When a visitor requires a DBS check
A visitor or person will require an enhanced DBS check (with children’s barred list) if they:
Work regularly during childcare hours in the home (for example a cleaner or gardener) who is present while children are being looked after and are aged 16 or over.
Visit the setting on a regular basis (a friend or relative that may visit once a week for example)
Any grown up child who may return on a regular basis either to visit or stay (for example a child who is at uni and returns to visit)
Anyone who stays over night on a regular basis
Anyone who is visiting for an extended period of time for over 1 month
Any person who assists a registered childminder with childminding of one or more children to whom they are not related, regardless of whether they are paid or not is classified as an assistant and must have the relevant training, passed any assistant checks, and be registered by tiney prior to working. Students, volunteers and apprentices working with a registered childminder are also assistants.
A visitor will not need a DBS check if they
Work in the home outside of childcare hours
Are contractors working on the house, on a one off basis
If they are staying for less than 1 month, on a one off basis
All Visitors need to be signed in and out of the Childminder's Visitor log, and they must never be left alone with the children.
Childminders must not allow anyone whose suitability has not been checked
by tiney, including through a criminal records check, to have unsupervised contact with the children being cared for.