Legal requirements for childminder?

[Bousy]

I would very much appreciate any help. I am hoping that my neighbour will provide a few hours' childcare for my DD (18 months) in September - i.e. about 5 hrs per week. She is not a qualified childminder, but she has children of her own, gets on well with my DD, and I trust her completely. I would like to make a financial contribution for the care she provides - I think an hour here or there to help out is one thing, but this would be a weekly arrangement and I don't think it would be fair to expect her to do it unpaid.

Please can anyone advise whether this is OK, or are there any legal requirements for minimum qualifications/certifications/etc for paid childcare?

Thanks in advance

Registration is not required:
"If you only care for the children of one or more friends in your own home or someone
else?s home and no money changes hands, including money to pay for things like
electricity and food."

Source: Ofsted Registration Not Required

That is just one of the things that is part of the criteria for not needing to be registered. I've picked it as it's the most likely I feel to cause you an issue as you are intending to make a financial contribution.

The same document does the contain the following though:
Registration not required "If you provide care where a child does not stay with you for more than two hours a day, even if your childcare service is open for longer than two hours."

So as long as it never is more than 1hour 59 minutes at a time, then registration with Ofsted isn't required.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Have assumed you live in England. If you live elsewhere, the rules could well be different. Please specify your Country and maybe someone will know the rules there.

Yes, it's England. Many thanks, very helpful.

If your neighbour comes to your house she would be a nanny and, so far, completely unregulated. Something to consider?

Thanks, that's interesting, and useful to know.