Club officials can monitor the full progress of an application through Club Portal. Applicants (including referees) can also see full updates via myaccount.thefa.com.
In club portal, go to the officials tab and then safeguarding and qualifications.
If you click into an individual and then move to their safeguarding tab you can then see the status of the DBS.
As an applicant, you can view the status of your DBS by signing in to myaccount.thefa.com and selecting the safeguarding tab where you can then see the status of the new DBS application.
Should you need to check the status of your DBS of have further questions, you can use the First Advantage help page - https://help.fadv.com/s/thefa