ISA Vetting and Barring Scheme
On 31st March 2011 the Coalition Government announced plans to scale back the Vetting and Barring Scheme and Criminal records ( CRB regime) base on the VBS review carried out in February 2011.
Changes to the scheme will be implemented via the Protection of Freedoms Bill which is likely to be enacted in early 2012
More information regarding the changes to the scheme can be found at
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/vetting-barring-scheme
The Coalition Government has confirmed that until all the appropriate legislation has been introduced and the new arrangements are established, the existing responsibilities of employers and the ISA will remain. These include:
A person who is barred from working with children or vulnerable adults will be breaking the law if they work or volunteer, or try to work or volunteer with those groups.
An organisation which knowingly employs someone who is barred to work with those groups will also be breaking the law.
If your organisation works with children or vulnerable adults and you dismiss or remove a member of staff or a volunteer because they have harmed a child or vulnerable adult, or you would have done so if they had not left, you must tell the Independent Safeguarding Authority.
Further information about vetting and barring is available via the following links:
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