Youth Focus - working with voluntary and community youth organisations for the benefit of young people.
Youth Focus is the co-ordinating body for voluntary and community youth organisations in Buckinghamshire. It gives support in the areas of policy and practice development and strives to ensure that the work of these organisations, for the benefit of young people, achieves the recognition and support it deserves.
Our Aim
Youth Focus is committed to supporting these organisations in their work and increasing awareness of its value to the community.
Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) Update
From October 2009, List 99, POCA and POVA will be replaced by
two ISA lists of those persons barred from working with children and vulnerable
adults.
- Barring from 'regulated activities'
will be introduced, which includes a much wider range of jobs and
activities than before.
- It will be a criminal offence for a
person on the ISA barred list to seek or undertake regulated activity and
for employers to knowingly employ them. This includes volunteers.
- From July
2010 all
new entrants to roles working or volunteering with vulnerable groups and
those switching jobs within these sectors will be able to register with
the VBS and be checked by ISA.
- From November
2010
it will be a legal requirement for new entrants to relevant jobs/roles to
be registered on the Scheme and for employers to check the registration
status of applicants before employment/engagement commences.
- All staff/volunteers to be registered
by end of June 2015.
For full information on the anticipated phasing of the VBS and other details, please go to the Resources section of this website. Click on Links, followed by Public Resources and look for
Background
and Information – Vetting & Barring Scheme May 2009. Under the Public Resources section you will also find a Frequently Asked Question document prepared by the Home Office for the voluntary sector.
