“Lee Floyd, head teacher at Stubbin Wood Special School in Shirebrook, says new rules on checking the background of an employee’s partner go beyond the pale.”
Archive for the ‘Vetting’ Category
Scandal of paedophile teachers rocks France
April 1, 2015“France’s education minister promised a thorough investigation on Wednesday into ‘systematic failures’ after it emerged that numerous teachers were employed to work in schools despite having previous convictions for paedophilia.”
Schools suspend staff in child protection confusion
January 20, 2015“Some 300 school staff who live with someone with a conviction for a violent or sexual crime face disqualification, says public sector union, Unison.”
Police ‘are too busy with CRB checks to track sex offenders’: Think tank reveals Coalition has failed in pledge to halve the numbers
October 17, 2014“A study today for the Civitas think-tank finds that the Coalition has failed in its pledge to more than halve Disclosure and Barring Service checks, formerly known as Criminal Record Bureau checks, from 4million to 1.7million a year.”
Labour: Vetting must be improved to prevent child abuse
July 17, 2014“Labour have called for a review of the vetting scheme that is designed to prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults in the wake of the news 660 suspected paedophiles have been arrested as part of an inquiry into the accessing of child abuse images online.”
Fall in number barred from working with children
June 24, 2014“The number of people barred from working with children in England and Wales because they have committed sex offences has fallen by three quarters in the past two years, figures show.”
Fall in number of offenders barred from working with children
June 24, 2014“Labour’s Yvette Cooper blames ‘deeply troubling’ fall on legislative changes introduced by home secretary in 2012.”
Let kids’s organizations access criminal records: Schumer
June 2, 2014“Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing legislation to allow children’s organizations such as the Boy Scouts to access the federal criminal histories of prospective staffers.”
Secret list: Having your name on this secret Michigan list of 275,000 people could cost you your job
March 20, 2014“The state maintains something called the Michigan Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry and the sole power to label you an abuser lies not with a judge or a jury, but with child protective services workers.”
Deprived children hit by garda vetting delay
May 12, 2013“One of Ireland’s biggest charities has warned the Justice Minister that services to disadvantaged children could be curtailed because of the huge delays in the garda vetting system.”
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