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The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) have taken
responsibility and run the Vetting
and Barring Scheme which was established by The Safeguarding
Vulnerable Group Acts 2006. From October 2010 ISA have taken over the
former barred lists for vulnerable adults and children (POCA, POVA and
List 99). They have created two new ISA barred lists; The Children's
Barred List and the Adults Barred List. These two lists will hold
information on individuals who ISA have deemed as not suitable for
working with vulnerable adults or children. The new vetting and barring
scheme will ensure that everyone
working in regulated
and controlled
activity with children (those defined under 18) or vulnerable
adults is checked and registered.
From October 2010 POVAFirst has been renamed ISA Adult
First. The ISA Adult First service allows employers to receive
information on the ISA Barred Lists before the application has been
completed and a CRB Disclosure has been issued. This allows employers to
employ applicants before they have received their CRB Disclosure.
ISA Adult First checks are available in only very exceptional
circumstances. For England these are described in Department of
Health (DH) guidance as, where a care worker may be allowed to
start work in a care home, for a domiciliary care agency, or as an
adult placement carer before a CRB check has been issued. In Wales,
the provision only extends to care homes and nursing agency
workers.
Such cases are permissible only where it is necessary to take
such action because of a real danger that staffing levels will
otherwise fall below numbers required to meet statutory
obligations. The Care Quality Commission and the Care
Standards Inspectorate for Wales, will monitor applications for ISA
Adult First checks to ensure compliance with this criteria.
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