No. If an employer wishes to employ a person who will be working
with children or vulnerable adults then they must ensure that the
individual is ISA-registered before they start work. If an
applicant isn’t ISA-registered, this could mean that they haven’t
applied to the ISA or that they are on a barred list. In either
case they must not be hired.
Anyone who applies for a job will need to provide their
prospective employer with an ISA registration number who will then
be able to check on that person’s registration status, online, free
of charge. The employer will not have to wait for written
confirmation.
The arrangements will not apply to all staff immediately.
Members of the workforce already in regulated activity will have
their registrations gradually phased in over a five year period
starting with staff with no CRB check, followed by those whose CRB
checks are the oldest. (We will issue detailed guidance on the ISA
website regarding the timing of this nearer to roll-out.)
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