Would you like to work in your own home? Would you like to work hours to suit your own family? Have you thought about registering as a childminder?
If you are interested in registering to become a childminder you need to contact South Gloucestershire's Children and Young People Information Service on 01454 868008. You will then be invited to attend a FREE, pre-registration information and briefing session. The briefing will give you all the information that you will need to help you decide if childminding is for you. These run at approximately 6-weekly intervals and give advice on how to register with Ofsted, including how to fill out your application form and what help and support you will receive.
Should you decide to become a childminder, you will need to attend a paediatric first aid course and
attend an Introduction to Homebased Childcare Course (IHCC) which is unit 1 of a level 3 qualification. These run for nine weeks, with one 2 hour session each week, normally held during the evening. The course covers the following topics:
- Keeping children safe
- Establishing routines for childminding play
- Providing basic play and other activities for children in the home-based setting
- Helping children to settle into your childminding setting and managing children's behaviour
- Initiating relationships with parents and treating children with equal concern
- Child protection
- The business side of childminding
- The role of the Learning and Schools Effectiveness Section in supporting childminders
- EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) Care, Learning and Development
Support for childminders
During your first year a Lead Childminder will provide support after which ongoing support is provided by the Childminding Development Team to prospective and registered childminders. Look at our 'Support for childminders' page which you can link to from the 'More in this topic' part of this page for more information.
Latest news
Since 1 April 2005 the Childminding Development Workers have supported childminders in South Gloucestershire to achieve above average Outstanding and Good reports as judged by Ofsted.
The hard work and dedication of the development workers has directly contributed to improving childminding services for the families of South Gloucestershire and the children that attend those settings. The quality of this work can be seen in the inspection outcomes.
The team has had a significant impact in improving the quality of childcare for childminders in South Gloucestershire and work hard to promote the role of childminders in providing a valuable service to parents requiring flexible high quality childcare.
Still interested?
For further information and to book your place on a pre-registration briefing session, please contact the Children and Young People Information Service on 01454 868008.