CRB Check - Standard & Enhanced Disclosures
W&P Assessment and Training Centre is registered as an umbrella body with the Criminal Records Bureau ( CRB ).
The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). is set up to help organisations make safer recruitment decisions. The CRB has implemented the disclosure service to provide criminal record checks to help employers in the public, private and voluntary sectors identify candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially that involving contact with children or other vulnerable members of society.
Our Services
As a registerd body with the Criminal Records Bureau W&P are able of offer the following checks:
CRB Check Enhanced Dislcosure - £48 |
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As a registered body our role is to:
• Check and validate the information provided by the applicant on the application form
•Establish the true identity of the applicant, through the examination of a range of documents using guidance provided by the CRB
•Ensure the application form is fully completed and the information it contains is accurate
•Countersign applications to confirm that the organisation has an entitlement to access criminal record information
•To comply with the CRB’s Code of Practice
W&P had their annual assessment (April 2008) from the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) to establish the level of compliance with the Conditions of Registration and the CRB Code of Practice. W&P had an excellent report with 98% of forms submitted being correct. An initial joining fee of £5.00 is required for W&P Training to act as your umbrella body.
Steps to receive your CRB Disclosure forms
1. Download and Read our 'User Agreement' document
2. Print out, sign and date the 'User Agreement'
3. Post with payment and covering letter stating how many forms you require
4. Download our useful 'Guide to completing disclosure forms' document
Important Information
Around 20% of all application forms are not completed correctly. These mistakes slow down the application process, delaying your Disclosure.
Forms returned for correction will be charged an additional £12. We do not want to have to send them back for correction. This will cost you time and money.
Useful Downloads
• User Agreement
• Guide to completing disclosure forms
• Terms of business
• DH POVA First Check Info
Further Assistance
If you require assistance filling in the forms do not hesitate to contact our CRB department we will be happy to assist you. Call 0845 094 2660, CONTACT US ONLINE or email crb@wandptraining.co.uk
CRB Check Enhanced Dislcosure - £48
These are for posts involving greater contact with children or vulnerable
adults such as a social worker or doctor. Such work might involve regularly
caring for, training, supervising or being in sole charge of such people.
Enhanced Disclosures are also issued in respect of other positions such as
those seeking judicial appointments, and certain statutory licensing purposes.
All Enhanced Disclosures involve an extra level of checking with local police
force records in addition to checks with the Police National Computer (PNC)
and the government department lists held by the DfES and DH, where appropriate.
Local police information can be contained on the both copies of the Disclosure.
It is up to the Chief Constable of the police force to decide what, if any,
information is disclosed. An example of information contained on both Disclosures
could be details of a child protection case conference. Chief Constables can
decide that some information is relevant to the position but do not wish the
prospective employee to see sight of this information. This could be details
of suspected criminal activity were an arrest has not taken place but is anticipated.
If this type of local information is available it will be indicated on the
top of the Disclosure that further information is being sent by the police.
This information will be sent separately to the employer/volunteering organisation
only.
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CRB Check Standard Dislcosure - £43
These are primarily for positions that involve working with children or regular contact with vulnerable adults. They are also for those providing health services and for those entering certain professions such as accountancy. These are some of the excepted professions, offices and employment´s referred to in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Standard Disclosures contain details of all convictions on record (including ´spent´ convictions - i.e. those that happened some time ago and normally no longer need to be revealed as specified in the Rehabilitation Act 1974) plus details of any cautions, reprimands or warnings. For positions involving ´working with children´ also give information contained on a government department lists of people considered unsuitable to work with children. The DfES and DH currently hold these lists.
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CRB Volunteers Check - £12
The CRB define a volunteer as "a person who is engaged in any activity which involves spending time, unpaid (except for travelling and other approved out-of-pocket expenses), doing something which aims to benefit someone (individuals or groups) other than, or, in addition to close relatives".
The CRB will perform regular audits on volunteer applications to ensure "free-of-charge" checks are not being abused. They are very strict on how this is interpreted and they specifically exclude family members of the business owner, foster parents or carers, and people on work placements working towards a qualification or skill to help their employment prospects.
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POVA First checks - £16
The POVAFirst check is available to the many organisations and employers that require Disclosures but cannot wait for the Disclosure process to be finalized. Getting a satisfactory POVAFirst will mean the care worker can start work in a care home; for a domiciliary care agency; or as an adult placement carer before a full CRB check has been completed.
POVA checks can only be requested in conjunction with a completed CRB application form. The major benefit of this service is that the information is accessible within 72 hours of request.
Further regarding the POVA Scheme in England and Wales for Care Homes and Domiciliary Care Agencies.
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