On 1 December the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) launched. It comes from a merger between the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). The merger brings together the skills, knowledge and experience of both organisations in helping employers to make safer recruitment decisions and in preventing unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups including children. Customers and stakeholders will still use the same contact details as they have always done - whether it’s applying for criminal record checks or referring people for safeguarding decisions. Importantly the staff who process the applications and make the safeguarding and barring decisions also remain the same; so there will be no disruption to the high quality service previously delivered by the CRB and ISA. There are also some very exciting changes ahead. In Spring 2013, the DBS will be launching the Update Service - more details will be released in the New Year. Also in 2013, the DBS will start issuing the disclosure certificate only to the applicant. This will give the applicant a much fairer process in challenging or clarifying any information on the disclosure, before it is shared with the employer.
Previous CIPP News Vetting and Barring will be devolved to employers from September 2012 - 11 July 2012
Welfare Reforms
DWP STAKEHOLDER BULLETIN – APRIL 2012
25 April 2012
With automatic enrolment duties starting this year, the Department for Work and Pensions’ latest Stakeholder Bulletin is a useful read.
The April issue includes information about:
Personal Independence Payment - Implementation and consultation Six months to go until automatic enrolment Benefit cap Domestic Violence Jobseeker's Allowance easement conditions Development of an Employment and Support Allowance claimant journey DWP consultations
DWP Stakeholder Bulletin – April 2012
GOVERNMENT GIVES ONE YEAR’S NOTICE OF BENEFIT CAP
9 May 2012
Letters are being sent this week to households, who may be affected by the benefit cap.
Letters will set out the intensive help that will be provided to get people into work as well as exemptions to the cap, online help and an information helpline.
CIPP Policy News Journal
12/04/2013, Page 354 of 362
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