PVG & SAFER RECRUITMENT

Overview

The way Paddle Scotland processes PVGs on behalf of affiliated clubs is changing. This results from a review by Disclosure Scotland with new advice provided to all governing bodies of sport and the wider volunteering sector. 

Each club is responsible for ensuring all persons over the age of 16 (paid or voluntary) who work with children (under 18) are suitable to do so and should follow the Paddle Scotland safer recruitment process (below).

Part of safer recruitment is ensuring that people who undertake regulated work with a protected group (e.g. children) within the club who require a PVG check have one.

It is an offence for clubs, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007, to employ someone who is barred from working with children whether in a paid or a voluntary capacity. The only way to find out whether an individual is listed or is being considered for listing, therefore barred from working with children, is through a criminal records check.