Received a report seeking to enable the
voluntary sector in Barking and Dagenham to gain access to the
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) disclosure service.
Agreed, in order to enable the voluntary sector to conduct
effective CRB checks independently from the Council,
that:
- The
Barking and Dagenham Volunteer Bureau act as an umbrella
organisation for disclosure checks for the voluntary sector in
Barking and Dagenham;
- A
written review of the process be submitted to the Executive in
January 2005 to ensure the safeguarding of children and vulnerable
people who receive the services from local voluntary sector
organisations;
- Further discussions be held with the Council for Voluntary
Services about their potential to be an umbrella organisation for
CRB checks; and
- Voluntary sector organisations who wish to undertake their own
CRB checks continue to be entitled to do so.