The Independent Safeguarding Authority’s (ISA) role is to help
prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable
adults.
We will assess every person who wants to work or volunteer with
vulnerable people. Potential employees and volunteers will need to
apply to register with the ISA.
Applicants will be assessed using data gathered by the
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) (link opens
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cautions, police intelligence and other appropriate sources.
Using this information we will decide on a case-by-case basis
whether each person is suited to this work.
We will securely store information about people’s ISA status for
employers and voluntary organisations to use when they are
recruiting.
Only applicants who are judged not to pose a risk to vulnerable
people can be ISA-registered. Once the scheme has been fully rolled
out, employers who work with vulnerable people will only be allowed
to recruit people who are ISA-registered.
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Background to the creation of the ISA
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The context we work in and how we make our decisions.
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Explanation of the way we work.
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Introduction to the ISA team.
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