The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill received Royal Assent. This Scheme, that is due for implementation in Autumn 2008, will improve on the current arrangements for Vetting & Barring. A new Independent Barring Board (IBB) will be introduced. For the first time, people in support work in General Health and Further Education settings will fall under the Scheme, and an employer will be able to check whether an employee "is subject to monitoring". The new Vetting & Barring Scheme will replace the exisiting List 99, POCA and POVA.
6 April 2006 - Registration Cancellation Programme
Following the introduction of legislation, the Registration Cancellation Programme commenced. This programme cancels an Organisation's right to submit applications direct to the CRB where they process less than 100 applications per annum.
Phase 1: Jan - Mar 2007 - 30 or less
Phase 2: Apr - Jun 2007 - 50 or less
Phase 3: July - Oct 2007 - 73 or less
Phase 4: Nov - Feb 2008 - 99 or less
HARWIN Associates, are in a position to provide the Disclosure Service to these organisations in an efficient and seamless transfer.
The Home Office announced a proposal to introduce measures to reduce the number of organisations currently registered with the CRB, through the setting of an annual threshold for the submission of Disclosure applications by Registered Bodies.
Following the findings of the inquiry led by Sir Michael Bichard, the CRB are embarking on a pilot to explore and investigate the benefits and costs of facilitating the provision of an on-line identity authentication service to authenticate the identity of Disclosure applicants.
On 5 January 2005, HARWIN Associates were selected as one of 15 Registered Bodies to participate in this pilot.
