Get Ready For Childminding – A Rewarding Career
Becoming a registered childminder provides opportunities to have an extremely rewarding and responsible career with the benefits of working from home. Childminding offers you the opportunity to:
- contribute to children's care, learning and development
- offer a family experience to other people’s children
- become self employed and run your own home-based business
- provide a valuable service for your local community
- Enhance your own skills and personal development
Information on childminding is available on the Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland – the Care Inspectorate.
Angus Council have developed a booklet Get Ready for Childminding (50 KB PDF)
which gives the answers to some common questions about childminding to help you decide whether this might be the career opportunity you have been looking for.
Please get in touch if you would like us to send you a copy. Telephone Angus ACCESSline on 08452 777 778 for more information.
Get Ready for Childminding Training Courses
This training course is designed to give you all the information you need to know to get started as a childminder and is strongly recommended prior to registering with the Care Inspectorate. Topics covered include:
- Get Ready for Childminding – An Introduction
- Childminding is a Professional Job
- Working in Partnership with Parents
- Children’s Learning & Development
- Managing Children’s Behaviour
- Child Protection
- Creating a Safe Environment, Registering & Inspection Process and legal requirements
Courses run twice a year and take place in Bruce House, Wellgate, Arbroath. Please contact Morna Duncan of the Angus Council Education Department Development Support Section on 01307 473817 or email duncanmh@angus.gov.uk if you would be interested in attending.
