| Safeguarding children is everybody' responsibility and has to be built into routine procedures and practice. This is vitally important in the recruitment and retention of people who have contact with children. All organisations that employ staff or volunteers to work with children/in a paid or unpaid capacity should adopt a consistent and through process of safe recruitment in order to ensure that those recruited are suitable. The Home Office announced that from November 2010, individuals will need to register with the Independant Safeguarding Authority (ISA) if they are to work or volunteer with children and/or vulnerable adults in a fegulated activity. For information on the Independant Safeguarding Authority (ISA) and its services, visit www.isa-gov.org | | |