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Vetting and Barring Scheme latest update
17/06/2010
As you may have seen from this week’s national press the Government have announced a review and remodelling of the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In order to carry out this review the Government have halted the planned implementation of the scheme.
Whilst the VBS will not now be implemented as planned, the requirement for Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Access Northern Ireland (ANI) disclosures remain unchanged. In Scouting CRB checks are therefore still required for those who:
- wish to become a Member or Associate Member; or
- may have unsupervised access to young people; or
- will have involvement with the handling or management of funds; or
- will be assisting with overnight activities (including Nights Away); or
- will be helping out once a month or more.
It is also still our intention to implement eCRB (albeit without the VBS requirement) across England and Wales from Monday 26 July 2010, as this will reduce both local postal costs and processing times.
We are currently working with the CRB to assess the impact that the removal of the VBS requirement may have on our eCRB processes. More information about the plans for 26 July onwards will be published as soon as it is available.
Comments
| By Simon (15/06/2010 16:36) Got to love the government... get things organised and they change the plan at the last second.. how much money have the scout association had to waste on this. not in paying out but in man hours - hours that could be spent working on more important projects. that can help us as leaders not cause more walls to stop people. |
| By Matthew Burrell (15/06/2010 23:51) Whatever your thoughts on vetting and barring, lets just say a huge thanks to all the volunteers nationwide and staff at Gilwell who have spent so much energy and time on this project to deliver a system that could have worked. There is nothing more disappointing then getting so close and then everything stops. Thanks everyone! Lets hope that all the system enhancements will still deliver an improved streamlined welcome/refresh to Scouting! |
| By GSL (16/06/2010 11:10) We have been piloting the new forms / ecrb etc Can anyone advise on which forms we should now be using? |
| By James (17/06/2010 15:38) I think this is excellent news. Will it mean that Explorers are no longer required to leave at 18? |
| By Ash Green (18/06/2010 15:08) Can we have clarification please of HQ's stance in regard to the transfer of members from Explorers to Network on their 18th birthday? Are we still going with an immediate transfer on 18th birthday, or can we return to the 'flexible' method which was perfect until the VBS came along! |
| By Denis Noble (18/06/2010 15:56) Common sense has at last prevailed. I hope the Associaion will make efforts to escape the mantra of "PC" we have taken on board in the last few years. |
| By Nick Phillips (18/06/2010 23:29) At last! Common sense has prevailed! |
| By Stewart McKay (19/06/2010 00:38) When will crb's become transferable between register organanisations avoiding multiple crb checks??? |
| By Roger Liscoe (APTSE New Forest(South)) (19/06/2010 09:18) The implementation of eCRB is essential. It will be a fantastic aid for Appoitntment Secretaries. Why do CRB not incorporate the intelligence that was going to be used in the VBS scheme into their checks. We do not need an expensive registration scheme on top of CRB |
| By Sue Peart (19/06/2010 12:09) There's a Surprise, NOT!! when does anything run smoothly or go to plan!! |
| By keith nixon (19/06/2010 12:18) At last common sense prevails. Now to find some so that the upper echalons of the scout association can gorge themselves on. Pieces of paper never saved anyones life. Common sense did!!! |
| By Clare Waggett (21/06/2010 17:22) I am concerned and dissapointed that the VBS implementation has been put on review. I was very much hoping for a system that did not require me to obtain/complete paperwork/renew every 5 years (some easier than others)the 5 different CRBs that all say the same thing. Also, that should any reason be found by any one organisation, that I should not be working in a role, that this is not easily shared with the other organisations and thus put YP/ Vulnerable adults at risk (though I obviuosly have no intention that this be the case). |
| By anon. but not happy. (12/07/2010 14:02) this has stopped me from going on a camp with my childs group..with other parents looking after their children...have already been waiting 3 months for the thing to come back...just plain stupid! |
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