: • the nature of the work with children, especially if it will constitute regulated activity, including the level of supervision • what the establishment knows about the volunteer, including formal or informal information offered by staff, parents and other volunteers • whether the volunteer has other employment or undertakes voluntary activities where referees can advise on their suitability, and • whether the role is eligible for a DBS check, and if it is, the level of the check, for volunteer roles that are not in regulated activity. 84 312. Details of the risk assessment should be recorded.104 When should a DBS with barred list be obtained for volunteers 105 313. Schools or colleges should obtain an enhanced DBS check (which should include children’s barred list information) for all volunteers who are new to working in regulated activity with children, i.e. where they are unsupervised and teach or look after children regularly or provide personal care on a one-off basis in schools and colleges. See Annex E for statutory supervision guidance. Employers are not legally permitted to request barred list information on a supervised volunteer, as they are not considered to be engaging in regulated activity. Supervision of volunteers 314. It is for schools and colleges to determine whether a volunteer is considered to be supervised. Where an individual is supervised, to help determine the appropriate level of supervision, all schools and colleges106 must have regard to the statutory guidance issued by the Se