Reflective Account Setting Up a Homebased Childcare Business I first decided to become a childminder after speaking with a friend of mine who already was a childminder. We discussed how I used to work abroad as an au pair and how my career as a medical insurance consultant was no longer what I wanted to do. She told me all about childminding and how it was a flexible approach to working life whilst balancing family life too. I did some research on what sort of childcare was available in the
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Home-based childminders gather a lot of private information about both the children and families with whom they work with. This information may of been picked up from the children themselves‚ or told directly to the childminder from the parents‚ or other professionals such as teachers‚ providing the parents have given them consent to do so. The upmost crucial characteristic of confidentiality is not passing on or sharing information about either the child or their families with other people.
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children attending services. Pre-school children are defined by law as children under 6 years of age‚ who are not attending a national school or equivalent. Pre-school services include pre-schools‚ crèches‚ day nurseries‚ play groups‚ Montessori‚ childminders and other similar services looking after more than 3 pre-school children. Giving of notice to health board: All pre-school care providers are required to notify the health board that they are providing such service to the public. They are required
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business plan The company and what it offers My name is Faicka Khairdin and I have worked with children and families for the last 15 years in several environments. I am planning to start a childminding business from home in November 2013 from Hayes‚ Middlesex. I live in a spacious three bedroom house‚ with a large‚ private and secure garden. In addition to this I am within walking distance from Hayes and Harlington station and local schools. I have a children’s table and chairs set‚
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therapists‚ social workers etc. and also sent along to a child’s new setting to keep in lines with keeping information confidential it is of great importance that it should only contain accurate and relevant objective information. It also protects childminders as details about me and my business can not be disclosed either. It’s a way of protecting everyone‚ not just the families that are enrolled. Data protection is a very important piece of legislation that was brought into power in 1998‚ because
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Accusing a child of committing a crime can lead to the breakdown of communication between parent/carer and the childminder. A child’s trust may be broken if that child has been accused of committing a crime‚ parents/carers could even start accusing the childminder of things too! Whether you are breaching confidentiality because of abuse‚ crime or any other reasons you will have to be prepared to overcome the tensions and accusations
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when it is in the child’s best interest to do so.’ (Tassoni.P‚ 2010). As a childminder you will have access to information about the children in your care and perhaps members of their family which will be considered to be confidential. This means that there are only certain people who need to know this information and nobody else should have access to it. Those people are the parents of the child‚ myself as a childminder‚ in some cases the child themselves will be aware also. From time to time I
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TASK 1 1.1 The current legislation for home based childcare and the role of regulation body. As I childminder I must be register with the regulation body before I can care for other people’s children. All the regulation bodies in the UK publish standards and procedures that every childminder have to meet in order to be register. The regulator body (ofsted ) control in home based childcare in the following ways: registration‚ investigation‚ enforcement. Legislation Outlines legislation Every
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registered childminder in England I am bound to adhere to current legislation. These legislations include – . Data Protection Act 1998 – this act controls the way information is handled and gives legal rights to people who have information stored about them. . Equality Act 2010 – This draws together the contents of a number of previous documents including the Disability Discrimination Act and says that everyone has a legal duty to be inclusive‚ which means that‚ as childminders‚ we must offer
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bibliography should be provided at the end of the assignment. Explain the following: The key components of a healthy and safe home-based environment. [200 words] A healthy and safe home based environment. It is my responsibility as a professional childminder to do everything possible to keep all children safe at all times and prevent accidents. -Ensure home safety: Kitchen: No access for children when cooking‚ baby gates in place‚ but will have systems in place in case kitchen access is required‚
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