How parishes obtain CRB Disclosures

How parishes obtain CRB Disclosures for volunteer children’s and youth workers

Parishes used the Diocesan CRB Registered Body to obtain Disclosures for volunteer and paid youth and children’s workers until the end of December 2010. The Diocese has now made an agreement with the Churches Agency for Safeguarding (CAS) that parishes use their services, and recommends that parishes make use of this arrangement.

More detail about this change can be found on the documentCriminal Records Bureau Parish Administration Changes, below.

Churches’ Agency for Safeguarding

The Churches’ Agency for Safeguarding (www.churchsafe.org.uk) is an umbrella body set up by Christian Denominations and organizations (including the Methodist Church of Great Britain, the Baptist Union and the United Reformed Church) to provide CRB Disclosure checks for the employees and volunteers of its full member groups and its associate member groups. The Diocese of Oxford has become an Associate member.

Continuing Diocesan CRB services

The Diocese will continue to work directly with clergy, ordinands, LLMs, paid youth workers and Diocesan staff employees in obtaining CRB Disclosures.

Parishes with paid youth workers should obtain CRB application forms from the Diocesan Youth Adviser, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , when new appointments are made or renewal of CRB is needed. Ian will not be able to countersign CAS application forms.

LLMs will be approached by the Warden of LLMs, the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , to initiate CRB matters. Where parish verifiers are asked to verify an LLM ‘s identity for CRB purposes, they should expect the CRB form and identity checklist to from the Diocese (and not from CAS). The LLM concerned will send the paperwork to the Diocesan LLM Adviser for countersignature.

CRB forms for clergy continue to be administered by the Area Bishops’ offices. Ordinands’ forms are handled by the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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