mystery wrote:
Sounds a little odd - is it possible that what you have been told is inaccurate? But the DBS info sounds correct but maybe implies that he is not going to have adult supervision.
https://www.ucheck.co.uk/dbs-checks-for-under-18s/If it were my child, I would not be that comfortable for him to do it no adult in the room because if another child spreads an allegation amongst the group it is hard for him to defend himself their word against his and all that. But it is unlikely but he definitely should avoid the one to one situation for this reason.
Getting paid ... unusual but possible I suppose. Maybe means they are expecting a lot more volunteering out of him than would be the norm.
A primary school child of mine was once asked to clean urine off the girls' toilet floor (not hers) with a friend in return for 10 house points. They did it. I was not too impressed.
DBS checks are the now required for any 16-17 year old in a responsible role who has regular contact with a minor, adult supervision or not.
I have a prime example.
I run a martial arts school, and my 4 children are my students. However the two older ones (16&17) are also assistant instructors. So I have the craziness that my oldest 2 have to have DBS to teach their younger brothers even though I am present and I have to have one to teach my children.