Would you like to provide occasional care for young children under 8?
Creches provide occasional care for children under eight and are provided on particular premises on more than five days a year. They need to be registered with OfSTED where they run for more than two hours a day, even where individual children attend for shorter periods. Some are in permanent premises and care for children while parents and carers are engaged in particular activities like shopping or sport. Others are established on a temporary basis to care for children while their parents or carers are involved in time-limited activities such as conferences and exhibitions.
If childcare is offered to children under the age of eight years of age for a period or total periods of not more than two hours a day, it does not have to be registered - that is if a provision offers separate sessions which total more than two hours a day, even if different children attend each session, it must be registered.
If an organisation holds creches on less than six days in a year, they do not have to be registered, but the organisation must notify OfSTED prior to each occasion that the creche is run.
If you think you would like to work in a creche, please check our monthly bulletin for vacancies.
For further information:
Please contact the recruitment team on 01454 868674. Alternatively email: childcare.recruitment@southglos.gov.uk