Preparing for the scheme
As well as keeping up to date with progress, activities and events by visiting the websites listed here, organisations and groups can do the following.
Put procedures in place
Ensure that appropriate safe recruitment, child and/or adult protection policies and procedures are in place. While this will be standard for large organisations, it may not be for some small organisations and groups. There are various publications on safe recruitment.
Keep a list of relevant posts
Keep a list of the posts (paid and unpaid) which require an enhanced disclosure check and a note of when the people in the posts were last checked. This may be useful when determining who should become a PVG Scheme member when the three year process of retrospectively checking the existing workforce begins.
Update or verify your list
If registered with Disclosure Scotland, ensure that their list of counter-signatories is kept up to date as under the PVG Scheme, applications will still require to be countersigned. To update or verify a current list of signatories, please send an email from the registered person (the lead signatory) to DScompliance@disclosurescotland.gsi.gov.uk stating your registered body code and listing your signatories.
Useful websites
Scottish Government, PVG Scheme
Central Registered Body in Scotland
Safe recruitment publications
The Scottish Government - Safer recruitment through better recruitment guidance
