The New Zealand Police Vetting Service provides criminal history checks and other relevant information on potential and current employees, volunteers and vocational trainees to Approved Agencies that provide care to children and vulnerable members of society. We also provide criminal history checks for overseas visas and work permits.
A Police Vet will be obtained for all volunteer engagement that involve direct interaction with children. This is because the Police have access to information, beyond a criminal conviction history, that may be relevant to child safety. The Police Vet will provide details about any convictions, including the location of the court, the date of the offence and the sentence imposed. However, the Service is not limited to providing information about convictions and may give:
Information on active charges and warrants to arrest and any other information received or obtained by the New Zealand Police.
Information about any concerns the Police has in any context, including family violence, even if:
» There have not been charges or,
» charges have been withdrawn, or
» the person has been acquitted (found not guilty) of a charge.
Information that relates to unproven allegations, i.e., no conviction entered, should be treated with caution and you should be vigilant to look out for patterns of offending.
Police may hold relevant information that they are unwilling to disclose for privacy, confidentiality, or law enforcement reasons, and (through a process known as the ‘red stamp process') may recommend against unsupervised access to children or vulnerable persons.
The basic process
A Volunteer is given SchoolSafe personal goal card on initial sign-in. This is shown on their home page. The card briefly outlines the purpose and links to the goal/school/safe starting page.
The schoolSafe page has more information on the process and instructions that the volunteer must follow to complete identity verification and police vet process.
Forms are filled in and submitted - either manually or online
Forms are submitted to the Police Vet Service by Voluntarily Agent.
When a result is returned (up to 20 days) the Voluntarily agent will
go to the people list, enter the name of the person and get their profile details
click issue badge button and issue the schoolReady badge.
if the vet process fails no badge will be issued and the goal removed, depending on policy the account may be made inactive or placed on hold.
When the badge has been issued the volunteer will receive an email about the new badge. The goal card will show as completed and the badge icon will appear on their profile and in the interested list for opportunity organisers.
if the badge reaches its expiry date it will trigger the process again.
Guide to filling in form
https://www.police.govt.nz/advice-services/businesses-and-organisations/vetting/forms-and-guides
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