Ok, have been a bit of an idiot. Am registering as a CM and CRB check is taking ages to come through, but I was told by Ofsted should def have it by beginning of August at the latest. So, I have a child settling in this week (less than 2 hrs a day) so I kind of forgot about it and let them settle in thinking the paperwork would all come through and be fine, but it hasn't and when I called Ofsted and then the CRB today they were far less reassuring and said that whilst they would chase it with the police next week they could only request it was done within 10 days but had no power to enforce that this happened.
So, whilst next week the child will only be settling in for 2 hours pd again, from the week after he was meant to be doing far more hours and I feel like I've completely screwed everything up. They are really lovely parents and we all get on well, so it feels so hopeless at the moment.
I need to speak to the parents next week and let them know that I can't take the child for more than 2 hours pd until the CRB checks have been done, but could I offer to nanny him instead until all the checks come through? I know that you don't need to be registered to nanny, so if it was just for a few weeks would that work ok?
Any help would be appreciated, and please don't shout at me too much, I know I've been an idiot.