I presume now that if you do anything with children including pamper parties you have to be crb checked.We have all had to be in my schools parents association and all clubs etc. Anyone come across this or thought about it.

i was thinking about this the other day, only because at the boys school when parents volunteer to go and help on the school trips now, they have to be crb checked.
i dont do kiddies party's but will be intersted to see where the land lays too

Not too sure, but luckily i am already CRB checked in my other job and i have the certificate.

I would have thought if you are being invited into a home and all parents have signed a consent form this should not be an issue.

However i'd be interested to know if otherwise.

Most of the children's party planners round my way are crbchecked i got mine through workign at the school and it does put people minds at rest. think it was £40 from the council.

I am also crb checked for going into school, but I was told that for each unrelated place you will be with children, you need a separate crb clearance.
eg. one for school and one for brownies.
I wonder if you can get a personal based one to cover you for kids parties??

I do childrens pamper partys and to be honest this thought had never crossed my mind untill now, not sure how the land lies with this one but i had to have an enhanced CRB (this checks you out from birth practically) when i was a foster carer so hopefully im covered and there is always at least one parent that stays thankfully

hi, i came across this whilst searchin for info for childrens nails narties. does any one know how you get crb checked?

I would give your friendly local police station a call, they should be able to put you in touch with the right people

my mum is a childminder.
i HAVE to be police checked cos i LIVE in the same house, i don't even see the kids - occassionally when they get picked up or dropped off, as im going/coming in from work. But i get checked every year, only convictions you are allowed to have are driving offences HTH x

Criminal records bureau enquiry line 08709090811.

I would have thought anyone working with children needs to be CRB checked but bet there are loads of people out there doing parties that aren't.

Don't you have to renew it every so often ? My BF has one as he works with children & goes to lots of different schools. Im sure his is valid wherever he goes.

Thing is your wouldnt be solely responsible for the child(ren), there would be a parent or guardian present i would have thought!

apparently if you are a sole trader you can't have one of these done thats what it say on their website. you have to be with a registered company before your can get one. but still give them a ring for further information
jenny

Thankyou sooo much for bringing this to my attention.

I have actually never even thought that this was an issue as long as the parents/guardians signed a consent form I though all would be fine!

I will call the CRB tomorrow (thanks Gill for the number) and I'll find out how the land lies on ths one.

What an interesting and thought provoking thread!!!

Teri x