Quote Originally Posted by haydenjack View Post
Please, anyone with any legal insight, it would be greatly appreciated. I provide in-home child care through a regional municipality, and therefore must consent to monthly home visits and quarterly home inspections. Up until now, while a tiny annoyance, not really a big deal. I understand the need to make sure the children are safe and happy. However, I was informed today that, going forward, I must grant access to private areas of the home for inspection, ie: personal bedrooms (no child in care enters the upstairs area of my home). I have a real problem being told that I must allow a stranger to inspect my personal bedroom (and my children's personal bedrooms - and thereby invading their privacy), or find another job (that is basically what I was told). Does anyone know if their is some privacy law that would prevent this? Nobody has any business in our bedrooms without invitation!
I believe the issue is that by not having a look in private rooms they cannot prove that you are within the legal ratios because SOME people out there would hide kids for the home visit to appear within ratio. Try to remind yourself that these people coming are just coming to glance in the rooms and ensure there are no children, drugs or huge concerns...they go through so many houses each day, everyday they really could care less at seeing laundry on the floor, or what ever else is in your room. It sucks that some 'bad apples' out there ruin it for all home caregivers!