How does a nanny become registered? help!

[goodnanny]

i work as a nanny on a part time basis but have never needed to become registered until now! i think you have to go on a course and do first aid, plus a crb? how much will it cost me?

The system is changing and I did write out a lot of information for you, but alas Ofsted's website caused Firefox to error, thus I lost it all.

So, lets make some assumptions:

1. You live and work in England
2. You will apply to be registered before 30 September 2007.

As the Ofsted system is new, and given that Firefox crashes during when accessing the online application for OCR, perhaps best to give OCR a miss for now and stick with the old Childcare Approval Scheme .

CAS - Qualifications Required
CAS - First Aid required
With regard to First Aid, I would suggest a 12-hour course. It must be specific to First Aid for Children. I suggest the SJA Early Years First Aid course , it is a 12-hour course and is recognised by both CAS and Ofsted, so will be suitable for being a registered nanny in 2008, as well as this year. If you are located anywhere near Reading, Berkshire... then Mark from ABC Medical Services runs a suitable course, and Mark is a fun trainer. Personally I have been on both the SJA Early Years First Aid and a course run by ABC Medical Services over the years. First Aid has to be updated every 3 years.

Cost wise, CAS are charging £99 for registrations in 2007, Ofsted say the new scheme will charge £100. Under either scheme, the cost of the CRB check is included.

thanks for all that. so would it be out of order for me to suggest to my potential employer that we pay half each?

The employer seems to benefit most from the scheme, so your employer may be prepared to pay the full cost of the annual registration, as once you are an Approved Nanny, they can use Childcare Vouchers which could save them £1000 or more per year.

my employer pays the whole lots for me to be registered... afterall its them that benefit!

I would suggest they pay the lot... which would include your 1st aid renewel should that be necessary!

I feel that asking an employer to pay for your First Aid training and any childcare related training, is going a bit far. Those I feel are part of your professional qualifications and are required to be a nanny... as I feel that nannies must be first aid trained and should have childcare related training. However of course this is just my personal opinion, on which no doubt some people will not agree.

yes but this isnt my chosen career at all, i just do a bit of nannying while my children are little for the cash really. (in a couple of years i am applying for clinical psychology training)

As an employer, if you already worked for me and I then required you to go get the training, I would pay for it. If the training was your idea or desire, then I think you should probably pay for it.

So it's completely pointless for employers unless they're likely to get childcare vouchers which most don't?

most nanny jobs i go for do have parents who are entitled to the vouchers - hence the need for me to be registered.

We paid for our new Nanny to do a 2-day course in London which was about £125, plus travel expenses, as well as the £99 fee to CAS for registration and Enhanced CRB (still waiting for that to come back).

We chose our Nanny because she was the best candidate despite not having the qualifications of some of the others. We were happy to pay the course costs because we benefit by receiving the childcare vouchers. She benefits too by gaining registration which may help her with future jobs. We did not pay her for the 2 days she attended the course - so we felt it was a fair split.

Becasue both my husband and I get childcare vouchers (which save us money) then we pay for the necessary things to get our nanny registered. Since she is qualified, this in fact means paying £100 to Surestart each year and tbhis year, as it is about to run out, paying a £100 for her to go on a first aid course. This is 6 evenings a week for 6 weeks but I am not asking her to do babysitting for those 6 weeks (which is part of her contract)