Safeguarding children and vulnerable persons
8.1 The Supplier shall ensure that all potential staff or persons performing any of the Services who may reasonably be expected in the course of performing any of the Services under the Contract to have access to or come into contact with children or other vulnerable persons and/or have access to or come into contact with persons receiving health care services:
8.1.1 are questioned concerning their Convictions; and
8.1.2 obtain appropriate disclosures from the Disclosure and Barring Service (or other appropriate body) as required by Applicable Law and/or the Mandatory Policies before the Supplier engages the potential staff or persons in the provision of the Services.
8.2 The Supplier shall take all necessary steps to ensure that such potential staff or persons obtain standard and enhanced disclosures from the Disclosure and Barring Service (or other appropriate body) and shall ensure all such disclosures are kept up to date. The obtaining of such disclosures shall be at the Supplier's cost and expense.
8.3 The Supplier shall ensure that no person is employed or otherwise engaged in the provision of the Services without Hafod's prior written consent if:
8.3.1 the person has disclosed any Convictions upon being questioned about their Convictions in accordance with Clause 8.1.1;
8.3.2 the person is found to have any Convictions following receipt of standard and/or enhanced disclosures from the Disclosure and Barring Service (or other appropriate body) in accordance with Clause 8.1.2; or
8.3.3 the person fails to obtain standard and/or enhanced disclosures from the Disclosure and Barring Service (or other appropriate body) upon request by the Supplier in accordance with Clause 8.1.2.
8.4 In addition to the requirements of Clause 8.1 to Clause 8.3, where the Services are or include regulated activities as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 the Supplier:
8.4.1 warrants that it shall comply with all requirements placed on it by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;
8.4.2 warrants that at all times it has and will have no reason to believe that any of the Supplier's Personnel is barred in accordance with the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006; and
8.4.3 shall ensure that no person is employed or otherwise engaged in the provision of the Services if that person is barred from carrying out, or whose previous conduct or records indicate that they would not be suitable to carry out, any regulated activities as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 or may present a risk to service users or any other person.
8.5 The Supplier shall ensure that Hafod is kept advised at all times of any of the Supplier Personnel who, subsequent to their commencement of employment as Supplier Personnel receives a Conviction or whose previous Convictions become known to the Supplier or whose conduct or records indicate that they are not suitable to carry out any regulated activities as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 or may present a risk to service users or any other person. The Supplier shall only be entitled to continue to engage or employ such Supplier Personnel with Hafod 's written consent and with such safeguards being put in place as Hafod may reasonably request. Should Hafod withhold consent the Supplier shall remove such Supplier Personnel from the provision of the Services forthwith.
8.6 The Supplier shall immediately provide to Hafod any information that Hafod reasonably requests to enable Hafod to satisfy itself that the obligations set out in Clause 8.1 to Clause 8.5 have been met.
8.7 Hafod may at any time request that the Supplier remove and replace any of the Supplier Personnel from the provision of the Services, provided always that Hafod will act reasonably in making such a request.