Risk Assessments, Policies and Procedures! Any help appreciated!

hi have you tryed b.c.m.a. its bromley childming ass it has free policies and you can change them as you need to. and remove there heading s as required ive used lots off there and so have all our local cms we in west yorkshire .hope this helps

I just wanted to add: big hugs to you. I need to re-write a few of my policies following an inspection. I should be doing that right NOW but I have been hovering around Mumsnet.

I know, at 11.00 precisely, I will log off and re-write those damn wonderful policies and procedures!

For example, under missing child policy, I have to write what I would do if I turned up at school and the mindee who I was expecting to look after was not present.

Thankfully, the kind inspector have given me the wording (more or less) in her report .

Sorry but you're more likely to get help without the text speak Most of us find it takes longer to read that normal words :)

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hi every1,im new here n well done to all i have red all of ur use full information givin by you lot but im struggling wiv the assignment @da mo as lots of goin on around me dats y finding it bit hard if any1 cud help me with it ,,it will b much appreciated,,thank u

I was browsing Google and found this thread. I just wanted to thank Very Cheeky Monkey for mentioning my e-books! It takes a lot of time to research and write them for both new and established childminders and I hope those who buy them find them useful.
I get a lot of messages from customers telling me they have outstanding or good grades so I must be doing something right!!
I have an information website as well - www.eyfsforchildminders.webnode.com - nothing for sale, just info for childminders to support them with the Eyfs, registration, inspections etc. I am adding to it all the time, so keep popping back for more.
Thank you again Very Cheeky Monkey! Sarah x
www.knutsfordchildminding.co.uk

No problem anything else i can help you with you can always e-mail me you know where my website is x

Oh yes and they do a full inspection of your property ang garden to check safe and ask if you have done a risk assesment and ask silly questions about safety like what would you do if you had a baby a toddler and a school aged child in the car and had to get them all in safely - who would you take in first and why ? I'll never forget that Q maybe she just asked me as my front door opened onto a road and i had no drive but just so you know -Know about -what to do if you think a child is being abused booklet - also big on child protection xx Leave a comment on my website to let me know what you think of it its fairly new x

Hi leeloo
my pre reg visit was really nerve racking !
Its awful not knowing what to expect - but she asked me a few questions on how i will entertain the kids /how have i made sure there are prrovisions for all ages of children - what activities would i provide and how could i adapt them to meet all needs etc - they will want to know that you know what you are talking about with regard to EYFS or who to ask to find out -big on inclusion at mo- see above - they ask you about yourself and family -what made you want to be a childminder etc its more like an interveiw than inspection first time round to be honest DO A RISK ASSESMENT they like this - sorry just sort of remembering things as i go along - they also like to see that you have the main policies in place already so they see you understand what is expected of you - Equal opps/inclusion/health and safety/hygine/emergency plan/child sickness/childminder sickness - have you thought about what you would do if there was a fire ? Fire evacuation procedure!

e-books - one about getting ready for your inspection/ one about how to complete SEF/multicultural planning + seasons / risk assesments (mini)
All good and informative in there own way helped me to clarify what was expected as do any of us really know ? we all need reasurance sometimes x please let me know if this was useful at all - remember the pre reg is mostly seeing what you are all about and making sure you are serious about childminding -thats the way i saw it !

I think i might start selling some of my paper work, see how it goes - just need to pull my finger out!
Sorry about the crappy typing - rushing a bit - promised myself i would go to bed early tonight, oh well !
xx

Hi leeloo,

alot of the info on my setting is on my website check it out it might help in some areas.
At the end of the day it just a family home ! she liked my play room and all the childrens art work diplayed and posters, photo's etc, and my paper work. as on my website i have seperated my policies, info i hold on the areas i cover etc and related them to the different outcomes - enjoy and achieve, a safe child blaa blaa, cross referenced some, for eg -i have a seperate risk assesnent folder which includes a full risk assesment on my home, severe weather, any outings i might go on -including school runs! and i also have a copy of risk assesment on my home in a safe child folder - it sort of shows that i understand what is included in the different areas.
i look after i have 6 permanent children on my books at the mo and others short term -adhoc. i only had 1 under 5 that day, she asked her lots of Qs and although she is just 3 speaks very well and luckily gave me a glowing reference! She commented alot about how well i knew her and involved her in everything down to how many cherry tomatoes she wanted with her lunch and got her to count them out ! And the assesment planning and obs i did, she liked all the photos i used in her folder to be honest though its alot of work (paper work) and i have spent hours slaving over a hot computer ! To get everything right and to be honest i think it all depends on the inspector ! My sister has been registered for 6 months and had her !st 'proper' inspection a week after mine and if you were to read it you would think the inspector thought she was the best thing since sliced bread and marked her outstanding in certain ares but she got an overall good and we work together on all the paperwork pretty much and use each others ideas etc where as if you read my report she didnt really write very much but seemed very impressed also - who knows! I dont live near my sister we just work things out together and try to work to the same standards.
Anyway i hope some of that blabbering on was a bit useful - to be honest as she was so impressed with my paper work i am thinking about selling some of my templates etc on my website- as my mum says all the childminders at my school have been coming round and usiing them or getting me to help them set up there folders i put alot of hard work into them -maybe i should sell them What do you think ? I have spent hours and hours and months getting it all right and to work with the EYFS. i love to help people, but maybe i should get something out of it too! Let me know what you all think - wow that was a long mssg!

Leeloo try BCMA-Bromley childminding Assosiation ! Very helpful !
Let me know what you think

THanks was a bit shocked at first but its what i wanted and would have sulked if i didnt get it !

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well done on your inspection cheeky monkey

Hi new on here, but just thought i would pop up and say that there is a website called childmindinghelp its brilliant for help and advice. there is a childminder called sarah neville from knutsford childminding (google that too) who sells e-books they cost next to nothing- i bought some to help me with all the changes and to get ready for my inspection, i cant praise her work highly enough -I have just been graded outstanding by ofsted and a lot of it was down to her and her help,advice and e-books ! good luck x

Underpaid - didnt mean to diss ebay (have a shop myself - just a caution as some produce reasonable stuff but don't keep it updated. Childminding Treasures is a great site has got a lot of free downloads too and loads of ideas that you can adapt, Bev who runs it is also Fabulous if you need advice on stuff.

Spot on with the pre-reg course what a waste of time don't actually tell you anything, it's more of an NCMA advertorial, it's just one big learning curve and mostly by chance I lose count of the amount of times I've said Whats that then? Didn't know about that or where do you get that from? we should have a handbook with all the stages in and what resources each local authority has, just discovered a toy library at ours bin minding 4yrs could have saved a fourtune. I feel like a secret agent

Leeloo, the reason they don't cover it is because they don't know about it .

Shoshe

Lee You have Mail

UnderW, you were just to far north for me

Area coordinators - don't get me started . You are best off getting to know some local cms and talking to them too - you can usually go to the drop-ins before your registration comes through, and they may pass work your way once you're 'one of the girls' . A lot of work when you start out can be 'word of mouth' and recommendation.

Shoshe, how do you find time to fit it all into your day, wish you'd been my 'buddy' when I started.

If you would like to email me, I can send you the Handbook i give to my mentee CM's.

It has most of what you need in it.

email: nanny475 at hotmail dot com.