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Hiring teachers: sometimes a criminal record check from the Police agency is not enough 

Teachers have a great responsibility to teach their students and be a good role model for them. As parents, you should be able to rely on the good care of teachers and their ability to teach students at the right level. This is why it is so important that teachers are competent and, above all, suitable to look after children and minors.  

Mandatory criminal record checks for the recruitment of teachers

Before recruitment and employment of teachers, or other jobs involving children and young people, requires a criminal record check from the police. The requirement for a criminal record check is laid down in the Swedish Education Act or the Act on criminal register checks on persons working with children. The checks include previous convictions involving drugs, crimes and violence against children, sexual abuse or molestation, murder or child pornography offences. The aim is to prevent the risk of child abuse. As stated earlier, sometimes a check of the criminal record is not enough. As it turned out in the DN news article, a thorough background check of the teacher candidate might help to reveal the candidate’s previous relationship with criminal organisations.  

Organisations in Sweden with mandatory criminal register checks

Do you work in any of these organisations that require a criminal record check? 

• nursery school
• pre-school class
• leisure centre
• primary school
• adapted primary school
• special school
• Sami school
• upper secondary school
• adapted upper secondary school
• other educational activities

Anyone who cannot present an extract from the register may not be employed by the organisation. This information is taken from Swedish skolverket.se.

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Identifying risks with background checks

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• Risk management: By vetting your teachers via DISA, your organisation will not face any surprises, and you can rely on your staff.
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