[matilda] Creche/Playgroup was Re: Doug the man and atw

[Chris Malins]

Teachers certainly need a police background check. I have had to have 
one in order to do trade justice work with sixth formers, and another to 
give A-level tuition. Police checks are fun.

relatives and friends would not be considered to need a check, as any 
daycare they provided would be 'unofficial' rather than courtesy of a 
business or organisation. If someone I know asks me to look after their 
kid, and we happen to be in Matilda, that would be one thing, but if 
Matilda offers a creche service, then it would be advisable to dot the 
i's and cross the t's.

Chris

R&A wrote:
>> Think the bureaucrats point was about regulation of creche space i.e.
>>  "Anyone who provides day care for other people's children (day or
>> night) for more than 2 hours in any day must be registered with the
>> Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)." Also anyone who looks
>> after kids needs to have a Police Background Check which costs a fair
>> bit afaik.
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> Does this regulation also apply to relatives or parents' friends?
> Does it mean all teachers are subject to these checks?
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> Mr Jase Malgod wrote:
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>>> atw> Maybe we could organise a creche, or kids room or .... ???
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>>> Amparo> Er... this issue was already raised by Chris among others. 
>>> Amparo> Trouble from bureaucrats, again, likely to surface. Amparo>
>>> We might have the space but not yet completely safe for kids unless
>>>  Amparo> permanently under parents' supervision... atw writes: Yeah, 
>>> well I think supervision would be necessary - and possibly
>>> fun too. But if shared amongst parents and others then overall
>>> people would get more time off parenting - esp. good for single
>>> parents. Also I don't think we have bureaucrats but admittedly
>>> consensus decision making is slow and a pain sometimes. But unless
>>> someone can suggest anything better....
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>> Think the bureaucrats point was about regulation of creche space i.e.
>>  "Anyone who provides day care for other people's children (day or
>> night) for more than 2 hours in any day must be registered with the
>> Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)." Also anyone who looks
>> after kids needs to have a Police Background Check which costs a fair
>> bit afaik. For these reasons any formal creche facility would be
>> difficult to set up, tho' for big events a kids space should be
>> possible to arrange, for example it was done for peace in the park.
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