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childminders page Share | Home and Contact What is Childminding? What is a Childminder? What hours do Childminders work Are Childminders Qualified What will my child do at the Childminders? What if my Childminder is ill? How will I know my child is safe? Will the Childminder have a house full of children? How much will a Childminder charge? I need increasingly help/advice How do I wilt a Childminder? Can men wilt Childminders? Do I need any special qualifications? Is there a tuition to register? What happens without I've applied? Will it take long to wilt registered? How many children can I superintendency for? Can I get financial help? Do I need insurance? I need increasingly help/advice How do I segregate a Childminder?Increasinglyhelp for Parents What should I do when my child starts with the Childminder? Tax credits and funding What is a Home Carer? RetainersIncreasinglyhelp for Childminders Getting merchantry and razzmatazz Registering as a FoodMerchantryFood Hygiene Training Other Training e-books by Sarah Neville What equipment will I need? What sort of supplies should I prepare? What activities should I do? What is the EYFS Policies and Procedures SEF (Self Evaluation Form) Data Protection Preparing for your Ofsted Inspection Observations I need increasingly help/advice On-line coursesSuppliesHygiene ChildVituperateAwareness Foundation Core Childhood Obesity and HENRY Integrated Working and CAF Domestic AbuseIncreasinglyCourses Childminding Forum Product Reviews Book Reviews Recipes Activity ideas and FREE downloads You Tube Activities Need your own Website? Useful Information Links Our Privacy Policy and Cookie Information Disclaimer © Copyright: childmindinghelp How do I get business? First make sure you well-constructed a form and send it when to be listed on your local validity website, you should have been given information at your rundown session. If not click here to search for your LA: LocalValidityOnce you are registered it is a good idea to find out if there is a Childminding Group in your area. Here you will be worldly-wise to meet with other Childminders who will be happy to share their experiences and moreover pass on any enquiries for childcare that they cannot take on themselves. If you need some merchantry cards Vista Print offer self-ruling merchantry cards and other useful items to promote your business.Ventilateyour vacancies in local shops, post offices, doctor's surgeries and clinics. Make sure your advert stands out and has your contact details - it's wondrous the number of adverts that forget such a crucial thing as a phone number! Childcare.co.uk a unconfined way to be found by parents, they are  the UK's largest childcare search site and offer a self-ruling to register service designed to help match parents with local childcare providers. If you have any questions come withal to the Forum where they will be answered by forum members or by a member of the Childcare.co.uk team. Is there a merchantry park or offices near you? Try making a small flyer razzmatazz your merchantry and ask if you can leave them in their front office. Many businesses are happy to do this. Ask at your local school if you can ventilate on their notice board. Many school are now keen to get childminders involved as part of the governments wrap virtually superintendency initiative. I've been told I need to register as a supplies business, is that true? Since January 2006 there has been a requirement for childminders to register as a supplies business. All you need to do is contact your local environmental health department for increasingly information. They came to visit me without I had unromantic to register as a supplies merchantry and it is nothing to worry well-nigh at all. The inspector was very nice and was keen to requite help and advice. From October 2009 you can obtain a pack tabbed "SaferSuppliesBetterMerchantryfor Childminders" a supplies safety management pack it helps you understand well-nigh supplies preparation and unscratched handling of food. . Find out how to get one hereSuppliesStandards Agency Do I need to do a supplies hygiene course? While it is not compulsory at the moment it certainly shows good practice. There is an online undertow here:SuppliesHygiene, it is a self-study training undertow fulfilling the syllabus of the Level 2 Award inSuppliesSafety (formerly known as Foundation or BasicSuppliesHygiene at Level 1). These courses have been washed-up and reviewed by forum member Pauline: I fully expected this to be quite nonflexible and had intended to do it over two days. But once I had started I decided to protract while it was all fresh in my mind. You go through various training sections which imbricate things from types and causes of contamination, unscratched storage, cleaning and disinfection, temperature control, hazard analysis. It took me two hours of gentle studying and there are small multiple nomination tests withal the way to help you see if you have taken it in You must well-constructed all the training surpassing you can protract to the test. You can save it and go when as often as you like, spread it over several days if you wish, you can plane go when over the training if you want. At the end there is a 30 question multiply nomination test