[ExeterLUG] Schools/STEMnet/DBS checks [Re: Fwd: This Friday]

[Gordon Henderson]

On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Malcolm Dinsmore wrote:

> Hi Gordon,
>
> I was talking to Julie Poynsenby from west exe school today, she 
> mentioned that one of the other teachers in west exe is hoping to do 
> some stuff with raspberry pi. Sorry I don't have any more details. 
>
> I know you are keen to do some stem stuff if you are happy to talk to 
> them, let me have an email address you'd like to be contacted on about 
> it. I'll put you in touch with her. 

Just FYI, and for others on the list:

As a STEMnet ambassador with a STEMnet issued DBS check, I would have to 
apply for another DBS check to do any voluntary work in any Devon County 
Council School.

This applies to all STEMnet ambassadors with STEMnet issued DBS check 
certificates for all Devon county council schools.

I have had this confirmed by Phil Barrett, Team Leader Safer Recruitment 
Service from Devon CC. (Who had never heard of STEMnet nor code club )-:

I have asked STEMnet to look into this too.

But DCCs stance is that the update service (which all STEMnet ambassadors 
were encouraged to subscribe to) is nine months out of date and therefore 
not acceptable for use in DCC. (I have asked the update service for 
clarification on this)

If West Exe is an academy school then they may have their own guidelines, 
or they may simply defer back to DCCs rules. I'd need to know before going 
on-site.

I've just been through all this with another school I had volunteered to 
help run code club with. Phil Barrett is adamant that I must re-submit the 
data for another DBS check, however it means that that school will have to 
pay for another DBS check for me.

I have decided to refuse to go through the process again purely on the 
grounds of unnecessary bureaucracy. (I've held an enhanced CRB/DBS check 
certificates for the past 9 years so am hardly likely to fail - this is 
purely a stance against the bureaucracy)

Gordon