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Vetting and Barring

This page provides you with free downloadable documents that are relevant to adult protection and elder abuse. These are reproduced here to assist you in your enquiries but please note that copyright remains with the authors/publishers of the individual documents.

Department of Health

DoH practical guide on referring to, and consulting, the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List

DoH FAQs Frequently Asked Questions on the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List

DoH Report: The first 100 referrals to POVA and what this tells us about the use of the
system.

Commission for Social Care Inspection
CSCI guidance for providers and CSCI staff on CRB checking (Incorporating POVA)

             appendix a Tables on which levels of disclosure are needed and by
                               when
             appendix b Amendments to the Care Standards Act 2000
             appendix c Agreement on the location of staff records
             appendix d Proforma regarding staff information

Criminal Records Bureau

CRB guidance on disclosure What is available, when, different types, etc

CRB guidance on POVAfirst Who can access POVA first, what it costs etc

POVA referral form

The Bichard Inquiry Report

A Public Inquiry Report on child protection procedures in Humberside Police and Cambridgeshire Constabulary, particularly the effectiveness of relevant intelligence-based record keeping, vetting practices since 1995 and information sharing with other agencies. This report makes recommendations on matters of local and national relevance. Click here to download.

Policy briefing on the new Vetting and Barring system