Can anyone come up with a more proffesional name than...

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Childminder...i think it sounds so, nondescript and unimportant.."oh yes i mind chlidren"...i never say i have/run my own succesful business when i say im a childminder you can see people thinking.."hmm, childminder..oh she means babysitter"!..i even 'let' someone refer to me as a 'Nanny' the otehrr week as i though that sounded more important/proffesional...i think we need to launch a RENAME CAMPAIGN!!!

Issue Supervisor
Progeny Security Manager

?? youve lost me, i dont so big words.more like 'snotty tissue' manager!

Issue & Progeny are posh terms for sprogs 3

LOL, well im im so uneducated i dont know that, my customer base wont get me!..i dont think there really cn be another name???...

Home Based Early Years Practitioner

Professional childcare practitioner?? That's what NCMA wanted

Ooh I like that Katy. Think I might change my business cards!

"i'm a PCP"

what about poor me, i'm a playworker, it makes me sound like something out of Escort or Razzle.

Is that like TCP?

I loved the nanny's line on Jerry Maguire:

"Child Technician" PMSL!

I've used it before (in jest of course )

Early Years Educator is my fave.

isnt PCP some kind of explosive????

When the NCMA asked for feedback on their ideas for new names, all I could think was that a child is unlikely to come out of school saying ... "My Professional Childcare Practitioner is collecting me today."

I wonder if we should be professional/qualified might be better than registered

registered is a bit naff

Mind you (on the other hand) SEN & SRN - is there still a difference?

when I was in training to be a nursery nurse I was told it was a sexist term or something, and had to use childcare worker, until then the only job I knew ending in worker started in 'sex'!

Totally agree. A parent was on the phone when picking up mindee other week. She's lovely and we get on great, but I was a little offended when she referred to me as her babysitter

im refured to as my bosses 'helper' two years in college? training courses? pants. and Im always called babysitter too! Is nanny that hard to say?

its just so unofficial isnt it..minder..it NEEDS to be a titale..not an explanation, but what?

right been on my EYFS induction today...and i now like Childcare Practitioner...but i know i will get "wahts one of those"?..."erm, well a childminder"..."oh you mean a baby siiter"..and so the loop goes on!!!

Rose, can I ask (sorry for sounding so naive (sp), where did you find out about a EYFS course? That is something I would like to do but no idea where to start looking!
Thanks.

my local cm group rang me about it, but if you contact you're local surestart office, they should be able to put you in touch, im surprised you havent been alerted to the training if you're already cming!, def ring them and ask

Feel like I'm out of the loop or something as never seem to get told about anything!
Really need to do some training for Food and Hygeine in the workplace or whatever it is!
Think I might make a list of questions for Surestart on Monday!
Thanks

i got the food and hygeine pack ordered it myself then got letter rom surestart/CIS telling me i didnt need it and was exempt!...they then sent me a certificate saying "exempt" on it!...get in touch first to save yourself the hassle, but def chase them up on EYFS!, everyone ahs to have it done by sept this year!

Thank you so much! If it wasn't for here, I'd never know anything!