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CRIMINAL RECORDS BUREAU
Disclosure Applications |
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All adults working with children and young people under the age of 18, should be aware of the
requirement that people working with children and young people are required to submit
themselves to a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Disclosure check at periodic intervals.
What may not be so widely known is how individuals set about obtaining a CRB Disclosure.
Note: There are similar similar arrangements in Scotland through Disclosure Scotland
(website)
and in Northern Ireland through
Access Northern Ireland
(website)
CRB Disclosure applications
(specimen alongside)
are initially processed (document checking etc.) on behalf of the Criminal Records Bureau
by third party organisations that have been granted the status of an Umbrella Body, (also
known as a Registered Body)
(
click here for an explanation)
When the CRB office have finished their checks two copies of the "Disclosure"
(specimen alongside)
are sent out, one to the person named in the disclosure, to the address shown on the
disclosure, this copy is printed with a unique shade of green ink on uniquely coloured green
paper, the second copy is sent to the organisation requesting the disclosure.
If you have completed an application form and have not received a copy of the disclosure
through your letter box within ten to twelve weeks, then enquiries should be made of the
umbrella body that processed the application on your behalf.
What may not so widely known is that the British Inline Puck Hockey Association, who are an
affiliate of the British Roller Sports Federation have held the status of an Umbrella Body
for some years and are able to provide a CRB disclosure checking service for both clubs and
individuals. This service is also available to clubs and individuals outside the wider BRSF
family.
(see here for confirmation)
Governing Bodies of individual disciplines and many clubs and many individuals will already
have made satisfactory arrangements to apply for and obtain CRB Disclosures, the following
notes are for those new to this process and for those who are looking to review their
existing arrangements.
Clubs
By clicking this
email link you will obtain a partially completed email form all that is necessary
for you to do is to add your Club Name and an appropriate land mail address, a telephone number
would also be appreciated, then hit the send button.
Within a few days you will receive a pack containing all the information your club will need.
As the BIPHA have a number of counter-signatories, allocated one per BIPHA region,
(
see here )
it might be more beneficial for your club,
if (by prior arrangement) the BIPHA representative were to travel to one of your club's
meetings or sessions, to process the documents whilst the applicants are in attendance.
Individuals
By clicking this
email link you will obtain a partially completed email form, all that is necessary
for you to do is to add your full name, your land mail address and identify a point of
contact for the club you are a member of, then hit the send button.
Within a few days you will receive through the land mail a package containing a CRB
Disclosure application form impressed with a unique serial number and an information pack
providing guidance on how to complete the form, the form is then forwarded to the BIPHA
office in the envelope provided.
There is a £5.00 charge to cover the cost of posting applications forward to the CRB office
and subsequently back to you.
As the BIPHA have a number of counter-signatories, allocated one per BIPHA region,
(
see here )
it might be more beneficial for you (by
prior arrangement) to meet with the BIPHA representative at one of the venues visited on
regular occasions by the representative.
Additional Information
If you have any questions concerning this service offered by the BIPHA then please link to
their website where there
are a series of Question & Answer pages.
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