I have decided to take the plunge and leave my career to become a childminder (looks around the office furtively)
I've just been on the phone to my LA's childcare coordinator who has told me two ways of doing things... one way which involves me doing nothing until the end of April whereby I enrol on an excruciatingly tedious sounding variety of breifing sessions and practice home inspections etc before beginning to complete my forms around Septmeber time... and another whereby I complete the forms today and follow the following path: (Have i missed anything?)
Book on to pre-reg course (end April)
Book first aid course
Complete EYC forms online
Get partner to complete EY2 form
Have a house inspection a couple of weeks after I submit my forms (any tips on this would be really really helpful)
Attend pre-reg course
Attend course
Et voila....
Somewhere in there I'll need a CRB for my partner and I... How do I go about that? Am I right in thinking that the CRBs are free for childminders?
I told my DD last night that mummy would no longer be working 100s of hours a week and that I could pick her up from school etc when she goes in to her next school year - she nearly exploded with happiness 