Saturday, 17 May 2008

Folly and the Criminal Records Bureau

I'm just about to fill out another CRB form. From the amount I fill out you'd think they know something...

It's a rather silly system that you need to go through. Most places only require a CRB check every two or three years, so you'd think that it would be enough to go through the full disclosure once, and then be issued with a certificate to say that nothing has shown up. Then, if any role or job requires CRB clearance, you could just present the certificate. Simple.

But no, you need to go through a CRB check for every specific job. As a result, I presently have a full disclosure used to approve me for studying for my PGCE, I'm applying for another for the purposes of working at my new school and now I'm about to fill in a form to apply for yet another one so that I can clean toilets on a camp that children will be attending. Craziness...

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