which you can take up to 2 hours over (it took me well-nigh 15 minutes) you need to proceeds a mark of 75% correct to pass, if you don't get 75 then you can go when into the training and take the test then at a later time until you pass. Most are just worldwide sense. When you have passed the test the document will be posted to you within 10 days, mine arrived in two days. Really enjoyed doing it, learnt some interesting things and the weightier thing for me was that I didn't have to requite up a day of my weekend or evening to do it. I simply fitted it into my day to suit myself. Works on both PC and Apple Macintosh/OSX What other courses should I do? There are many courses available, such as Early Years Foundation Stage, play, preparing for Ofsted etc. and your local CIS will be worldly-wise to teach you of any local to you. There are moreover other on-line courses available. Pauline has washed-up the Foundation - Awareness of ChildVituperateand Neglect. This is her wits of doing the course: They say it takes on stereotype virtually 2 hours but I spent well-nigh 3 hours spread over two days. You can take longer if you wish, it's entirely at your own pace and you can save it and return at the same point later. I found it easy to follow and the instructions were clear. The information is presented in variegated ways - you listen, read and take small tests withal the way.Although I had washed-up Child Protection Courses in the past I still found there were some things I'd either forgotten or didn't know. I think it would be a unconfined introduction for anyone who has had no ChildVituperateAwareness training. At the end of the undertow you should be worldly-wise to: Understand the various types of child vituperate and neglect Identify the signs and what to squint for Know how to ask questions if you suspect a child is stuff longwinded know what steps to take if you suspect vituperate is happening know what happens without a referral is made to Children's Service (Social Care) Know what to do if a child or an sultana discloses vituperate You can go when through the training at any point if you finger you want to refresh your memory. At the end of the training and once you are confident to take it, there is a test, mainly multiple choice. You need 75% to pass, if you goof you can go when to the training and protract until you finger happy to try again. When you pass you are then directed to a print page where you can print off a certificate. As well as the Foundation there is now 'Safeguarding Children Awareness of ChildVituperateand Neglect CORE' Introduction to Safeguarding Children is flipside undertow that might interest you Works on both PC and Apple Macintosh/OSX What equipment will I need? It really depends on what age of children you will be caring for but if you plan to superintendency for all month you will need a variety of equipment, however not all is required, it depends on how you can protect the children and prove to Ofsted whether you need a fireguard or stairgate etc. but for the sake of a list here goes: stairgates, buggy or pushchair, fireguard, car seats, booster seats, waffly mat, upper chair, child size knives, forks, spoons, cups, beakers etc. Maybe a BuggyWorkbenchif you have a toddler and victual or double/triple pushchair. These things can be gathered over time and you don't need to go out and buy them straight away! What sort of supplies should I serve the children? This will depend on whether the children have any dietary or cultural needs, you should discuss this with the parents during your initial meetings. I am currently towers a database of tried and tested recipes. If you have any recipes you would like to add please let me know. Current recipes can be found using the link to the Recipes Page on the left or go uncontrived by clicking here Recipes page. What sort of things should I do with the children? Do whatever you would with your own children. Have a large selection of unstipulated toys, outdoor equipment, crafts items and games etc. Visit the shops, parks, toddler groups, childminding group, zoo etc. Make sure your toys and activities reflect the diversity of the world, not only in skin colour and powerlessness but in culture and lifestyle too. There are video tutorials for simply crafts work on YouTube,click here to visit. There are lots of ideas on the Activity ideas and Resources link on the left or go uncontrived by clicking here,Self-rulingChildminder's Resources Sarah, a member and moderator of my Childminding Forum, has produced a booklet of multicultural activities for pre-schoolers. She sells this booklet through her website. It is an spanking-new resource with 5 chapters covering:PreliminariesInformation - Global Awareness Generic Festival Planning Festival Dates A Year of Activities - 24 planned activities (2 per month) Reference Section She moreover produces booklets on EYFS, Planning and Observation. Themes are moreover her speciality and she will be producing a pack based on specific themes soon - for increasingly information and to contact Sarah - click here I don't understand what the Early Years Foundation Stage is. From 1st September 2008 all childcare providers and reception matriculation teachers in England must work to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The Statutory