CRB APPLICANT GUIDE V2

CRB Policy and Umbrella Body Service

CRB Policy

Staffordshire County Council is committed to ensuring the security and confidentiality of CRB information. Please see details of the authorities policy for secure storage, handling, use, retention and disposal of CRB disclosure information here:

SCC CRB retention policy|

Umbrella Body Service

Staffordshire County Council offers an Umbrella Body Service (SCC UB)- a reliable, friendly and professional approach to completing Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks for other organisations/ third parties.

The Shared Service Centre, based in Stafford, operates an Umbrella Body Service along side its Registered Body Service (covering the employees of SCC) which deals with thousands of CRB disclosures each year and give us significant experience and understanding of the process. As SCC is a Local Authority it cannot make a profit, therefore offering a competitively priced service to a high standard.

A CRB check currently costs £44 + an administration fee of £9.50 (+VAT). SCC also offers an optional badging service as part of the Umbrella Body Process which costs £3.50 (+VAT) enabling customers to have a visible, and portable, proof of a CRB check.

SCC UB offers an Identification Verification Service as part of the process for completing the CRB application for small businesses.

If you are interested in using our Umbrella Body Service please email crbub@staffordshire.gov.uk| ; you will be asked the nature of your business and the reasons why you require a CRB disclosure to ensure you are eligible.

CRB E-Bulk

Staffordshire County Council has recently gone live with a new ‘E-Bulk’ online CRB checking system that helps prevent employment delays, eliminates disclosure application data errors and reduces administration. The system went live at the beginning of August and is being rolled out on a phased basis across the authority.

NB: The online system is currently only available to those candidates that have been instructed to complete an online application by their Appointing Manager