As a registered Umbrella Body with the Criminal Records Bureau, CRB Checking and Vetting* provides employers with a straightforward and efficient way to process criminal record checks for your staff.
Using a CRB check allows an employer to verify a prospective or current employee’s response to the question “Do you have any criminal convictions?” This is particularly important where an individual has had their conviction spent, which means it doesn’t show up any more and is no longer relevant when they are applying for most jobs. However, where a post involves contact with children or vulnerable adults, these invisible convictions are relevant and so checks have to be run to make sure applicants have no convictions that are relevant to the post, even if they are spent.
As part of the process, your employee’s CRB Application Form needs to be: -
Once the process is completed, the results of the check are published on a CRB Disclosure Certificate, sent to both the applicant and the organisation.
CRB Checking and Vetting* has worked with CRB Application Forms since the Criminal Records Bureau was established in March 2002. Our experience means that your application process will be carried out swiftly and efficiently.
To start using our CRB checking and vetting services, click here and send us the basic information requested in our contact form or telephone us during normal office hours on 0845 901 1455.
The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) provides access to criminal record and other relevant information to employers and licensing authorities in England and Wales. The results of the checking and vetting carried out by the CRB, help organisations make more informed decisions when recruiting people to work with children and the vulnerable. The CRB checking and vetting process is also available to certain specified professional, licensing and regulatory bodies whose employees or volunteers are not necessarily in direct contact with the vulnerable. The sole purpose of the CRB checking and vetting process is to help organisations ensure greater protection for the vulnerable members of our society and afford greater protection to their customers, staff, volunteers and ultimately their organisation.
Don’t forget, an employer or licensing authority must have your permission to request a Disclosure through CRB vetting and checking; this is given when you sign the application form. But you need to remember that there are some posts for which CRB checking and vetting is required by law. If you refuse to undergo CRB checking and vetting in these instances, the organisation may not be able to take your job or licence application any further. If you are currently working and your employer asks you to undergo CRB checking and vetting, you may be able to refuse if your contract of employment does not refer to a criminal record check, unless a change in legislation has made such a check mandatory.