Criminal Records Checks

Criminal Records Checks: useful links:

Vetting and Barring Scheme registration halted (June 2010)

CRB: valid identity documents

Vetting and Barring Guidance (March 2010)(pdf)

Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) (from October 2009)

CRB checks made easy: Voice & Criminal Records Checked Ltd: (10 steps leaflet)  (pdf)

Criminal Records Checked Ltd

NB: Current legislation does not allow parents to get a CRB check on those that they employ directly. However, if an agency has supplied a nanny, the agency can have them CRB checked.

People employing nannies will be entitled to check the applicant’s status under the new vetting service [from 2009/2010]. The individual must have already applied to be vetted (via the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)) and must consent to the check.

For membership of Voice, nannies are required to have an Enhanced CRB Disclosure (including POCA Check).

Ofsted: Registration

Ofsted: Childcare Registers

See also Voice Information Sheet: Ofsted Early Years

Scotland:

Protection for vulnerable groups update

New disclosure scheme came into effect on 30 November 2010

Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme

Disclosure Scotland

GTCS: Teaching Scotland, June 2010: "PVG and your registration"