The Child Minding and Day Care (Wales) Regulations 2010

Information about other persons: staff

11.  In respect of any person, other than the applicant, who looks after or is to look after relevant children —

(a) whether the person is, or is intended to be, resident in the premises;

(b) if the person is a relative of the applicant, his or her relationship to the applicant;

(c) whether the person works or is intended to work, on a full-time or on a part-time basis and, if on a part-time basis, the number of hours per week for which it is intended that the person will work;

(d) the date on which the person commenced, or is intended to commence, work;

(e) information as to that person’s qualifications, experience and skills in so far as it is relevant to the work that the person is to perform;

(f) a statement by the applicant that he or she is satisfied as to the authenticity of the qualifications, and has verified the experience and skills referred to in sub-paragraph (e);

(g) a statement by the applicant as to—

(i) the suitability as to the person’s qualifications for the work that the person is to perform,

(ii) whether the person has the skills necessary for such work, and

(iii) the person’s fitness to work and have regular contact with children under the age of eight;

(h) a statement by the person as to the state of his or her physical and mental health;

(i) a statement by the applicant that the person is physically and mentally fit for the purposes of the work which that person is to perform;

(j) a statement by the applicant as to whether he or she is satisfied as the person’s identity, the means by which the applicant has satisfied himself or herself and whether the applicant has obtained a copy of the person’s birth certificate;

(k) confirmation by the applicant that he or she has a recent photograph of the person;

(l) a statement by the applicant that he or she has obtained—

(i) two references relating to the person and that the applicant is satisfied as to the authenticity of those references,

(ii) a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in the person’s employment, and

(iii) where the person’s previous employment or position has involved work with children, so far as reasonably practicable, verification of the reason why the employment or position ended.