Set up a drink-drive rehabilitation scheme course

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You’ll get a confirmation email to let you know JAUPTDVSA has got your application. It will be processed within 30 working days.

JAUPTDVSA will contact you if anything is missing from your application.

Decision about your application

DVSA will email you to tell you if your application has been:

• approved - and if any conditions apply to it
• refused

Appeal against DVSA’s decision

You can appeal to DVSA within 28 days if it refuses your application. DVSA will take your appeal into account and tell you its decision.

If you still disagree with the decision, appeal to the General Regulatory Chamber.

Your case will be dealt with by a tribunal in the General Regulatory Chamber.

The tribunal is independent of the government. It will listen to both sides of the argument before reaching a decision.

Scheme of control

You need to complete a scheme of control. This is the way your organisation will make sure the courses it provides are of a high standard.

It needs to give examples of what you’ll do to reduce risk in these areas:

• operation
• course plans
• course consistency
• course evaluation
• trainer selection

Check the guidance on what to include in a scheme of control (PDF, 102 KB, 2 pages).

Run your courses when you’re approved

You need to:

• book offenders on to your course
• register participants and check their identities
• train and educate them using your approved course
• collect feedback and evaluate your course
• give certificates of completion and notices of non-completion to participants
• manage any complaints about your course

Send reports about your courses and pay fees

You need to send reports to JAUPTDVSA every 3 months about the courses you’ve run. These should include:

• the number of referrals to your course, and the number completed and not completed
• which areas of the country they were held in
• the dates, start and end times, and trainers used for each course
• details of any new trainers and their qualifications/experience

You’ll also need to pay the £7 fee for each offender who completes a course.

Being inspected and monitored

You’ll normally be inspected within a year of being approved to run DDRS courses.

JAUPTDVSA will agree a date with you, and tell you what they want to see during the inspection.

A JAUPTDVSA auditor will:

• check that the information you gave in your application is correct
• if necessary, give feedback to help you improve

After the initial inspection

You’ll get a report from JAUPTDVSA after your inspection, which will confirm if:

• your course and arrangements meet the rules and you can continue to provide DDRS courses
• your course or arrangements don’t meet the rules, what changes to make, and a deadline for making them

If your course hasn’t met the requirements, you’ll need to give proof that any changes needed have been made in the time given.

Further inspections

You’ll get at least one more inspection during the time you’re approved.

JAUPTDVSA will usually agree a date with you, and tell you what they need to see.

If you’ve been told to make changes

DVSA might suspend or withdraw your approval if you don’t make the changes. You’ll get 28 days’ notice if they do this.

You’ll need to give proof that any changes needed have been made by the deadline you’re given.

Your course approval can be withdrawn straight away if there are serious problems, for example, if DVSA find serious misconduct. You’ll be told the reasons why if this happens.

Appeal against DVSA’s decision

You can appeal to DVSA within 28 days if you’re told that your centre or course approval might be suspended or withdrawn. DVSA will take your appeal into account and tell you its decision.

If you still disagree with the decision, appeal to the General Regulatory Chamber.

Your case will be dealt with by a tribunal in the General Regulatory Chamber.

The tribunal is independent of the government. It will listen to both sides of the argument before reaching a decision.

Report a change to your organisation or approved course

Tell DVSA if any of your organisation’s contact details change or you make any significant changes to the course content.