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The Disclosure Scotland website contains information on Behaviour under the age of 12 and disclosure stating that information about behaviour before the age of 12 will not appear on a basic or standard disclosure but may be included on an enhanced disclosure or PVG Scheme Record, but only after an independent review ...
This could potentially be remedied by adding compliance with the Code of ethics to the standards of professional behaviour on a statutory basis. Compliance with the Code of ethics should be reported publicly on an annual basis”.
The Disclosure Scotland website contains information on Behaviour under the age of 12 and disclosure stating that information about behaviour before the age of 12 will not appear on a basic or standard disclosure but may be included on an enhanced disclosure or PVG Scheme Record, but only after an independent review ...
Further that:
Children learn by example, by modelling their behaviour on that of others. To permit parents to hit their children sends the young entirely the wrong message: that the strong and powerful will prevail by using physical coercion against the vulnerable and the powerless.
I was also interested in the points that Liz Smith made about PVG provision for former young offenders who have demonstrated a period of good behaviour. They brought to mind a scheme in Kilmarnock prison where inmates were offered the chance to take their football and rugby coaching exams.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 February 2025
Therefore, the budget will be a matter of providing incentives and the marginal improvements to encourage behavioural change, but the behavioural change itself will be funded largely by the private sector.
You also have to understand the social and behavioural science around that. It is all right to say that we must reduce our intake at population level but, within that, there are different behaviours from different parts of the population.
How would a voluntary code of practice on the responsible purchasing and selling of a dog change behaviour in practice? The certificate is not voluntary.