Issue - meetings

The Committee considered and supported the recommendations of the Local Joint Panel meeting held on 19 February 2013 on the Disclosure and Barring Service Police.

RESOLVED – the Disclosure and Barring Service Policy and the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy, as now submitted, be approved.

The Secretary to the Employer’s Side submitted a report outlining revisions to the former policy “Managing the Criminal Record Bureau Process” following the merger of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Service and the Independent Safety Authority (ISA) on 1 December 2012 into the Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS). 

The Acting Head of People Services outlined the key changes to the new policy, the detail of which was set out in the report now submitted and Essential Reference Paper “B”.  The policy and guidelines ensured that the Council was compliant with the new process and the Disclosure and Barring Services’ Codes of Practice and also the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.  A new Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy had also been incorporated within the new policy. 

The Acting Head of People Services summarised the introduction and application of the new Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy within the Council.  She anticipated that there would be a need to refresh the Council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy in the light of this new arrangement and undertook to review this for consideration at the next meeting of the Local Joint Panel.

In response to a query from Councillor J Ranger the Acting Head of People Services explained how checks would be carried out from a licensing viewpoint.

The Panel supported the Disclosure and Barring Service Policy, as now submitted. 

RECOMMENDED – that the Disclosure and Barring Service Policy and the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy, as now submitted, be approved.