CM Club: Re-registering - been to a briefing session

[mogs0]

Having moved from England to Wales I have to re-register before I can start minding again. I went to a briefing session yesterday and now think that I may change career altogether!! The process is quite different here and, from the amount of paperwork they gave out, is going to take considerably longer to register than it did before.

I wonder if it's too late to move back to England?!

Oh dear.

Do tell though, what are the differences?

The main difference is having to do the courses before registration which I know depends on your LA. When I was in London I moved from one borough to a neighbouring borough and in one you registered then did your courses and in the other it was the opposite.

Also, I have to have a social services check.

I have to apply to the Welsh assembly for the funding for the registration, whereas in London it was done automatically.

I think the rest is probably the same but I have to get a new Health declaration done, which is going to slow things down because we haven't registered with a Dr yet (oops!). I have to have a new CRB check, which I understand but can't be done until all the paperwork has been handed in in person at an office which is miles away.

Oh, and I have to get permission from the planning officer to check it's ok to run a business from my home!

All this has to be done before an inspector comes to decide if I'm a suitable person and if my home is suitable for childminding!!!

Luckily the ICP course I did in London is still valid apart from the Child protection it which I'll have to go to. Also, the first aid course I did is transferable.

I'm sure there could be an easier way of doing this!

I'm going to apply to the Welsh assembly now for my funding! Then fill in my "new patient" forms for the Drs!!

You would have thought they could just pull the file over from Ofsted, and then just complete any gaps, redo any checks that haven't been done for several years etc.

Applying for funding is a new one... guess you don't have to apply for funding and just pay all costs yourself... but if filling some form(s) in could get you money, worth filling them in and seeing what happens.

I wish they would just pull a file from ofsted! I only registered just under 2 years ago so everything is still in-date.

Also, I've just thought of another hoop that I have to jump through, there are 21 care standards in Wales as opposed to 14 in England though I think they cover the same things but a policy has to be written for each and submitted with the application form. Hopefully, when I put everything together I'll already have the relevant policies from my "English Reg".

I think I'm going to draft my "Nanny Available" advert just incase!!!