Framework for the EYFS only applies to England. Other parts such as Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man have their own arrangements for childcare and early years education. EYFS does not replace the Every Child Matters framework - it's aim is to help young children unzip the 5 Every Child Matters outcomes - staying safe, stuff healthy, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieving economic well-being. EYFS does replace Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage, the B23 Matters framework and the National Standards for Under 8's Daycare and Childminding but elements of all of these are still found within EYFS. Find our increasingly here: Forum EYFS Section. EYFS Revisions - From 1st September 2012 the EYFS has been revised and new procedures must be followed. This is going to be a troublemaking time for some childminders and we are doing our weightier to bring all the latest information as we get it, you will find lots of help, advice, information and answers to questions on the EYFS section of the Forum, you don't have to be a member to read but by joining you can ask your own questions and get uncontrived help. Whatever you do don't stress well-nigh it, we are all here to help each other through the transition. Find out increasingly here Childminding Forum/EYFS moreover unstipulated help with childminding can be found in the main childminding sections See moreover theSelf-rulingDownloads zone of the Childminding Help Resources, there are many documents and information sheets misogynist to help you The EYFS looks at how children in those settings should learn develop and be cared for. It describes how everyone in those settings should work with you to make sure your child reaches their fullest potential. There are seven areas of learning and development. All areas of learning and minutiae are important and inter-connected. Three areas are particularly crucial for igniting children’s marvel and enthusiasm for learning, and for towers their topics to learn, form relationships and thrive. These three areas, the prime areas, are: Communication and language Physical minutiae Personal, social and emotional minutiae Children must moreover be supported in the four specific areas, through which the three prime areas are strengthened and applied. The specific areas are: Literacy Mathematics Understanding the world Expressive arts and diamond Children should receive a good wastefulness each day of organised activities, self-ruling play and quiet time, both indoors and outdoors (if you don't have an outdoor play zone you can use a park for play and walks). You should aim to provide a wastefulness of child-initiated and adult-led activities to ensure that all 7 areas of minutiae are covered dependent on the child’s individual stage of development. It is important that children enjoy their time with you and activities should depend upon how children finger on the day, what their interests are etc. These should be used to plan children’s activities The four principles that should shape any practice are; Every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured Children learn to be strong and self-sustaining through positive relationships Children learn and develop well in enabling environments, in which their experiences respond to their individual needs and there is a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers Children develop and learn in variegated ways and at variegated rates. The framework covers the education and superintendency of all children in early years provision, including children with special educational needs and disabilities So is it weightier to have Policies and Procedures? Childminders do not have to have written policies under EYFS BUT they will be required to explain their procedures for example, on safeguarding children, or medication procedure so it's weightier to have them written lanugo but it isn't a legal requirement.Having a set of written policies is a way of ensuring that parents have all the information they need well-nigh your business. They help to stave any misunderstanding. If, for instance you have a Sickness Policy detailing that you cannot superintendency for sick children and what arrangements a parent must make if their child is ill, then it avoids the embarrassment of parents turning up with poorly children and having to be turned away. Parents know exactly where they stand and you know that the information is there to hand rather than having to remember all the rules to remind parents verbally. Don't waste money ownership ready written policies, you can get ideas in the forum Policies and Procedures section, someone is unseat to have the platonic wording or plane be willing to share a reprinting with you. I have heard I need to well-constructed a SEF, what is that? A SEF (Self Evaluation Form) is a detailed evaluation of your setting, if you can fill one out and alimony it updated it is an spanking-new way for the Ofsted inspector to read well-nigh you and your setting prior to your inspection. You can well-constructed your SEF online or on paper.Increasinglydetails can be found on the Ofsted website, including how to get a security token to indulge you to fill out your form on line: Ofsted Self Evaluation Form details If you need help completing