Register for persons active in the childcare sector (PRK)
Do you work in the childcare sector? You have to be registered in the Register for persons active in the childcare sector (Personenregister kinderopvang, PRK). You also have to register if you are regularly present at a childcare location.
Who must register?
You must be included in the Register for persons active in the childcare sector (in Dutch) if you are:
- the owner or a board member of a childcare centre
- a temporary or permanent employee of a childcare centre
- temping staff, trainee, volunteer, or self-employed staff of a childcare centre
- administrative personnel with access to the children’s personal details
- a childminder at someone’s home
- living at the childcare premises
- frequently present (at least once every 3 months for half an hour or more) at childcare premises, such as a cleaner, gardener, etc.
- frequently present at other (external) locations where activities of your childcare take place, for example a sports centre
Why is there a register for persons active in the childcare sector
The register contains information on all persons active in the childcare sector. The data in the register enables continuous screening of childcare professionals (in Dutch). This helps ensure that childcare remains safe and of high quality. The childcare sector includes crèches, childminders, toddler's play groups, out-of-school childcare, and childminding agencies.
How to register?
You register online with DUO (Education Executive Agency, in Dutch) using your DigiD. You need a valid Certificate of conduct (Verklaring omtrent het gedrag, VOG), no older than 2 months. You need a VOG with screening profile 84 (zorg voor minderjarigen) and/or function aspect 86 (kinderopvang). If you have any questions on your registration, you can contact DUO (in Dutch).
Link your registration
Did you complete your registration in the PRK? You need to be linked to your childcare agency. This is done by the childcare organisation or the childminding agency.
Are you a self-employed professional in the childcare sector? Then you must link your registration yourself (in Dutch).
Changes in registration
If you you are registered in the PRK and change employers or if your role changes, you do not need to re-register. The employer must instead update your registration, or the new employer must link you and the former employer must remove the link to their organisation. You do not need to apply for a new VOG.
Childcare organisations do not need to keep a physical VOG of their registered employees in their administration.
Childminding in parental home
Are you a childminder working in people’s homes? You also need to register in the PRK. The parents, or other people that may be present during the hours you work there, do not need to register. That is the parents’ responsibility.