Criminal Record Bureau Strengths And Weaknesses

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Health and social care service users as well as service providers must make sure that they follow certain rules and regulations when children and young people are being looked after by other people in schools, nurseries or foster cares. Every health and social care service provider who looks after children and young people will need to go through the Criminal Records Bureau which is also known as CRB. Also, health and social care settings will need to be inspected by the local authority and by the Office for Standards in Education which is also known as OFSTED. Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) The Criminal Record Bureau which is also known as CRB took place in 2002 and was created so that a wider range of employers can have access to information …show more content…

The strengths of the Criminal Record Bureau is that it allows children and young people who are using the health and social care services to stay safe because if a person has a Criminal Record which can put the children and young people in any form of harm, then the person will not get employed. This means that children and young people will not get hurt. However, the weaknesses of the Criminal Records Bureau is that Criminal Record Bureau checks have to be regularly checked and updated and this is because when a person begins their job, they may not have a Criminal Record, however, they may commit a crime after they have started their job. This means that the children and young people are likely to be at risk. Also, the Criminal Records Bureau only shows what has been found and some health and social care service providers might have committed a crime, but this might have not be recorded. The Criminal Records Bureau has been taken further with safeguarding vulnerable groups act. Due to this, adults who tend to have less contact with children and young people have to go through a Criminal Record Bureau …show more content…

The Strengths of Office for Standards in Education is that when the members of OFSTED go to health and social care environments to inspect, they are usually able to see how the health and social care service users are behaving in the health and social care environments. An example of this includes: in a health and social care environment such as a school, the inspectors will be able to speak to the students as well as teachers. This will allow the inspectors to get students perspectives of the school and how they are finding their education. When a schools get inspected, the schools will be able to be given feedback bout how they can improve their education system. However, the weakness of Office for Standards in Education is that the examinations are not always truthful. Also, the Office for Standards in Education gives the school or health and social care environments notice they will be visiting on a certain day and this gives health and social care time to prepare for the inspection and also allows health and social care environments to get better results on their inspection. Also, the Office for Standards in Educations will need to do unexpected visits to health and social care environments and by doing this; the inspectors will be able to get a honest view about the health and social care

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