Does anyone have know how this scheme is going to work? Is there a formal procedure already in place and what cost implications to individuals or employers? Would be grateful for any information received.

Yes either young person or vulnerable adult

I work for a company who risk assesses businesses to clear them for work experience placements. As a company, we all took part in the online Safeguarding Children "quiz" ...( go to the Safeguarding Children govt site ) That successful certificate to show we had done it is now logged with our HR dept, and I presume companies to get all their employees working with young people to do that too.....it doesnt weed out unsuitable people, but proves that the employer has the interests of the young people at heart.

Martin - thank you for the info on the 'safeguarding' site - very helpful

Phil - no problem. I suspect that a lot of people who need to know about the forthcoming requirements will not unless they are somehow acquainted with the ISA and the new requirements. Certainly I would not want to be the first person prosecuted under the new rules, as public policy will be pushed for maximum media coverage by giving maximum sentence. The consequences for employers are potentially disastrous if they do not carry out the correct checks etc. I made a point of pushing this information to all the training and educational providers which I visited when I worked for the LSC, and I imagine that this is also pushed through AoC and other bodies. This is definitely need-to-know stuff.

Stephen , of course there is otherwise publication might be problematic. It depends on what you think it is saying. This is the page with the link to the official guidance. http://www.isa.homeoffic...uk/Default.aspx?page=379 Just click on the "guidance document" in the text and you can do some direct research into the official publications if you wish to find out more. Whether or not the ISA has a robust system for dealing with such referrals is not as significant as suggested IMO. The people making the referral are required to follow protocols and have an understanding of "relevant conduct and the harm tests" so it is hardly likely that "an innocent" or victim of "mischievous complaint" would ever result in anything. So smidgens of truth no doubt but is it really the doom of Big Brother that will descend upon innocent people and damn their lives for nothing? I am not convinced. I, like many others I am sure, get concerned when such articles are published because it does deter employers from accepting young or other vulnerable groups into their businesses, be it on short visits or work experience placements. http://www.isa.homeoffic...uk/Default.aspx?page=379 P48

Taking the CRB checks further, I've not long recieved this: Work experience is exempt due to the "work setting" so none of the employees who work alongside the individual will require ISA registration. If you would like to be kept up to date in the future on the Vetting and Barring scheme, please reply to this email with your preferred contact details. Kind regards, The Vetting & Barring Scheme Information Team Hope this is of use. Badger