hi everyone, can some one tell me clearly what my assistant is allowed to do?

On my cert is says "when working with an assistant, may care for no more than 6 children under 8, no more than 4 can be under 5 and no more than 2 under 1"

Does this mean my assistant is a registered assistant?
Can she be left alone with kids whilst i go to school to collect kids?
Can she take mindees in her car?

I AM SOOOOOOOOOO CONFUSED PLEASE HELP SOMEONE!:panic:

I called the other day about this as I am looking into an assistant. Although someone with far more knowledge will probably come along and offer you more concise information.

I was told that an assistant can be left alone with the children for occasions such as if you need to go to the school and little ones are asleep or if you have to attend a doctors appointment etc although must not go over numbers of children for one person i.e. only one under 1 etc. For assistant to be left alone they must have done first aid qualification.

Cannot be left alone for long periods say if you were off for the day and they were solely caring for a child all day.

They have to be first aided and you have to get the parents permission to leave with the assistant.

Thank you sooo much for confirming this for me!

I spoke to Ofsted person earlier and she got me so confused on about leaving assistant to go to loo!?!

argh!

But all much clearer now - thanks guys :blush: