Who is responsible for carrying out criminal records bureau (CRB) checks for those staff transferring to Local Authorities in positions where CRB checks apply?
A. For staff transferring to a Local Authority, where the position requires a CRB check, it is the receiving organisation’s (i.e. the Local Authority) responsibility to carry out this check when LSC staff transfer over to them. Should any checks come back as unclear the Local Authority will follow their own policy guidelines to establish the reason why the check has come back unclear and whether the reason for the uncleared check prevents the individual member of staff from carrying out the role. In the highly unlikely case that it does this will be dealt with on a case by case basis. There is further information on CRB checks on the LGE website – http://www.lge.gov.uk/lge/core/page.do?pageId=119687.