your SEF there is a specific section on the Childminding Forum where members will be glad to help - Self Evaluation Form Section Someone said I should inform my home insurance visitor I'm minding, is that right? Yes it is, you should moreover tell your car insurance visitor too. If your home is owned by a housing undertone you should trammels with them that you are permitted to run a merchantry from your home. Some insurance companies will not insure you if you are a childminder or impose upper premiums surpassing they will. I have heard you should register with Data Protection is this true? Yes, in unrepealable circumstances you must register with the ICO - Information Commissioner's Office, expressly if you alimony information stored on your computer. There is increasingly information here: Registering with ICO I'm due to have my Ofsted inspection soon, how do I prepare? It is important to spend some time preparing for Ofsted inspections considering the grade you get will last for 3 years and you want the weightier you can achieve. Start by having a squint through your EYFS Pack, that gives details of all the areas that they will be inspecting and will help you to find what you need to do or what you have to meet for the Welfare Requirements. Make sure you have completed your on-line Self Evaluation Form (SEF) you should have been sent details by Ofsted on how to wangle this with a special lawmaking tabbed your 'Token'. If you have not received it, or you want to well-constructed a paper version then you should contact Ofsted. Try to have all your paperwork together, so you know where to find it and don't get in a panic. For instance alimony any certificates (first aid insurance etc) together in a folder and moreover any policies and procedures so that you can get them out to show. Don't forget that you must exhibit your registration document as this is a condition of registration. The inspector will be checking versus the Welfare Requirements and the Framework for EYFS. Have a squint through the pack and try to think how you meet them. You could show your sickness policy, healthy meal plans or tell how you alimony your home wipe and hygienic or how you teach children well-nigh personal hygiene. Say how you discuss and use road safety when you are out, or tell her well-nigh the safety equipment you have in your home, how you trammels toys for forfeiture and that they are suitable for the age of the children and meet proper standards. Anything really that you do regarding safety Show them any work the children have washed-up and how you exhibit it or share it with parents. Photos of outings or activities. Details of your activities that help children to enjoy and unzip i.e. cooking, gardening etc. Show how you let the children help with decisions on what activities you will be planning, what activities you do that help children finger good well-nigh themselves, how you find out well-nigh each child's preliminaries and use resources to positively promote their culture or lifestyle. Show the toys and books you have that reflect diversity and requite the children positive role models of people like themselves and people variegated to themselves. Show how you exhibit or share children's work. There are lots of other ways you can show how you meet the requirements, the whilom is intended just to requite you some ideas. If you have children to mind at the time of your inspection then just get on with looking without them, don't ignore them for the sake of talking to the inspector, it's your job to superintendency for them and the inspector will want to see how you do that. Although some of this might sound a bit daunting, really all it is is showing what you do already, make sure you point out all the things you do for the children so that the inspectors knows, otherwise she might miss something important. Just be yourself and you will be fine. I've been told I should do observations and assessments but I don't know how. Observations and assessments can help you plan and prepare activities specifically for the needs of the children in your superintendency and are a requirement of the EYFS. Read well-nigh Observations and Assessments and how to do them by clicking here I'd like a website. Do you need a website to ventilate your Childminding merchantry but don't know how? Or perhaps you know how but just don't have the time to work on it. Can't sire to pay for a professional merchantry website? For increasingly information on how I build websites for childminders, use the link 'Need your own website?" or go uncontrived now What if my questions haven't been answered here? Come withal to the Childminding Forum where you can talk to experienced childminders and those just starting out - they have probably experienced what you are going through and will be glad to help. You can ask as many questions as you like, you will be made most welcome. Use the sawed-off link on the left when you've finished reading these pages or go uncontrived now Custom Search We use cookies to make this site as useful as possible. They are small text files placed in your browser to track usage of our site but they don't tell us who you are. By standing to use this site you are consenting to cookies stuff placed on your computer. Find out increasingly here: Cookies in Use