Hi, just a quick question. My mum comes to my house a couple of times per week. However, if I nip to the loo or leave the room for any reason, I can't leave her in the room with the minded children. If I were to register her as my assistant, would I then be able to do this? She currently helps me out by doing bits and bobs for me and gets along great with the children. It's not a case that I'd be paying her loads or that we'd have a formal agreement on when she'd be coming round, it's just that it's hard going that she can't actually stay in the same room as the children when I'm not there. Same with my hubby! Do they need to go on the full courses? Would they get inspected? Would they need to be there during my inspections?