Council backs down on CRB checking grown-up lecturers
How about....
...some 'corporate policies' on common sense?!
I know both a social worker and a librarian - both very genuine dedicated people - with decades of service behind them. In both cases they can fairly be said to have built up the services they provide *despite* their employers rather than because of them, often with substantial amounts of unpaid overtime. They're both quitting because they are sick to death of the culture of political correctness, jobs and contracts for the boys, and management by bullying.
To be told they needed to submit to CRB checks, to continue to work in jobs they'd devoted their lives to, was not in fact the last straw. BUT... the nature of the information held in those records most certainly was, as they were led to understand that every bit of innuendo, rumour and anonymous gossip might well follow them forever. The social worker was even cautioned by a colleague that resigning on principle might simply "arouse more suspicion" !!
At this rate, how long before - either by way of resignation on principle or being hounded out by any streetwise kid shouting "abuse!" - we simply have no teachers, librarians, left? Leaving the field open for .... whom?
I regard myself as a normal decent chap. But these days I wouldn't touch with a bargepole any job involving children - it's just not worth the candle any more.
