[senco-forum] Do you ever work alone with children? IMPORTANT

ATL recently pointed out to its members that ALL records held by the 
police which /could/ or might be /relevant/ must be recorded on enhanced 
disclosures. This means that if an allegation is made against a teacher 
and a police investigation follows , it will be recorded on your CRB 
form, even if you are found innocent! Potential employers will therefore 
see this information. In the current climate what Head Teacher is going 
to not be wary of taking on someone with anything recorded on their CRB 
form? In effect, if a parent/child/colleague has a grudge against you, 
they only have to construct a convincing enough allegation to result in 
the police being informed and you will be unemployable as a teacher. 
This also puts a huge burden on Heads/LEAs who in effect will be acting 
as judge and jury when deciding whether to involve the police.
I would love someone to tell me that I'm wrong, because as a SENCo and 
Learning Support Teacher I do work with children alone...for assessment 
purposes, as a member of SMT I have v upset/angry children on 
timeout....my readers come in twos, but one goes to get the next, thus 
leaving me alone for 5 minutes with another child. I see parents 
alone...Unfortunately, my classroom is very isolated , unlike the head's 
office. Up until now I have thought about the risks and made judgements 
on the basis that only in the worst case scenario of being found guilty 
by the police would anything be recorded. Now I am wondering what to do.
I know we must keep children safe, but this leaves those of us who work 
1:1 with children with BESD and their parents in an unbelievably 
vulnerable situation. Not to mention those of who on occasions refuse to 
"toe the school/department  line"
How do others work? Have I been completely naive up to now? What about 
TAs that I line manage? I would love someone to tell me that I'm wrong, 
and that there are more safeguards built in....
Kate