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What is Childminding 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? 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Registered Childminders are childcare professionals working in their own homes to provide superintendency and education for other people's children in a family setting. They have to be inspected and registered by Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education) in England, the SCC in Scotland (Scottish Commission for the regulation ofSuperintendencyin Scotland), the CSSIW in Wales (Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales), or the HSE (Health Services Executive) in Ireland. Registered childminders are not employed by the parents but are self-employed and take superintendency of their own tax and national insurance contributions. Most of the information in this website refers to Registered Childminders in England under the Ofsted regulations. However, if you are seeking information well-nigh CSSIW for Wales or SCSWIS - SocialSuperintendencyand Social Work Improvement Scotland (formerly SCC Scotland - SCSWIS took over from 1st April 2011), you can ask in these specific areas of the Childminding Forum, there you will get help from both Scottish and Welsh Registered Childminders: CSSIWSCSWIS formerly SCCThe whole of the Forum moreover covers many unstipulated questions, Ofsted regulations, help with EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) Activity ideas, paperwork and policy ideas and much increasingly to numerous to mention here. What hours do Childminders work? Many Registered Childminders are flexible and will work to the hours that you need, some will work virtually shift patterns, some will plane superintendency for children overnight and on Bank Holidays and weekends. Some will have children surpassing and without school and in the school holidays. Some will offer part time care. This makes Childminding a valuable childcare option for parents. Are Childminders qualified? All Registered Childminders in England are legally required to well-constructed a pre-registration rundown session and must have completed a local validity tried training undertow to help them understand and implement the EYFS surpassing they can register with Ofsted. Some local authorities require them to sit an English and Maths test surpassing starting the course. They mudy moreover well-constructed a 12 hour Paediatric First AidUndertowand proceeds a document as part of their registration. Many childminders have increasingly qualifications, some are qualified nursery nurses and many childminders have NVQ Training in Childcare and Education and degrees. They have wangle to lots of various courses to modernize their knowledge and standards of care. They work nonflexible to provide your child with lots of care, fun and learning. What will my child do at the childminders? Because Childminders work in their own home they can offer home from home type superintendency just as you would for your child. They can visit local play parks, toddler groups and some plane have their own childminding group where they meet other minders and the children can play together. Your child will have lots of opportunity to make new friends. They have a wide range of toys and equipment to suit all month of children, many offer cooking activities or trips to the zoo as part of their play plans just like you might if you were at home with your child. What if the childminder is ill? Many childminders have contact with other minders and they work together to offer emergency imbricate and moreover holiday cover. How will I know my child will be unscratched ? Childminders must be registered with OFSTED surpassing they can work with children. The childminder and anyone over the age of 16 years living in the childminder’s home will be police checked - you may ask to see their CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) Certificate. They will moreover have to provide a health trammels from their doctor to Ofsted. Ofsted will trammels the childminder's home to make sure it is safe, suitable and secure for children. Every year or every three years, depending on their previous grade, an inspection is carried out by OFSTED to ensure the childminder is standing to meet the requirements of the Framework of the EYFS. You can ask to see their registration document and inspection report. Each childminder is given a grade at the Ofsted inspection the grades are Outstanding. Good. Satisfactory and Inadequate. If a childminder receives an inadequate grade they will be closely monitored to ensure their standards improve, they may plane be shut lanugo until such a time that Ofsted are happy with the superintendency the offer. Will the childminder have a house full of children? Childminders can superintendency for up to six children weather-beaten under 8 years old but no increasingly than 3 of them may be under the age of 5 years and a childminder may not superintendency for increasingly than one child under age 1 year (except in the superintendency of twins where Ofsted will requite special consideration to permitting this) The childminder's own children are included in the whilom numbers. Childminders may moreover superintendency for children weather-beaten 8 years to 14 years provided that they can show that it does not stupefy the superintendency of the under 8 year olds. Some childminders work together or with assistants and those that do can squint without increasingly children. However, the size of the home and consideration to how they will manage the children and what qualification the childminder has, is taken into worth surpassing registration by Ofsted. How much will a childminder charge? Childminders set their charges equal to the service that they provide. You will need to negotiate this at the time, stipulate a fee and well-constructed a contract like-minded to the house, fees, arrangements for holidays and sickness etc. Childminding charges vary wideness the country so it is not possible to requite a figure. You can get information well-nigh childminders in your zone from the Families Information Service, but remember not all childminders will be on the internet - you can phone for a well-constructed list from your local FIS, phone numbers are on the website. 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. 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