Becoming a childminder

[Gems83]

I am a stay at home mum with 2DS my eldest DS has just started big school and my youngest DS is missing him and is craving lots of attention basically he is missing someone to play and interact with (he's very close to his BB). With my DH being in the RAF it is difficult for me to get a 'proper' job and put DS in nursery so i was wondering if anyone can tell how i go about becoming a registered childminder.
Thanks for any advice I receive

Twas when I got into crap for parking on the grass and the RSM got involved!{grin]

Thanks for that tori32!! i am definately going to look into it further have posted in 'forces sweethearts' to see if i can pick up anymore information.
I have looked at the links they were very helpful but as i said in a reply earlier i will need to speak to someone to get them to explain the next steps etc.

Haven't noticed you being more foggy than normal

I rang the council I think. They sent me a list of dates for a briefing. They then gave out forms to register for the course at the briefing. I would try that.

Thanks chloemegjess that really helps i will defo get onto it straight away then hopefully i can be set up not long after christmas. just out of curiosity how much did ICP course cost and how long did course last?

Mine was 30 quid. I did the saturday sessions which were all day for about 6wks I think. You might be offered some form of startup grant as well but they tell you all that stuff at the briefing.

Thats not bad thought it might have been a lot more. Hopefully i will get chance to give them a ring tomorrow when DS1 at school in the afternoon.

My ICP was free and was about 8 weeks. 2 hours on a monday night.