Not to mention here is my Working With Children Check card, that I need for the charity I work for.

[Pirate Steve]

There's an expiration date, I don't see the issuance date. How long do those things last?

[Battery Bits]

There's an expiration date, I don't see the issuance date. How long do those things last?

I don’t know every few years

But I’m required to have one for the charity I work for, I couldn’t work there if I had a criminal record

[maks]

I don’t know every few years

But I’m required to have one for the charity I work for, I couldn’t work there if I had a criminal record

According to bev, you were able to get out of a conviction by spending time in the mental ward. You've admitted you spent time in a mental ward, and that apparently does not invalidate the card, so all of this fits.