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CM CLUB:Oh My God, Oh My God, Oh My God........

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PinkChick · 02/04/2007 14:46

inspector just rang i have my first official inspection next thursday or friday morning!!!!!!!!!!!

PANIC!

so...tell me everything i should show her/display.......

ofsted registration
first aid certtificate
ncma member ship
food standards certificate
insurance certificate
Fire evacuation
example menu..

then ill need signed registers?
a book for complaints?

what else???????heeeeeeeelp

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PinkChick · 13/04/2007 13:19

LOl, i dont think so chick!, its different in scotland and wales and tbh although a 2 1/2 hour session with them is no use to two kids wanting to get outised i agree they should be sooner if there are comcerns or compaints

thanks everyone..im just a big ball of stress for things like this..best thing was..mindee ket saying to me "i love you joe"..had to tell inspector i hadnt paid her to say it

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saltire · 13/04/2007 13:15

I get them yearly with the Care Commission, and that, AFAIK is the norm across Scotland - unless of course I'm just a really cr*p childminder and they haven't told me

crace · 13/04/2007 13:07

It can be up to 3 years yes, less obviously if you have a complaint or a change to your home..

It seems like a lot though doesn't it? I think yearly is more appropriate.

saltire · 13/04/2007 13:04

Did I read that correctly - you only get OFSTED inspections 3 yearly?

Well done BTW pinkchick, you can relax now it's over

crace · 13/04/2007 12:43

Congratulations!! Well done you - it's not as scary as you think is it? It was a lot better than I had expected it to be - but the unknown is awful.

Anyway, WELL DONE and many congrats

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PinkChick · 13/04/2007 12:23

oh yeah, one thing she mentioned, but ddnt 'suggest' as she would have had to log, was that i make my policies folder a little more compact so parents can get a easy to read copy!..she said shes never had to ask that question before and its a very good thing but wasnt surpridsed when i said one parent has had copy for 2 months now

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PinkChick · 13/04/2007 12:21

i know..thing is she mentioned (no names or areas of course) about a cm she 'knew' getting an outstanding who she wouldnt have sent her dog too and was wondering how to broach a cmplaint against decision??...so i think i those circumstances three years is a very long time!...but WoooHoooo for me

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smeeinit · 13/04/2007 12:18

woohoo!! well done you!!!
thats excellent!

and now you can relax until 2010!!!

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PinkChick · 13/04/2007 12:17

...shes been, she was absolutely lovey..and i got a GOOD grade..she said she doesnt very often give out outstandings, for this she looks for higher levels of training, birth to three structure all in place, paperwork showing daily planned activites, actual communication letters with aprent(if you dont need them you dont have them?!)..etc etc..she said i could have easily given an outstanding by another inspector, but she would rather say GOOD as i knew i had a few bits to improve on(few words needed changing in policies etc)..but am ver ...........plus dd has been a winger all the while she was here, so dont know how i looked as i was getting stressed out

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smeeinit · 13/04/2007 12:08

hope its going well for you pinkchick! fingers crossed for a great outcome.

KaySamuels · 13/04/2007 11:46

good luck hun hope it's going well x

looneytune · 13/04/2007 09:31

Good luck PinkChick

crace · 13/04/2007 09:28

Argh- good luck. Mine was an hour late, got lost AND had to go back for her paperwork.

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PinkChick · 13/04/2007 09:19

its friday the 13th !

she said shed be here by 9.30 yesterday or today.......she didnt come yesterday.....its now 9.20???????????

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PinkChick · 13/04/2007 08:19

oh god, im so nervous!..i need to get a grip..i keep thinking what if she asks me something about the standards and i just go blank..what if she wants me to recite them!..i havent put stair gayte back up and will explain as she comes in..but ..help me calm down!, feel like im taking an exam!

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ThePrisoner · 12/04/2007 21:50

(weeonion - don't know if you've already done it, but I would start a new thread under Nannyshares (childminders are listed too), as it is more likely that you would get a reply there.)

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PinkChick · 12/04/2007 21:36

hmm, have taken it off..last inspector said I should risk assess, dependant on childs age and ability and i think it is safe as i go with them anyway....god.worry all over agin now tho!..roll on this time tomorrow night

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PinkChick · 12/04/2007 19:34

well mindee is 4 in sept and dd 4 coming wed, they are both very competant with stairs, i have one at top as i dont think ill ever take that off..but in training i was told i should have one at bottom but not nessecary at top cos if they are old enough to get up stairs(meaning no gate at bottom), the should be able to get down????...so my upstairs one is purely for night time/sleepwalking and for when i need a wee and take mindees up stairs with me......what to do..i CAn condone it, but deends whos hymn book she reading from??

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KaySamuels · 12/04/2007 19:29

haha! If it's that bad maybe leave it off then!

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PinkChick · 12/04/2007 19:27

dya think?, its just its pressure mounted, so each time you open it you have to hold it to make sure it doesnt collapse all together?????

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KaySamuels · 12/04/2007 18:36

I'd leave it on

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PinkChick · 12/04/2007 18:26

thanks chick, i only have 3yr old mindee tomorrow no babies so can i take baby gate off bottom of stairs?????

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crace · 12/04/2007 17:20

Oh bummer - well, at least now you know when.. fingers crossed for you but I know you will do great.

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PinkChick · 12/04/2007 12:56

she didnt come...so tomorrow now!..and no, different inspector

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weeonion · 12/04/2007 10:03

i am really sorry to hijack this thread but i would really rather put my wee one with a childminder than a nursry from jan 08 onwards. i live in the east end of glasgow - can any of you advise of any childminders you know of - i have been looking at sites and sadly - there doesnt seem to be a one in my area.

my mum was a childminder for years. she still talks fondly about it and i am in touch with a few of the kids who grew up with us. many pseudo siblings!

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