Independent Safeguarding Authority - an update

Ian has given us an update on the Independent Safeguarding Authority:

More details of ISA registration are now available. The scheme launch is being delayed by one year to make sure they get things right (I guess someone’s learnt some stuff from the Heathrow debarkle and they don’t want to have to send 19,000 youth workers to [...]

Independent Safeguarding Authority (what the CRB should have done)

Much has been said in the last couple of weeks about the new Independent Safeguarding Authority which is going to do what we all thought CRB was going to do and give transferable clearances for people involved in work with children, young people and vulnerable adults.  Hopefully this will make life a lot simpler and [...]

New National Occupational Standards for Youth work

The new Occupational Standards have been recently released, and you can find them here.
Ian has reviewed them quickly on his blog, so check out his thoughts.