Adult protection and the Criminal Records Bureau: making use of criminal conviction data
| Pages | 23-29 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200300004 |
| Published date | 01 February 2003 |
| Date | 01 February 2003 |
| Author | Paul Kingston,Hilary Brown,Ken Manktelow |
| Subject Matter | Health & social care,Sociology |
The Journal of Adult Protection Volume 5 Issue 1 • February 2003 © Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) Limited 23
key words
adult protection
vulnerable adults
criminal records bureau
recruitment and decision
making
abstract
The Criminal Record Bureau
(CRB) offers a ‘one-stop-shop’ for
checking the suitability of potential
employees to work with adults in
health and social care settings.This
paper argues that an exploration of
the rationale for recruitment
decision making following the
creation of the CRB is timely and
necessary.
Introduction
The protection of vulnerable adults is considered currently to
be high on the Government agenda following a series of policy
initiatives that have been implemented over the last five years.
In March 2000 the Department of Health issued No Secrets:
Guidance on Developing and Implementing Multi-agency Policies
and Procedures to Protect Vulnerable Adults from Abuse (DoH,
2000). Local authorities will be subject to inspection on their
progress in implementing this guidance. In addition, last year
saw the introduction of a new centralised bureau, operated
under a public-private partnership, functioning as an
executive agency of the Home Office and the Capita Group plc
(Thomas, 2002). This agency, the Criminal Records Bureau
(CRB), offers organisations a ‘one-stop-shop’ for checking the
suitability of potential employees to work with adults in
health and social care settings. Matthew et al (2002) state that:
‘It will be necessary to consider how the No Secrets framework
will dovetail with the plethora of changes arriving in 2002,
which include changes to professional regulation and
inspection (National Care Standards Commission) and the
Criminal Records Bureau.’
No Secrets assigns the task of co-ordinating multi-agency
adult protection procedures to social services as lead agency,
Adult protection and the
Criminal Records Bureau:
making use of criminal
conviction data Dr Paul Kingston
Professor of Primary Health Care, University of
Wolverhampton
Dr Hilary Brown
Professor of Social Care, Canterbury Christ
Church University College
Dr Ken Manktelow
Professor of Psychology, University of
Wolverhampton
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Policy and practice overview
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