CRB & ISA

Criminal Record Bureau & Independent Safeguarding Authority Police Checks

 

 

The CRB has been around for a numbers of years now and is a mandatory requirement for any person wishing to work in close proximity to children or vulnerable adults on a regular basis.

 

As a sports club / organisation you have a moral responsibility to carry out CRB checks on anyone in the club / organisation who has close or unsupervised contact with children and vulnerable adults. Most NGB’s or voluntary organisations will do CRB checks on your behalf and the cost is free to volunteers. However please bear in mind some organisations charge an admin cost to carry out the cheque.

 

CRB checks should be carried out on all of the following within a sports club/organisations.

 

 

For more information visit the CRB website.

 

On February 11 2011 the Coalition Government published the findings of its Review into the Vetting and Barring Scheme. You can read the report at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/vetting-barring-scheme/

Key recommendations from the VBS Review include:

• the merging of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) to form a streamlined new body providing a proportionate barring and criminal records checking service;
• a large reduction of the number of positions requiring checks to just those working most closely and regularly with children and vulnerable adults
• portability of criminal records checks between jobs to cut down on needless bureaucracy;
• an end to a requirement for those working or volunteering with vulnerable groups to register with the VBS; and
• stopping employers who knowingly request criminal records checks on individuals who are not entitled to them.

ISA are still awaiting further details and will be working with the Home Office, the Department for Education, the Department of Health and the CRB to help implement the new arrangements.

For more information visit the ISA website.