Due to the emergency procedure, Justis - which conducts the continuous screening of employees and structurally present individuals within childcare - still receives timely signals about serious violent and sexual offenses.

Emergency process for serious cases

To mitigate risks, permission has been granted to the police to directly provide police data on serious violent and sexual offenses to the Judicial Information Service (Justid). Justis uses this information for continuous screening, ensuring that signals about the most serious offenses are not missed. This emergency process applies only to the most serious categories of offenses. For other criminal offenses, there may be temporary delays in receiving and processing new data.

What does this mean for childcare?

Since no new data was entered into the JDS, Justis no longer received signals. Other links in the chain, such as the Education Implementation Service (DUO), the Municipal Health Services (GGDs), and childcare organizations, also temporarily received no signals due to the disruption. With the current temporary solution, the continuous screening of employees and structurally present individuals continues, but less serious matters may be signaled later. Serious violent and sexual offenses are processed timely through the emergency procedure. Once the JDS is fully updated, the missing data from the intervening period will also be processed.

Certificates of Good Conduct (VOGs) issued from July 18 to the present are based on information from before July 18. Therefore, these VOGs are not complete. In the temporary solution for serious violent and sexual offenses, a review will go back to the period starting from July 18.

The OM has begun a phased live launch of the systems. This will gradually restore information provision, but the effects are expected to remain noticeable for some time. Once the OMs systems are back online, all data will be updated immediately. Any signals regarding other possible offenses such as weapon and drug offenses will also be forwarded afterward. Individuals working or structurally present in childcare who received a VOG from July 18 onwards do not need to apply for a new VOG.

Ensuring safe childcare

Continuous screening is important, but it is not the only means to ensure safe childcare. Additionally, the holder of the childcare organization plays a crucial role in ensuring safety. The four-eyes principle in childcare centers helps: the holder organizes care so that a second person can always observe or listen in. This reduces the chance of unsafe situations. Suspicions of sexual abuse or maltreatment in childcare must also be reported immediately. Professionals in childcare and parents can seek advice from the inspectors of the Education Inspectorate.