Help childminder and getting started?pleasE?

[kimberalex]

Hi lovely ladies of mums net:-)

I would like some help I live in the North East of England..My friend has just had a baby but has to go back to work in july (her dd will be 9 months old then), we where researching that childcare would cost A LOT for her and found that friends cannot look after other friends children in the eyes of the law(personally I would trust a friend more thana nursery worker)

I have a daughter thats crawling and 1 years old next month so I have the house fully babyproofed..She really does not want to put her DD in nursery as she would much rather have me with her DD and my DD going places swimming,soft play etc..

First of all is it legal if i was to go and look after her DD in her home

Also what steps will I have to go through to be come a registered childminder to be able to look after my good friends dd?
Is it a hard process?
What are the inspectors like and what do they look for?
Is it all worth it to look after one child?

Any help would be highly apprecated!

Thank you so much in advance

kindest regards

ka:-)
xxx

Also could some one tell me the difference between a nanny and a childminder?

I read Jo Frost has no childcare qualifications(though i really do plan to do these)

Again help very much apprecated

You can be a nanny at your friends home without any qualifications/checks etc - but if she wants to pay with Tax credits you would have to register with OFSTED

To look after her in your home you would need to register as a childminder - initially you would need to contact the early years team at your council - there are lots of threads on here but it takes about 4-6 months & there is a fair amount of paperwork to do each week & it is not the most profitable job in the world

Which are are you in I'm NE as well.

It really depends if you need to work or not having one child to mind as katymac says is not very profitable, also you will find that you will be doing an awful lot of paperwork etc when you don't have mindee with you, so your hourly rate gets spread quite thinly.

Also you will need to complete a number of courses the main ones are safeguarding, paediatric 1st aid, eyfs training you will also need to register with environmental health as a food business, as well as the local authority and ofsted who will come out and check your home initially.

You will also be required to have additional insurances extra home, car, public liability. You will need to do risk assessments, policys and proceedures as well.

Personally if I was doing this solely to help out a friend I would go the Nanny route and work from her home. But if you do start CM then you will be able to take extra mindees.

HTH