Community Disclosure - Keeping Children Safe
Northern Constabulary is now offering parents and guardians in the Highlands and Islands a formal way to contact police with concerns about anyone who has direct contact with their children.
Community Disclosure – Keeping Children Safe is a Scottish Government project, which was initially piloted in the Tayside Police area in 2009, and is now being rolled out by Northern Constabulary.
Parents, guardians and carers of those aged under-18, who have concerns about anyone who has contact with their child, can make an application to Northern Constabulary. Following suitable assessment of the information provided by the applicant, where appropriate, they will be given limited information about an individual in order to protect their children.
The scheme is not solely for those with children in their care and Northern Constabulary is encouraging anyone who has concerns about an individual’s access to children, to share those concerns under the scheme. However, information would only be shared with individuals in a position to protect those children, such as parents, guardians and carers.
Anyone who wishes to file a concern should phone 01463 723422.
Monthly Statistics - April 2012
| Applications for April 2012 | Previous period 31/01/11- 31/03/12 | |
| Request for information | 0 | 26 |
| Disclosures made (Persons with child sex convictions | 0 | 5 |
| Disclosures made (Non child sex offenders) | 0 | 1 |
| Non Disclosures | 0 | 20 |
| Decisions pending | 0 | 0 |
Further information
What we all need to know to protect our children (PDF format) - general information about the scheme.
Preventing abuse amoung young children and young people (PDF format) - Guidance on ways to protect your children or those in your care.
