Disclosures

Quality Development Unit

LAYC’s Quality Development Unit (QDU) operates to ensure that all our affiliated groups and clubs in Edinburgh are supported in meeting with the requirements of new legislation. In particular we have been  focussing on supporting groups and clubs around the Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003 which has been introduced in stages from 10 January 2005.

Over the past two year LAYC’s Quality Development Officer has been preparing for the introduction of the new Protection of Vulnerable Groups scheme which was introduced in February 2011.

The QDU has been funded through the former Scottish Executive’s Changing Children’s Services Fund. This funding is  now administered through The City of Edinburgh Council  and is only secured until 31st March 2011.

We do this by providing advice and guidance to groups, helping groups and clubs develop their own policies and procedures to make sure that they are operating in a way which ensures maximum protection and safety for children and young people and if necessary assisting groups to access the Disclosure Scotland checking procedures necessary to comply with the legislation.

To summarise, we aim to support groups and clubs by providing:

• Information and guidance about the new PVG scheme
• Support around Policies and Procedures
• Access to checks from Disclosure Scotland
• Advice and support on operating youth and childrens groups safely

You can also e-mail Graham, graham@layc.org.uk with any enquiries you have around PVG legislation, your organisations policies and procedures, relevant training events, the disclosure process and/or other related LAYC services. Alternatively you can phone us on 0131 667 1828.