Please put me at ease...

[2cuteboys]

It was one of my agency's requirements that my husband have one.

I would if a parent asked and were willing to pay for it. He's occasionally around and not that he's ever alone with the kids when he is, but if the parents would feel more comfortable if he had one it's fine by me. I'd rather that than a parent see him home one day and get weirded out and ask their kids probing questions.

[bright sparks]

It was one of my agency's requirements that my husband have one.

I would if a parent asked and were willing to pay for it. He's occasionally around and not that he's ever alone with the kids when he is, but if the parents would feel more comfortable if he had one it's fine by me. I'd rather that than a parent see him home one day and get weirded out and ask their kids probing questions.

I'm right their with you. This is my husbands home also and he shouldn't have to walk around in the background or shadows for fear of how e will be rice ex by dcp's but at the same time it's not okay for a parent to feel uncomfortable around my family members if their is something they can do to calm these concerns. It's not like a clearance certificate has any personal info on it either. It just says no incident recorded and his name and home address so it's not like it includes anything you would want to keep from someone. If someone declined to oblige my request for a police check if I was in the opposite role, I would end the interview right there and then, as clearly they have no respect for my need to be reassured as a parent leaving my most treasured thing in life, MY CHILD, in the care of complete strangers.