My childminder left my daughter all day with her assistant

Sorry I meant they need training before becoming a registered cm. But not a specified qualification

Cm don't need qualifications at all. They need to know a bit about the eyfs but no formal qualifications necessary

I do want to add childminders do need some qualification but assistants don't. I would just speak to the cm about your concerns and find out what actually happened. They should have really told you beforehand though I understand it was an emergency

thanks for updating

So @Glamourgal1989 what have you decided to do

report cm

had notice in to her

do nothing and stay there

You should have been notified by your childminder that your child would be left in the care of her assistant, and that you needed to collect your child before the legally allowed two hours expired, that the assistant would legally be allowed to have them.
what is wrong with people on this thread.
it is in the eyfs and should be followed!

@Glamourgal1989 legally, an assistant cannot be left unsupervised with childminded for longer than 2 hours in any day. That is all that matters here. You are completely justified in being upset.

Maybe just tell her in future if something like that happens to call you and you can make a decision around whether you will go and collect your child?

Why? I'm in school safeguarding, if I cared more about people loosing their jobs than following policy would you be happy with that? I could forgo DBS and use my judgement on the people working with the kids, don't tell ofsted, how would they pay their mortgage.

How is this different? Complain to Ofsted? I get your kid expelled? Yet at the sametime people gasp.at how Jimmy Saville got away with decades of abuse. People chosing to interpreting what safeguarding means depending on who it is.

I’m not the one labouring it - you’re the one that jumped on a point I didn’t make

Why are you labouring the point....ive already said read what you signed...contract and policy. I've already quoted Eyfs/ofsted maximum is 2 hours. The only thing she needs to check is emergency policy....is it totally unreasonable to think that her first priority is her husband not once she knows they are safe the children...childcare proffesionals love children but they are human....the eyfs does not have a time-limit on how long an emergency can be for its not a normal contracted situation such as a school run.

I didn’t say seek permission…

I was saying that contracts vary and there’s no guarantee that the OP’s contract states the child can be left with the assistant as was stated in the comment about parents already having given permission.

The example of my CM was that two hour thing isn’t relevant to my CM contract because it states one hour is the contact point.

I know but you said seek permission you can not get permission for anything not allowed becouse its not allowed......but in an emergency there should be a procedure and you should have signed the policies in an emergency the cm can use anybody they deem suitable not just a registered assistant. The op needs to check the policies she agreed to.
As I've already said the op should have been informed.....strange she didn't ask where the cm was on collection I would have done

The OP says her DD was left all day - they don’t have permission for that.

You're going to shit your pants when they got to school!!

Calling OFSTED over this would be a real dick move and you should be ashamed for considering it. For your childminder’s sake, find someone else. You sound bonkers.

On meeting did you not ask what happens in emergencies? Does she not give policies?
Why is your dds safety compromised?

The rule for all assistants with first aid is a maximum of 2 hours....co minders all day....in emergencies it is advised to have named people but they dont need first aid or to be an assistant just suitable ....as i already said the parent should be told....and non registered people should definetly be a call to collect asap....obviously if someone close to you is rushed to hospital that is an emergency.
I was replying to the comment that the cm should seek permission first.....they already have permission was my point.

Exactly. You sound unhinged.

I signed a contract with a childminder and it was to be in a home from home environment not this set up.

If the set up you signed up for has changed then find alternative childcare and terminate your contract.

OP
It sounds like the service being offered now is different to the service you originally were seeking.
Some people might like the larger numbers and extra assistants as it's a half way house between smaller childminder and a nursery. Others won't, either because they want home from home smaller childminding settings or they want the structure and predictability of nursery.

If you've got concerns that things have changed too much, it might be better all round for you to find somewhere that suits you better.

You know childminders don't have to be qualified either don't you? It's not like a nursery where you have to have a certain proportion fully qualified.

They may not need Level2/3 childcare qualifications, but they do have to be registered with Ofsted as a childminder and have appropriate training.

A childminder assistant is not a childminder and there's a 2 hour guideline for a reason.

I'd be less concerned if it was a one off with an established assistant and the childminder called me to say that it's approaching 2 hours, would I like to collect or not. I'd not be happy with lack of communication on any situation where my child is being left in a situation that I'd not signed up to, and certainly wouldn't expect to find out from other parents.

I hope she terminated your contract...