I am a childminder but want to become a nanny

[Lola10]

I'm a childminder, but for a some time now I want to swap to nanny. How do you become a nanny? is it just a case of informing Ofsted?

Also one of my mindees has vouchers from work and don't want her to loose these. What happens as I still want to keep my registration number with Ofsted.

Can I be still self employed and do my tax and NI myself?

Thanks

you can be self employed if you are an ad hoc nanny who does different hours for different parents each week. if one family want you for, say, every Monday and Tuesday all year round then you have to be an employee.

you can be an ofsted registered nanny, so that shouldn't be a problem. I suppose you would have to re register as a nanny though because there a slightly different rules.

To clarify, do you want to be a nanny and stay looking after the same children that you currently childmind for? I think there are rules about how many families you can nanny for at any one time, so watch you don't go over that.

Find a job :)
As a nanny you will be employed. So yes look for a job.
Inform HMRC you are no longer self employed.
To register for Ofsted you need paed first aid which you will have as a childminder, be aware of safeguarding, have nanny insurance and have a childcare qualification. Which I think your childminding course will count for this.

Benefits no more mess / toys in your home. Less paper work.

Disadvantages; you will be told hours of work, and when you can have your holiday.
Travel to work cost and time.
You will also find a lot of parents have unsafe situations that you will need to tread carefully when advising.
In two years I have had:
parents leaving tablets , including sedatives in reach of children , parents wanting front door left unlocked, parent wanting me to leave a 3 year old in house alone while in garden with toddler, car seats that are too small.

Ofsted should be able to change the registration type. You come off the compulsory part of the childcare register.

Do you have children of your own? If so not all parents will want you to take them to work with you.

The mindee with vouchers is fine but are their parents aware that the cost of childcare is likely to be double or more what they currently pay? As a nanny you would not care for that child at same fee as you charge now I expect. Nannies get at least NMW and often a lot above it. Plus parents may have employers NI to pay, payroll admin, activity costs, mileage etc.

Not sure if it's been mentioned already but if you are a nanny you would have to work from the children's homes, not your own home.

Can you explain more about what it is you want to do. Such as have the parents asked you to care for their children at their home, transport them to after-school activities? Would it be every day, just some days, term time only?

At the moment you have control, you decide when to work, what you do. You lose that when you become a nanny. There advantages though, such as not needing to do the EYFS paperwork, though would parents who are used to getting that still want that continued even though Ofsted no longer requires it?

As a nanny you don't have expenses, you are an employee, so self employment would not be possible in the vast majority of cases. You could in theory have five different employers, one for each day of the week.