Safeguarding and ISA – will it work?

I’m becoming more and more concerned about the implications of the forthcoming changes to the child protection infrastructure. The changes are pretty fundamental, but, IMHO, the implications of changes are even bigger.
Whilst reading on the ISA site, I needed to open one of their pdfs (groan!), so I quickblogged the relevant parts to here and [...]

Safeguarding: How does ‘regulated activity’ work?

Anyone providing a regulated activity must be registered with the ISA.
It will be a criminal offence, punishable by up to five years in prison, for a barred individual to take part in a regulated activity for any length of time.
It will be a criminal offence for an employer to take on an individual in regulated [...]

Safeguarding: What is a ‘regulated activity’?

Any activity of a specified nature that involves contact with children or vulnerable adults frequently, intensively and/or overnight. (Such activities include teaching, training, care, supervision, advice, treatment and transportation.)
Any activity allowing contact with children or vulnerable adults that is in a specified place frequently or intensively. (Such places include schools and care [...]