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What is a Childminder?

Childminders are women and men of all ages, from all communities who work in their own homes, caring for other people's children. Because registered chldminders look after only small numbers of children at a time, they can offer more focussed individual attention than many other childcare settings. Childminders are registered by Care and Social Services inspectorate Wales (CSSIW). All registered childminders must be insured, have a health check and be checked by the Criminal Records Bureau.

What is a Flying Start Childminder?

Some childminders belonging to the Children Come First quality assured childminding network are part of the Flying Start Initiative to provide free, high quality childcare for children between the ages of 2 and 3 years old. The childcare is available for 2 and a half hours daily, five days a week for 42 weeks of the year.

What is a Children Come First quality assured childminding network?

NCMA Children Come First is a quality assurance scheme for childminding networks. A childminding network is made up of a group of registered childminders who are supported by a network coordinator. Before a childminder can join an NCMA Children Come First network they must show the coordinator that they meet the NCMA Children Come Fist Quality Standards. If accepted on to the network, the network coordinaor will continue to visit them regularly to make sure they continue to meet these standards and to help the childminder identify how they can improve their service enven further through training and professional development.

To find out more about The National Childminding Association visit our website on [|www.ncma.org.uk] To find out more about Children Come First Networks visit our website on [|www.ncmaccf.org.uk]