If you work or want to work with children or
vulnerable adults from November 2010 you will need to apply to
be registered with the ISA.
The basics
You can apply for registration through your employer if you have
one, or if you are applying for a job, through your prospective
employer. If you are self-employed – as a childminder, for example
– you will need to apply yourself. You will be able to do this
through the website as the ISA vetting service is phased in.
Employees
If you are already employed to work with children or
vulnerable adults and have had a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)
check, you will need to apply for ISA registration in due course.
Details of how and when you should apply will become available on
this site.
If you are employed to work with children or
vulnerable adults and have not been CRB checked you will need
to apply for ISA registration as early as possible. Details of how
and when to do this will become available on this site.
In both cases you will need to pay a one-off fee. Once you have paid for registration we
will give you a personal ISA Registration Number and you remain on
our database even if you change employers.
Volunteers
If you work or want to work with vulnerable people you will need
to apply to register with us in exactly the same way as an
employee. The only difference is that we do not charge an
application fee for volunteers.
Unsuitable people
If you have a record of unsuitability for working with
vulnerable groups or if you have committed certain offences, we may
not be able to register you. Instead you will be put on an ISA
Barred List and may not be able to work with vulnerable people.
If you apply for a job with children or vulnerable adults when
you know you have been barred you could be fined or face
imprisonment.
Your privacy
ISA registration does not mean that we make your details
available to the general public. Only employers will be able to
access your information – and only after you give them your ISA
Registration Number. Employers will only be able to check that you
are in fact ISA-registered. Only ISA case workers and the police
will have access to information we hold about you.
Fees
We will charge a small fee for applications to register with the
ISA as an employee or self-employed worker. This fee covers our
administration costs and you will only be asked to pay it once, no
matter how many times you change jobs.
We do not charge volunteers for ISA applications.
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