When I worked for a contract cleaning company we had a security division and as members of the SIA all guards had to have CRB checks, the company and or the Divisional Manager were registered and had a certificate which allowed them to collate the application forms, check the passports/identification etc and then send the completed applications off either bulk or individual.
Also I am starting work for a college as a part time distance learning tutor and am having a CRB check carried out, I have to send the application form to the college with my identification and they will proceed the application from that point so I dont think its true that an individual has to instigate the check off their own back, it could be carried out by an organisation like TACCA, taking out the need for a middle man, if they have the correct credentials, registration etc.
I have applied for membership of TACCA because i thought it was a good idea but apparently there is a back log of applications so still waiting to hear, But , honestly, CRB checks for carpet cleaners? the reason i decided to work for myself in the first place was because i was pi**ed off with all the bureaucratic BS etc etc I had to put up with on a daily basis and wanted the freedom to run my business the way I wanted without someone else telling me what i should or shouldn't be doing.
Don't know why you all decided to work for yourselves............. just a thought.
Tony