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Nanny CRB check - how long does it take?

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goldenoldie · 29/06/2006 15:56

Spoke to my local (London) SureStart Approval centre today. Woman told me it usually takes 4 - 6 weeks to get a CRB check done for nanny.

But, this contradicts what they told a friend last week, - that it takes about 10 weeks!

Which is correct?

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bluebear · 07/09/2006 09:38

Let us know how long it takes Nannynick - Last time I read the site it said to leave 16 weeks for renewal

nannynick · 07/09/2006 07:15

Just filled in the form to re-register on the CCA scheme... wonder how long it will take this time. Wonder if approval time will get faster once CCA is taken over by Ofsted.

bluebear · 06/09/2006 14:21

Def. agree with you there Uwila - would prefer childcare to be deducted from my gross salary rather than net!
And would be nicer if the nanny approval scheme was faster! (We used our vouchers at a nursery before we employed nanny and that was quite straightfoward, it's this approval business that is the pain).

Oh for tax-free childcare

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Uwila · 06/09/2006 08:40

It's not that £1000 (or £2000) a year wouldn't bring joy to my life. But, I don't understand why the journey to obtaining this has sooooo much hassle. And why do we need to take a salary sacrifice to get this? Why do we need to pay money to get our nannies into the scheme... and so on. Seems an awful lot of unnecessary expense and hassle to me. Why not just give me a tax break when I hire my childcare (no matter what that is -- childminder, nusery, nanny, etc.) That's my gripe.

No wonder people prefer tax evasion. So much easier just to give nanny cash. (not that I do this, but I'm sure many people do)

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bluebear · 05/09/2006 22:34

We must have been lucky then - Accor and Busy Bees both wanted a copy of the letter from Surestart which has the Approval number on it (and confused nanny by calling it her 'certificate' - it's just a letter)...but Accor have been ok ( just one phone call asking for the CAS letter - which wasn't mentioned on the application form), and Busy Bees have been great ( our vouchers had the wrong name on them and they talked nanny through the whole process) - Both put the money in her account PDQ after the CAS letter was faxed.
Still think hassle is worth 2 grand - but maybe I'm a tightarse

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goldenoldie · 05/09/2006 22:03

Vouchers have been a bloody pain. They have lost anny's application twice, and took 2 weeks to send back one lot of vouchers she did not sign.

Now they are asking for a surestart approval form and not just the registration number. Accor are hopeless......................

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bluebear · 05/09/2006 18:20

Jura- no, we had no delay between CRB and CAS letter. But I was ringing CAS and badgering a lot. Hope it gets sorted very soon.

Uwila - I generally agree with your posts, but disagree re: vouchers being 'more trouble than they're worth'. Our vouchers save us £2000 per year which (although there have been hassles getting nanny's CAS etc) is def. worth the hassle to us.

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Uwila · 05/09/2006 10:59

He hem.... Have I ever mentioned that these vouchers are more trouble than they are worth? And that they do more to give the government credit for helping us when in fact they haven't done squat.....

I couldn't resist. I'm leaving now...

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goldenoldie · 06/08/2006 15:25

CRB check arrived back on 4 August - less than a month (she had interview on 14 July).

Now we just need to get her registered to take the Accor vouchers.................

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goldenoldie · 01/08/2006 22:26

Bluebear - thanks for the info. Will post when our nanny gets hers - will be a month since her interview next week.

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bluebear · 31/07/2006 16:08

Our nanny received her reg number at last - it's taken 7.5 weeks from the 'interview' with the CAS (and about 5 months since we employed her eek). She has just filled in her Accor form and sent off the first lot of vouchers so we'll see how long it takes for them to be credited (not due in her account until 31st Aug so she shouldn't end up out of pocket)
Now to work out how to use the Busy Bees ones.

bluebear · 28/07/2006 18:13

GoldenOldie - once she has her reg number she has to register with the voucher companies as well (dh and I get vouchers from accor and busy bees so it's twice as complicated) - I think with accor you can send your application along with your first lot of vouchers..I've already printed out the application for her..just waiting for the magic number..We are going to give her this next month's pay in vouchers as soon as she gets her number as we don't know how long it will take between sending them off and the money appearing in her account.

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goldenoldie · 27/07/2006 21:55

Bluebear - let us know how long it takes to get approved registration number. Once she has this can you just give her the vouchers, or does she have to register with them too?

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alexh · 27/07/2006 11:51

15 weeks and counting....apparently its all to do with the backlog at the local police station.......

bluebear · 26/07/2006 22:40

We've got the CRB disclosure ! Hurrah - it was 6 weeks and 5 days from the 'interview'... and now we are waiting for the CAS to give nanny her 'approved' status..
(I have rung the CAS 3 times over the last 3 weeks but they just told me that they had no way of speeding up the CRB check)

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goldenoldie · 18/07/2006 19:42

I spoke to the CRB to check their turnaround-time. They quoted me 85% within 4 weeks. They said hold-ups were usually due to multiple addresses being checked, thus the fewer addresses the less likely it is to be subject to a delay?

Don't know if that is true, but that is what CRB people said.

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carol3 · 18/07/2006 00:10

mine have never taken longer than 3 weeks i must be lucky

bluebear · 17/07/2006 23:11

Did you ring the Childcare Approval Scheme or the actual CRB people? - Is it possible to ring the CRB? - I've been looking at their website and it says that it gets 90% of enhanced checks done in 4 weeks - why do I only hear of ones that take longer?
According to the website, they do the basic check, but the local police have to do the 'enhanced' bit - and so this bit is out of 'their' control and takes longer (depending on how busy the police are)
Dh is wanting to stop getting childcare vouchers but I don't want to lose the tax saving, s'all getting a bit stressful!

alexh · 17/07/2006 14:31

I have chased them up about 10 times as has she. Cannot get any sense out of anyone. The even stranger thing is I am 100% sure there is nopthing wrong and she has already got an up to date notmal CRB check - its just the enhanced one that seems to be taking time.It's driving me nuts.....

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goldenoldie · 17/07/2006 13:53

Easter??????????

Have you spoken to the CRB people to find out what the hold-up is? Sorry - you can't ring, but nanny can.

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alexh · 17/07/2006 08:38

I have been waiting since Easter............