Husband as my assistant

[kime]

Hi everyone, I am considering having my husband working with me as my assistant. He obviously has had a CRB done when I registered last year so that part is covered. He has just done a first aid course (but not a paediatric one).

Is there anything else? Do I just write & notify Ofsted?

TIA xx

[Mummits]

Hi everyone, I am considering having my husband working with me as my assistant. He obviously has had a CRB done when I registered last year so that part is covered. He has just done a first aid course (but not a paediatric one).

Is there anything else? Do I just write & notify Ofsted?

TIA xx

It might be worth getting independent financial advice on whether or how much to pay him or whether to have him as a volunteer. If you want him to be able to be left alone with any children ever he will need a paediatric first aid certificate.

[unalindura77]

I read that if they are to be alone with children they will need Safeguarding too and written permission from parents, I saw it on one of the checkists 'Assistants' on the Pacey members page, have a look at it.

[bunyip]

I read that if they are to be alone with children they will need Safeguarding too and written permission from parents, I saw it on one of the checkists 'Assistants' on the Pacey members page, have a look at it.

This is interesting.

Safeguarding courses have to be approved by our LA's. My own LA only approves its own in-house safeguarding course, but won't accept CM assistants on the course (except to fill up last-minute drop-outs) because the LA says it's not necessary for assistant to do safeguarding.

Hmmmm......... pacey's checklist wouldn't have something to do with pacey selling an online training course would it? No - of course not. How cynical of me to suggest...............

[unalindura77]

This is interesting.

Safeguarding courses have to be approved by our LA's. My own LA only approves its own in-house safeguarding course, but won't accept CM assistants on the course (except to fill up last-minute drop-outs) because the LA says it's not necessary for assistant to do safeguarding.

Hmmmm......... pacey's checklist wouldn't have something to do with pacey selling an online training course would it? No - of course not. How cynical of me to suggest...............

Ahhhh! I see

[bunyip]

Ahhhh! I see

In short, I would check what's required by your LA and Ofsted (the latter probably have some vague flim-flam about assistants having to be "suitably trained, blah-di-blah..."

IME pacey, many DO's and a lot of the wider childcare industry practitioners struggle to differentiate between "must", "should" and "that'd be nice, wouldn't it."