Register a care service (excluding childminders)

For you to countersign PVG or disclosure checks for your staff or volunteers, you must be registered with Disclosure Scotland.  You can find out how to register with Disclosure Scotland on their website.

You will have a number of responsibilities after your register, including:

• following Disclosure Scotland's Code of Practice

• referring individuals to Disclosure Scotland when harmful or potential harmful behaviour and you dismiss the person as a result (or would or might have done had they not otherwise left).

You can also use an umbrella body to countersign PVG or disclosure checks on behalf of your organisation.  A list of umbrella bodies is available on the Disclosure Scotland website.

Contact Disclosure Scotland if you need help:

Email: response@disclosurescotland.gov.scot
Phone: 0300 020 0040
Monday to Thursday: 09:00 - 16:00
Friday: 09:00 - 15:30