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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12372097
This report hints that CRB checking may no longer be necessary. Is this the return of oh-so-rare common sense, or is it exposing children across the country to a rampage of abusers? How do you feel about CRB checks being scrapped for volunteers who work with children on an irregular basis? Only people who work regularly and intensively with young children or vulnerable adults will have to have Criminal Records Bureau checks, following a Government review of the Vetting and Barring scheme.
Up to nine million fewer volunteers and workers will no longer need to register.
what are people’s thoughts on this ?
To be honest a CRB only works if someone has been already caught anyway. They count for nothing otherwise. References don’t highlight potential risk either coz not many give a bad reference do they? It’s all something very hard to police.
It may well be common sense but just wait until the first serious incident. It will very quickly look like playing the odds with children’s lives and well being.
I think it had all gone a bit far, especially because we had this fantasy that if the checks were carried out properly every child would be safe. That meant that any child who was harmed was somehow the fault of the “authorities” – whoever they were.
It’s just very difficult to turn back the clock. Who will the press and the public find responsible after checks have been relaxed and a volunteer children’s club organiser abuses a child?
@melody wrote:
To be honest a CRB only works if someone has been already caught anyway. They count for nothing otherwise. References don’t highlight potential risk either coz not many give a bad reference do they? It’s all something very hard to police.
But surely it is common sense to police known offenders If the checks save only one child from abuse then they are worthwhile.
@yourchoice wrote:
@melody wrote:
To be honest a CRB only works if someone has been already caught anyway. They count for nothing otherwise. References don’t highlight potential risk either coz not many give a bad reference do they? It’s all something very hard to police.
But surely it is common sense to police known offenders If the checks save only one child from abuse then they are worthwhile.
Problem is because of all the CRB red tape involved, recruiting volunteers to work with children is very difficult. Just to run a youth club becomes a paperwork nightmare for the lead volunteer its also a costly business.
Teapot
@mrs_teapot wrote:
@yourchoice wrote:
@melody wrote:
To be honest a CRB only works if someone has been already caught anyway. They count for nothing otherwise. References don’t highlight potential risk either coz not many give a bad reference do they? It’s all something very hard to police.
But surely it is common sense to police known offenders If the checks save only one child from abuse then they are worthwhile.
Problem is because of all the CRB red tape involved, recruiting volunteers to work with children is very difficult. Just to run a youth club becomes a paperwork nightmare for the lead volunteer its also a costly business.
Teapot
http://www.safechild.co.uk/SAFE/page?PAGE=CRBChecksFAQ
It doesnt look to expensive or complicated especailly with some of the checks being free.
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