Children's workers to pay fee for safeguarding register
Tom Lloyd
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Professionals working with children and young people are to be hit with a fee of 64 to join the government's safeguarding register.
From October 2009, anyone who works in the sector, other than volunteers, will have to pay the one-off charge to the newly formed Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).
The ISA was set up in January to stop unsuitable adults from working with children and young people. The body has its own barring criteria that will be used to determine if someone poses a risk.
The £64 fee consists of £28 to register with the ISA, and £36 for an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.
ISA chairman Roger Singleton said: "This is a complex scheme that will cover 11.3 million people within a wide variety of workplaces.
"Starting in 2009 will allow us to ensure an improved level of safeguarding as well as the development of better information sharing systems."
The ISA was set up in January to stop unsuitable adults from working with children and young people. The body has its own barring criteria that will be used to determine if someone poses a risk.
The £64 fee consists of £28 to register with the ISA, and £36 for an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.
ISA chairman Roger Singleton said: "This is a complex scheme that will cover 11.3 million people within a wide variety of workplaces.
"Starting in 2009 will allow us to ensure an improved level of safeguarding as well as the development of better information sharing systems."
