Overnight care

[mindingmum]

Hi Guys

Is anyone registered for overnight care who could answer a few questions for me please?

When does childminding till the early hours become 'overnight care'?

Does overnight care have to be done upstairs if you have a downstairs room with a bed that is suitable?

Does each minded child have to have their own room?

If there is only one mindee, do they have to have their own room?

Hi, I'm registered

Can't remember the exact hours tbh

I'm pretty sure they DO have to have their own room. I'm not sure if downstairs would be suitable if you'll be upstairs?

I presume you're not registered? If so, best thing to do is phone Ofsted and ask them what the criteria is

Thanks looneytune

My registration is not for overnight care but I often have a mindee who stays very late and often i think it would be easier if she just stayed over

I will contact ofsted on mon and ask if it would be ok for mindee and i to sleep downstairs or whether they would have to come out and register my upstairs.

I would use a downstairs room
OFSETD said when asked that one of us should sleep downstairs with mindee in separate room & one of us upstairs with DD - for evacuation purposes

We went off the idea at that point

When does childminding till the early hours become 'overnight care'?

2am.
Care provided between 6pm and 2am is unregulated.

Thank-you both for that

I could really do without registering my upstairs as it's a fairly large house with two staircases (both too wide for stairgates even with extensions)and ofsted would have real issue with it!!! (nothing new there, is there?)