Childminding in Tameside - Have You Thought About It? 

Contact Tameside Families Information Service on 0161 342 5434 to reserve a place on the next Careers in Childcare Information Session to become a registered Childminder.

To become a childminder you must...

• Be registered by Ofsted
• Be over 18 years old
• Attend a Careers in Childcare information session
• Attend the 16 hour Pre-Registration training course
• Complete a 12 hour Paediatric First Aid Course
• Attend the Safeguarding Children Course
• Meet the required 14 National Standards for Childminding (EYFS from Sept 2008)
• Have checks made on yourself and anyone over the age of 16 living at the same address
• Be registered to mind up to six children, including your own under 8 year olds

What benefits are there for you?

• Dedicated childminder support from the Early Years Quality Team
• Advice and support from Tameside Families Information Service 
• Free Professional Development and Training Opportunities
• Career Development by:
  - Joining a Childminder Network
  - Achieving Quality Award Status
  - Achieving qualification such as NVQ 3 or CCP
• Flexibility, you can combine your home life and work to suit your own needs

Childminding is challenging, rewarding, important and enjoyable. You will work in your own home to provide care and learning opportunities for other people's children.

What if I'm claiming benefits?

If you are receiving benefits then childminding could be an ideal career move for you. Only 1/3 of your earnings as a registered childminder are taken into account when calculation your benefits.

Who are we looking for?

More and more parents are looking for good quality childcare that offers flexibility.

So if you are committed to providing high quality, flexible and inclusive Childcare, Childminding may be the career for you.

Children's Centres and Extended Schools service wants to encourage childminding in areas where there are gaps in childcare. These may be geographical gaps or gaps in opening hours, so think about what service you could offer. They also want to recruit people from under represented groups such as:

• Men
• People over 40 years
• People from minority ethnic communities
• People with disabilities.

Contact Tameside Families Information Service  0161 342 5434

Tameside Families Information Service is committed to promoting equal opportunities and aims to be accessible to all people across Tameside. It will provide information on non-sexist and non-racist childcare that will reflect the diverse nature of Tameside's multicultural society.

Tameside Families Information Service adheres to the Council Complaints Policy. If you have any complaints or concerns about Tameside Families Information Service Service contact the Complaints Officer. Any complaints will be treated seriously and constructively.

For more information contact:

Contact Information
Send us a Message	Tameside Families Information Service Tameside Early Years Quality Development Centre Manchester Road Audenshaw M34 5GJ View local map
0161 342 5434
0161 342 5448