Safe recruitment
The Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG Scheme) is about making sure that those working with vulnerable groups are safe to do so.
PVG Scheme video
All volunteers and paid staff engaged in regulated work with the Church of Scotland, and as defined in schedules 2 and 3 of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 must become members of the PVG scheme. The following PVG Scheme video is about successfully completing the forms and avoiding common errors that cost time and money. It is primarily aimed at Church of Scotland Safeguarding Coordinators but applicants, and others organisations, should find it helpful too.
Contact us
You can either email the Safeguarding Service or call us 0131 240 2256
Safeguarding Service newsletters
PVG Scheme current guidance and forms
- PVG and Administration Frequently Asked Questions
- Safeguarding handbook 2: safe recruitment for safeguarding forms referred to in Safeguarding Handbook 2 see key publications
- Determining PVG Scheme membership For additional guidance on regulated work with protected adults please see Clarification about the PVG Scheme and regulated work with protected adults in the Key Publications section
- Scheme Record guidance for coordinators
- Scheme Record guidance for applicants
- Existing Scheme Member guidance for coordinators
- Existing Scheme Member guidance for applicants
- PVG Self-Declaration guidance
- PVG Self-Declaration form
- PVG Self-Declaration form
- PVG Scheme Application Multiple Coversheet (must accompany all PVG Scheme Applications being submitted to the Safeguarding Service)
- Step by step guidance for completing the PVG Scheme Application form
- Step by step guidance for completing the existing PVG Scheme Application form
- CRBS powerpoint audio presentation on how to complete PVG application forms
- Clarification about the PVG Scheme and Regulated Work with Adults
Asylum Seekers
Volunteer Scotland Disclosure Services (VSDS) provides guidance on their website for organisations in relation to asylum seekers and volunteering.
Forms for recruiting Safeguarding Coordinators and volunteers
- Application form for volunteer or paid workers doing regulated work in congregations
- Application Form for volunteer or paid workers doing regulated work in congregations
- Volunteer transfer form
- Volunteer transfer form
- Reference request
- Reference request
- Step by step guidance for completing the PVG Scheme application form
- The Volunteer Worker Job Description and Declaration
- The Volunteer Worker Job Description and Declaration
- Registration of Coordinator Form
- Registration of Coordinator Form
- Your Responsibilities When You Join the PVG Scheme
Boys' Brigade Leader Registration Forms
Boys’ Brigade Leader Registration Form (LREG1) is the Boys Brigade application form and should be completed as per the guidance on the form for any new Boys’ Brigade Leader.
Boys Brigade Leader Re-Registration Form (LREG2) is completed by Leaders every 5 years. This form will be completed by Safeguarding Coordinators during retrospective checking as the Boys’ Brigade have linked the PVG Scheme application with the Re-Registration form.
Congregational Safeguarding Register
Every Kirk Session is required to maintain an accurate record of personnel working with children and protected adults as in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. This record will be checked at annual and Presbytery inspections.
Change to PVG Scheme Member Details
Please inform Disclosure Scotland of any changes to your personal details.
Please also inform Disclosure Scotland and the Safeguarding Service if you are no longer doing regulated work in the Church of Scotland.
Disclosure Scotland’s instructions on how to manage your PVG membership can be found here
Disclosure Scotland contact details: Disclosure Scotland, PO Box 250, Glasgow, G51 1YU.
E: dsupdate@disclosurescotland.gsi.gov.uk T: 0300 020 0040
Safeguarding Service contact details: The Church of Scotland, Safeguarding Service, 121 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4YN
E: safeguarding@churchofscotland.org.uk T: 0131 240 2256