sarah707
30-01-2015, 11:54 AM
this is an Ofsted hot potato at the moment.
If you work with staff (any staff - assistants, volunteers, family members, co-childminders) you MUST ask them regularly whether there are any reasons why they OR anyone with whom they live, might be disqualified from working with children.
This should cover both health reasons (for them) and safeguarding reasons (for them and their family members). You MUST record their reply - because as long as it's clear you have asked and they haven't told you, you are not liable if they are lying.
More information in this blog - Childminders and staff suitability - (http://independentchildminders.weebly.com/assistants/childminders-and-staff-suitability)
this is the latest guidance from NDNA - http://www.ndna.org.uk/Resources/NDNA/Public%20Factsheets/DisqualificationFS.pdf
This article from Nursery World is worth a read - NDNA calls for clarity on nursery staff 'disqualified by association' | Nursery World (http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1142015/ndna-clarity-disqualificationneeded)
Please share on your local groups. We have childminders getting this wrong and being graded inadequate... thank you.
If you work with staff (any staff - assistants, volunteers, family members, co-childminders) you MUST ask them regularly whether there are any reasons why they OR anyone with whom they live, might be disqualified from working with children.
This should cover both health reasons (for them) and safeguarding reasons (for them and their family members). You MUST record their reply - because as long as it's clear you have asked and they haven't told you, you are not liable if they are lying.
More information in this blog - Childminders and staff suitability - (http://independentchildminders.weebly.com/assistants/childminders-and-staff-suitability)
this is the latest guidance from NDNA - http://www.ndna.org.uk/Resources/NDNA/Public%20Factsheets/DisqualificationFS.pdf
This article from Nursery World is worth a read - NDNA calls for clarity on nursery staff 'disqualified by association' | Nursery World (http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1142015/ndna-clarity-disqualificationneeded)
Please share on your local groups. We have childminders getting this wrong and being graded inadequate... thank you.