Is the new childcare bill legal yet?

[Katymac]

Has it been passed thro' parliment and is due to come into effect in 200?....or is it in effect now

whats that Katymac?

You know the one that's going to close me down as instead of saying "3 childinders at a time ...working form the same address" as promised it says "more than 2 minders registered at the same address"
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So I think I will be going for them unde the disability act (as all of my minders are P/T due to recognised illnesses)

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sorry not heard anything

I can't find any Commencement Order for it. Therefore I don't think it's enforce now. Think it's either due to April 2007, or April 2008.
Will keep an eye out for it though, as it has some handy info relating to Childminders Moving House.

Has it actually gone thro' parliment yet?

I can't work it out?

had a look on web i dont think it has yet

Does this help? From what I have just read through it was the childcare bill, now gone through parliament and called the Childcare Act here

Sorry meant to say I do not know if this is the one you are meaning as I haven't heard anything about it.

Just paid a visit to dfes.gov.uk/consultations and they have a number of consultations going on relating to the Childcare Act 2006.
From those consultations, and previous consultations (see their Archive) regarding the Childcare Act 2006, it appears that they intend:

Providers already registered for care of children aged 5-7 years, will continue to fall under Part 10A of Children Act 1989, until September 2008.
Source: Full Consultation Document: The Ofsted Childcare Register

Some parts to come into force in early 2008 - I suspect April is a typical month for new laws to come into force.

Until there is an actual Commencement Order we won't know a specific date... but for now, I exepect April 2008 (with some of it being September 2008, to fit with School Year).

Nick - the 5-7 bit doesn't really wory me

It's the other bit

I know... but couldn't find that 'early years register' bit. With luck there will be a consultation about it at some point, which will give an indication of when it be come into force. For now, may be best to assume April 2008.

Done a little more reading... the Early Years Register is highly connected with Early Years Foundation Stage, on which there was a consultation back in May 2006. EYFS Consultation Documents
Proposal is for EYFS to be delivered in settings from September 2008 - so that date is likely to be when 'early years register' comes into force.
Commencement Order is expected to be sometime in 2008, following a formal consultation.

Just to clarify something... where Government mention Part 10A of the Children Act 1989, they mean, the section titled Part XA, which was inserted into the Chilren Act 1989 by the Care Standards Act 2000. Part X in the Children Act 1989, was removed by the Care Standards Act, for those in England and Wales.

So currently, the legislation in force relating to Childminders in England, is Part XA of the Children Act 1989, which can be found in the Care Standards Act 2000. Link to Part XA

Do you think this means at a time or all together??

"Early Years provision on domestic premises for reward is not early years childminding if at any time the number of persons providing the early years provision on the premises or assisting with the provision exceeds three."

I think it means At Any One Time.

With childminding, the premises due to it being domestic, is NOT connected with the childminder.
See the Explanatory Notes, section 91 .

Sorry, meant Section 37, paragraph 91
Click the link and scroll down till you see 91.

There are 5 (soon to be 6 of us)

So we will have to see

bit (very) thick, so in words of one sylble what does all this mean

It might have meant that C/Mers working in groups (like I do) could only have up to 3 minders or assistant working from the one house

But now I have spoken to OFSTED it means that only 3 (out of the 6 of us) can work at any one time....which is what we wanted

Sorry to stress everyone

who works with you Katymac?
are they in your house?
do you have your own mindees or do you share?
just intrested in your background as i know you have mentioned that you work on a large scale and have staff
hows the nursery plans coming on?

My DH
2 fellow mums (workng 9-3)
A new lady (lovely) working Breakfast & tea

I am taking on someone new to do BF & T so my current new lady can do mornings - which will hopefully leave me time to do my NVQ (oh! & open a nursery - maybe?)

Oh sorry

Yes it is my house (well mine & DH)

No all the mindees are mine....all mine [laughing manically emoticon]

how does ofsteding go?
do the mums 9-3 have their own certifcate?
or is it just you and dh?

Yep - they have their own as does Dh

New lady started her ICP last night so she may get her own too

of course only I got outstanding

Basically cos I do all he paperwork etc - so the girls & Dh couldn't as it is my work (iyswim)

i've thought about employing somebody
do they need a reg cerf?
if because of new empoly i could look after more children how would it work?
do i pay her a wage the same each week or does she get paid from the parents of the extra children?

i would much rather pay her a wage
for example if the children i had earned me £400 per week how much should i give her baring in mind its my house and i would be doing the 7.30am starts and 8.30pm finishes