ISA - Independent Safeguarding Authority

Please note, the Vetting and Barring Scheme in currently subject to a Government review announced on 17th June 2010. Consequently, ISA registration is not available until further notice.  All other aspects of the scheme remain in place.

Preventing unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults

The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) has been created to help prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults.

Working in partnership with the Criminal Records Bureau, ISA will gather and assess relevant information on people who are working, or who wish to work, with children or vulnerable adults.

ISA will have the power and responsibility to bar unsuitable people from the children's or vulnerable adults' workforce. For the first time this decision will be made by independent experts and not Government ministers.

ISA will apply to both the paid workforce and the voluntary sector.

Guidance

Click here to view the VBS Guidance, March 2010

Click here to view the Amendment to the Vetting and Barring Scheme, Dec 2009

Useful terminology

ISA – Independent Safeguarding Authority

SVGA – Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act

VBS – Vetting and Barring Scheme