Other training may also need to be funded. An additional fee may be required by your insurance company. If you wish the assistant to wear ‘uniform’ this will also need paying for. All childcare providers must also have regard to the Governments statutory guidance document Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 and if there are concerns about a child's safety or welfare, you must use your LSCB’s guidance to obtain help for the child concerned.

Following inspections of providers on the Childcare Register, we will produce a letter setting out whether the provider meets the requirements of that register. You should think about how you handle your planning when working with assistants - how do they know what each child’s individual learning is? Are you likely to need a planning meeting? How would this be managed? This helpline for children and young people is manned 24 hours a day and 7 days each week by experienced and specially trained staff and volunteers who will offer to share information with the Police. the number and ages of children that childcare is being provided for (if applicable) or the maximum numbers of children to be looked after (when the no numbers and ages condition is set) No. We are keen correct this misconception! We are clear that what children learn in the early years is incredibly important for their future success.

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If a provider is registered on the Childcare Register only, they may be referred to as a later years provider, for example a later years childminder or later years childminder agency. Which registers to apply for If the information relates to concerns about a provider, we will use it to decide on the appropriate next steps. These may be: A full list of the matters that could disqualify an individual from registering as a childminder agency is provided in The Childcare (Disqualification) and Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

A designated safeguarding lead needs to be available all the time the setting is open- for childminders working alone. for a committee set up solely or mainly to run childminder agencies, all committee members will be registered individuals and must be included in the application If you are starting up a childminding business in England and want to provide food/drink you must inform Ofsted who will automatically register you with the Food Standards Agency. In Wales and Northern Ireland you must register with your local authority or district council. Advice for childminders Scotland can be found on Food Standards Scotland information connected with any enforcement action taken against the provider (notices of intention, notices of decision or welfare requirements notices) Local authorities have particular duties in relation to registered early years provision. These duties include:

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The Childcare Register is for those that provide childcare for children from 1 September after their fifth birthday up to the age of 8 and over. You can find more information about the role of childminder agencies in the Department for Education’s policy paper. The legal basis for regulation

A childcare provider registered with an agency can be the manager of a nursery as long as they are not the registered person or make up the registered body. Resigning as a childminder agency does not affect any future application you may wish to make to provide childcare or to run a childminder agency.Where the registered person is an organisation, and the organisation’s main purpose is to operate childminder agencies, the individuals legally responsible for that organisation are the registered individuals. They may need to register with Ofsted as part of the agency’s application. For example: Inspectors want to know what it is like for your child at their setting. They will spend most of their time observing the daily routines and activities the childminder provides. This helps the inspectors to judge how well the childminder promotes children’s learning, progress, safety and well-being. It also means that they can tell the childminder what they are doing well and what they need to improve. One of the main advantages of using a childminder is that your child will be one of a small group. This means they'll have plenty of individual attention, and their activities can be tailored to their needs. All childminders who provide food are responsible under food law to ensure that food is prepared, stored and handled in compliance with the food hygiene regulations Ofsted-registered childminders, home childcarers and other childcare providers included on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register