Workers face fewer checks under 'common sense' safeguarding plans

By Neil Puffett
Children & Young People Now
11 February 2011
Millions fewer people will have to register and be checked to work with children under proposals to overhaul vetting and barring measures.
Government proposals, which come after a review of the existing system, include a merging of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) to form a new body providing a "proportionate" barring and criminal records checking service.
Criminal records checks will also be made portable between jobs to cut down on "needless bureaucracy".

The government will also keep the scope of CRB checks under review to ensure that they are not disincentivising people putting themselves forward for volunteering. The proposals will form part of the Freedoms Bill.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "The Freedoms Bill will protect millions of people from state intrusion in their private lives and mark a return to common sense government.

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Nacro Change The Record Campaign report

Nacro’s campaign report sets out why the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and CRB checks must be reformed so ex-offenders can get back into work. It highlights the cost of not acting, the benefits of reform for employers and wider communities, and Nacro’s recommendations.

The full report can be found here: http://www.changetherecord.org/facts-and-stats/campaign-report,705,NAP.html