Hello,
I'm new here and hopefully will be a new childminder soon. I'm not sure whether i'm posting in the right section or not but thought i'd say Hello :waving:
To introduce myself i'm a mum of three older children, one dog, three cats, oh, and a husband :blush: and have been a nanny for many years. However, the constant changes i've faced with nannying over the past few years have prompted me to look into childminding :clapping: I live in a housing association house. I finished a degree in early years education the year before last year which ofsted inform me is more than enough to become a regisitered childminder with them and that I will not need to complete a childminding course. Of course this means i'm being thrown in at the deep end with no real idea on what's involved in becoming a childminder :( I'm hoping to find some help here and the childcare.co.uk site has been really helpful in providing lots of info :)
I'm at the beginning of the process, i've applied to ofsted but am waiting for the forms for the dbs's for my family members to be signed so that I can upload them. And obtained permission from my HA to have a childminding business from my home.
I look forwards to chatting with some of you soon :)