Legal Disclosure

[playfelt]

Not sure I would go into details about your hubby's past unless asked. The point of the criminal check is to determine that you have not done something bad to a child. To say that you have had checks done on both you and your husband to show no offences against the vulnerable sector is not lying or really not leaving anything out. What someone did many years ago does not have a bearing on the current situation and most employers would look at the same report and dismiss it as not a valid concern in the workplace.

I have issues with a family that ties so much importance to the forms since they only deal with convictions and truthfully if you can give references covering a period of years without a gap then the reality is you were not charge, jailed, gone to trial or anything so the piece of paper is just that. The references they can call to do their own confirmations are more important in my opinion.

[bright sparks]

Not sure I would go into details about your hubby's past unless asked. The point of the criminal check is to determine that you have not done something bad to a child. To say that you have had checks done on both you and your husband to show no offences against the vulnerable sector is not lying or really not leaving anything out. What someone did many years ago does not have a bearing on the current situation and most employers would look at the same report and dismiss it as not a valid concern in the workplace.

I have issues with a family that ties so much importance to the forms since they only deal with convictions and truthfully if you can give references covering a period of years without a gap then the reality is you were not charge, jailed, gone to trial or anything so the piece of paper is just that. The references they can call to do their own confirmations are more important in my opinion.

I think it gives a parent piece of mind though so I can totally understand why they would want to cover all bases. That said, a criminal record form is actually only valid for the day it is printed. If a person commits a crime tomorrow, then the record on the wall isn't going to do anything for them other than give them a false sense of security. If a parent requests a police check I oblige because really why wouldn't you? If they ask to see one I explain that they can not be updated and then enquired upon by the general public so to have a valid and up to date record check, it needs to be run every single time. I give the parents the option to have it run at their expense but as it is a personal document it belongs and stays with me. I have done this a few times and parents have both been happy with this and understand the reality of a police check and how it has to be done to actually be effective.