What is a “Disclosure”?
As a result of Government legislation all Higher Education Institutions, who offer courses where students may come into regular, unsupervised contact with children or vulnerable adults, are required to ensure that these students obtain an Enhanced Disclosure via the Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure process. An Enhanced Disclosure is an official document issued by the Criminal Records Bureau providing details of a person’s conviction record, including cautions, reprimands and warnings held on the Police National Computer. This level of Disclosure involves an additional level of check to other Disclosures carried out by the CRB (Standard and Basic), including the check on local police records.
A Disclosure is a document containing information held by the police and government departments. It can be used by employers and voluntary organisations to make safer recruitment decisions. Disclosures are provided by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), an executive agency of the Home Office. The Disclosure service offers organisations a means to check the background of job applicants to ensure that they do not have a history that would make them unsuitable for posts they are trying to fill. Disclosures will provide details of a person’s criminal record including convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings held on the Police National Computer (PNC). If the position involves working with children, Disclosures will also contain details from lists held by the Department of Health (DH) and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) of those considered unsuitable for this type of work. Depending upon the level of Disclosure, it might also contain information held by local police force
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