And the minister will push for £340,000 extra funding for 2009 to set up the Sex Offenders Register and a comprehensive vetting service for people trying to get jobs working with vulnerable adults and children.
Health and Education vet staff at the moment, and have access to a list of ‘unsuitable teachers’, but a new UK scheme set up by the Criminal Records Bureau starts in October under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, and Senator Kinnard says Jersey needs to have access to it.
