Taxi Driver Online

Without doubt.

They also now seem to report if you have had a caution, and some councils treat them as an addmission of guilt, so be warned.

As for the checks, didn't the draft 'best practise guidance' say a three year check was good enough?

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IDFIMH

I have to have a two year check. Is there really any point, once is enough for teachers.

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Former taxi driver

I think a caution IS an admission of guilt

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Taxi Driver Online
www.taxi-driver.co.uk

In the cold light of day yes, but when it's offered to you by the police in the cells it a way to get home.

But that's when your problems start with many councils.

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IDFIMH

I have to agree that once should be enough.

Once is enough for teachers, youth workers, employees of the council, foster parents etc.

Who's the real danger to children taxi drivers who pick up an child once in a blue moon and is more concerned with getting rid of the kid before he/she messes up your car stereo by pressing every button in sight, before they mess up you sun roof and electric windows by thinking it's fun to constantly up and down them and who is constantly trying to pretend they're staring in Convoy by playing on your two way radio or someone who has access to children for much longer periods of time in more controling circumstances?

I think the councils should start dealing with their own potential for trouble rather than picking on taxi drivers. But there again it does look good for them when they can say that they take child protection very seriously so they throughly check taxi drivers. They don't mention that they have teachers employed who have been through no vetting and that even those who have been vetted could have been vetted many years ago.

It's all just a big joke that costs some innocent people a whole lot of money.

Kevin
http://www.monmouthtaxis.co.uk

I agree, but what councils will/have said is that as teachers are employed by them then the police have a duty to tell them if someone becomes iffy.

That same duty doesn't apply to us, but some police forces do it anyway.

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IDFIMH

as i understand it this is the only trade whereby you redo crb every 3 years, teachers in continuos service at a school dont but if they change school they do it again, here on the norfolk / suffolk / cambs border we have a crb done by all 3 councils if we want to tender for them, no wonder theres a frigging backlog.