Under current procedures, if a voluntary organisation wishes to check the background of a new staff member, they must either register with the Criminal Records Bureau or find an umbrella registered body that has access to the bureau's service.
But under Home Office proposals to improve the bureau's much-criticised processes, registered organisations may lose their access to bureau checks if they apply for fewer than 200 checks each year.
Such a move threatens to restrict many organisations' ability to perform checks on staff, says Susanne Rauprich, chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services. The council has called for local authorities to be encouraged to act as umbrella registered bodies for an area.
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