Could anyone give me some advice on how i go about becoming a childminders assistant. i have a four month old DS and will need to start working again in september. There is a chance i could go back to my old job two days a week but if this doesn't work out (DH needs to get agreement to do a certain shift pattern)then i would like to work as an assistant with a childminder. Does anyone know how i would go about finding a CM who wants an assistant. I have a list of all the CM's in my area, but ringing each one and just offering myself seems a bit weird! I guess some of you will say just be a CM but i dont want to do that for lots of reasons (size of my house, confidence, lack of child experience etc) any advice would be fab
A 12 hour paediatric first aid will make you more useful as an applicant. Find someone who wants an assistant. Apply for a government gateway account so that once you have found a place you can start the application and do a dbs. You have to have a DBS for that type of setting so need a placement first unless you have already been linked to a childminder setting for a dbs in the last 6 months and can tick known to Ofsted.
