Childminders Club: Paperwork when mindee leaves.......

[HellyBelly]

Hello

I know this will be somewhere in the pile of papers I have but I thought one of you lovely ladies could help me out and save me searching through lots and lots of literature!

I presume you have to keep contracts and other paperwork even when a contract comes to an end? If you do, do you know how long you have to keep hold of it?

for 21 years (seriously it's for CP reasons)

Thought it would be something like that, thanks Katymac. Out of interest, where do you store yours?

HB x

I'm only 2.5 yrs old remember

I keep it in a filing cabinet - but may buy a fireproof box for the shed

I know Katymac, it's just that I've only just had my first ones so I'm trying to decide what to do!

I think I need to buy a proper filing cabinet!

Thanks for your help

I read in the SCMA magazine that it is a matter for the childminder and not for the care commission to prescribe. Don't know if it's different just in Scotland. The website for records management in Scotland is www.rms-gb.co.uk.

helly you can get them in focus or tesco for under a tenner

Got huge one and small one in the garage not being used, just dumped in there. Need to sort out where I will keep them all but am ok for actual cabinet (I think)