What's it like being a child minder?

[CJ2010]

What qualifications do you need? Do you need insurance? What is the average salary? Grateful for Info. Thanks.

This site may help youfind some answers :

www.ncma.org.uk/childminders/become_a_childminder.aspx

post on the childminder section - I'm sure you will get lots of answers.
You DO need insurance.
Salary depends hugely on where in the country you live, and how many children you look after which depends on the ages of your own children if you have any as they are taken into account in deciding how many you can look after.
It is 6 children including your own, or which no more than 1 can be under 1, no more than 3 under 5 (including the baby if there is one) and 3 under 8's.