You’re Not Qualified To Do The School Run, Mum!

I recently asked a friend’s mother if she needed a CRB check to take care of her daughter, who is severely DisAbled. She found my question hilarious. Of course, I wasn’t completely serious. After all, why on Earth should any parent need a CRB check to care for their own child?

Ask Merthyr Tydfil council. According to this article, they told Jayne Jones, from Aberfan, that she couldn’t travel to school with her son, Alex, 14, in the council-provided taxi until she has a completed CRB check.

Alex has Cerebral Palsy and epilepsy, and requires 24 hour care. He is in danger of having an epileptic fit at any time, and his parents are the only people who have been trained to give him his anti-convulsant drugs. So, says Mrs Jones, ”  “If we can’t get in the cab with him, then he’s being put at risk.”

She explains: “I would be in no contact with any children other than my own child. “

“It would be a case of me going to school and catching a bus home and that’s it. “

Now, personally, I’ve never liked councils. Jayne Jones’ experience has only reminded me exactly why. How can Merthyr Tydfil council not allow a child’s own mother, and full time carer, to take care of him? Especially when they know that this would put his life at risk? In my opinion, it is just another example of political correctness gone crazy!

Councils are always cutting costs, and complaining about needing money. If Merthyr Tydfil council allow Mrs Jones to act as Alex’s escort, they will be saving an escort’s wages, as well as ensuring that Alex Jones’ life is not placed at risk. I believe that this is one case in which a CRB check is completely unnecessary, and would do more harm than good.

There are some things that I believe the government, and councils, should take action to control. The school run is not one of those things. If a loving mother needs a piece of paper before she can take her own child to school, then we live in a very sad world. Maybe the time when my friend’s mum will need a CRB check to live with her daughter isn’t that far away after all… 

Women will need completed CRB checks to get pregnant next!