Newtochildcare
06-08-2013, 02:30 PM
Phew, that was the longest two hours of my life, but please to report that I survived it, and passed my pre-reg visit!!
Inspector was lovely, but I have to say, I found the 'typing everything I said' onto her lap top was very unnerving. So, here is a brief run down of how it went (in case any of you are interested!)
She arrived (15 mins late!) and I was fairly chuffed with myself for remembering to ask to see her ID as she walked through my door! (Although it didn't really help that I had four men and a cement mixer outside my house laying my new drive this morning!
She looked at all my ID, and certificates
Had a look round the whole house and garden. She was very clear to point out that trampolines have a minimum age of 6 years so I need to ensure children any younger do not use it! :panic: (Could I maybe see if parents are happy to allow younger kids on, and get them to sign if so?)
Started with the questions. Despite putting loads of work into question 1, as she didn't ask it in such a way I had prepared my response on the sheet, I went into total meltdown, and froze (apart from the shaking!!) I literally couldn't get any words out, and had to leave te room to get a glass of water!! Once I was suitably composed, I came back in, and she allowed me to talk through my answer how I had produced it! Phew.
The rest of the questions I seemed to do fine with, and as each question was asked, I seemed to get more relaxed, and confident, and didn't really need to refer back to the sheet half as often as I thought I would. I was confident talking through my policies, thanks to another members advice from yesterday to make sure I know them!
Throughout the meeting, she also offered a few useful bits of advice, (like adapting the medicines, or illness policy to say that I can give calpol if children have high temp, but can't get hold of parents to check)
Anyway, I am sure I have forgotten loads of other useful tips for you all, but I literally feel mentally exhausted! Early night for the kids. My ds had me awake from 3am last night, then I couldn't get back to sleep after that as was thinking about the visit! So early night for the kids and a large glass of wine for me :D
Inspector was lovely, but I have to say, I found the 'typing everything I said' onto her lap top was very unnerving. So, here is a brief run down of how it went (in case any of you are interested!)
She arrived (15 mins late!) and I was fairly chuffed with myself for remembering to ask to see her ID as she walked through my door! (Although it didn't really help that I had four men and a cement mixer outside my house laying my new drive this morning!
She looked at all my ID, and certificates
Had a look round the whole house and garden. She was very clear to point out that trampolines have a minimum age of 6 years so I need to ensure children any younger do not use it! :panic: (Could I maybe see if parents are happy to allow younger kids on, and get them to sign if so?)
Started with the questions. Despite putting loads of work into question 1, as she didn't ask it in such a way I had prepared my response on the sheet, I went into total meltdown, and froze (apart from the shaking!!) I literally couldn't get any words out, and had to leave te room to get a glass of water!! Once I was suitably composed, I came back in, and she allowed me to talk through my answer how I had produced it! Phew.
The rest of the questions I seemed to do fine with, and as each question was asked, I seemed to get more relaxed, and confident, and didn't really need to refer back to the sheet half as often as I thought I would. I was confident talking through my policies, thanks to another members advice from yesterday to make sure I know them!
Throughout the meeting, she also offered a few useful bits of advice, (like adapting the medicines, or illness policy to say that I can give calpol if children have high temp, but can't get hold of parents to check)
Anyway, I am sure I have forgotten loads of other useful tips for you all, but I literally feel mentally exhausted! Early night for the kids. My ds had me awake from 3am last night, then I couldn't get back to sleep after that as was thinking about the visit! So early night for the kids and a large glass of wine for me :D