CRB / ISA Checks
BAND offers a comprehensive Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Disclosure service which is available to our full and affiliated member groups, for paid or voluntary staff working with children or young people. There is a limit of 50 x checks per group per year, all of our checks are processed as Enhanced Disclosures. The Enhanced Disclosure contains details of all convictions held on the Police National Computer including current and ‘spent’ convictions as well as details of any cautions, reprimands or final warnings. In addition, the Enhanced Disclosure includes a check on local police records. Where local police records contain additional information that might be relevant to the post the applicant is being considered for, the Chief Officer of police may release information for inclusion in an Enhanced Disclosure. We cannot run checks on staff who would normally be checked by Ofsted.
How to Access CRB Checks through BAND
BAND member groups sign a contract with BAND to have access to the Disclosure Service. BAND in turn has a contractual agreement with the Criminal Records Bureau to run checks. Given the sensitive nature of information being processed, it is essential that a high degree of confidentiality is maintained. Any breach of confidentiality by BAND or our member groups will be treated as a breach of contract and result in the service being withdrawn. Once a group has contracted into the scheme, BAND will supply them with the necessary forms to request a check, together with guidance notes on how to complete them. It is essential that forms are completed correctly.
Fees
- £40 for each paid staff member
- £5 for each voluntary staff member
If you are already a full or affiliated member of BAND and you would like to contract into the CRB Check system, you can phone us on 0117 914 3007 or email us at crbchecks@bandltd.org.uk For information on how to become a member of BAND, click here
For further information on the CRB Disclosure service, please contact: www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk.
If you are a BAND member group who is currently contracted into the BAND CRB Disclosure Service click on the links below for supporting documents and forms:
Click here for a Microsoft Word version of the BAND 1 form.
Click here for a Microsoft Word version of the Employer Guidance.
Important Changes to CRB Disclosure Applications
CRB are changing the format of Disclosure forms and from July 1st 2010 BAND will only accept Disclosure applications on the new CRB forms
15th June 2010: The Govt have announced today that the Independent Safeguarding Authority Vetting and Barring Scheme due to be introduced from July 26th will now be postponed pending a review. The new format forms for requesting CRB checks will still be introduced as planned from July 2010
Although the Scheme is halted whilst the Government undertakes its review, new safeguarding regulations introduced in October
2009 continue to apply. 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 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.