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The safeguarding regulations introduced in October 2009

These safeguarding regulations, introduced in October 2009, still apply. They state that:

• a person who is barred from working with children or vulnerable adults will be breaking the law if they work or volunteer, or try to work or volunteer with those groups
• an organisation which knowingly employs someone who is barred to work with those groups will also be breaking the law
• if your organisation works with children or vulnerable adults and you dismiss a member of staff or a volunteer because they have harmed a child or vulnerable adult, or you would have done so if they had not left, you must tell the Independent Safeguarding Authority

• Independent Safeguarding Authority - contact details

The Vetting and Barring Scheme review

The government review of the Vetting and Barring Scheme has ended.

The proposed changes will come into effect in 2012. In the meantime, the regulations detailed above still apply.

• More about the Vetting and Barring Scheme review Opens new window

More useful links

• Protecting your child from abuse at school (parents section)

• What to expect from pre-employment checks (employment section)

• Blowing the whistle on workplace wrongdoing (employment section)

• Caring for someone section

• Parents section