Sian C M DaviesDevelopment Manager – Wales

The National Childminding Association

The National Childminding Association (NCMA)

• Registered Childminding in Wales

• Registration Requirements

• Support and Grants

• Professional Development

The National Childminding Association (NCMA)

• National charity and membership organisation

• NCMA is seen as a leader in Home Based Childcare

• Promotion, support and delivery of training

• Quality Assurance and specialist childminding services

Registered Childminding in Wales

• 2500 registered childminders

• Own homes

• Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales (CSIW)

• Six under eight

• Three under five

22 National Minimum Standards

• Choice of service

• Planning for the individual needs and preferences

• Quality of life

• Quality of care and treatment

• Staffing

• Conduct and management of service

• Complaints and protection

• Physical environment

Prior to Registration

• Introduction to Childcare Practice (ICP)

• Paediatric first aid certificate

• Criminal Records Bureau check (CRB)

• Health check• Portfolio of evidence• Health and Safety• Fit person

Support and Grants

• Free Introduction to Childcare Practice (ICP)

• Mentoring workshops• Free First Aid• Basic Food Hygiene• One unit of Diploma in

home-based childcare (DHC)

• Marketing workshops• One to one business

support• £300 grant

Professional Development

• Unit 1 - Introduction to Childcare Practice (home-based)

• Unit 2 – Childcare and child development (0-16) in the home setting

• Unit 3 – The childcare practitioner in the home based setting

• Unit 4 – Working in partnership with parents in the home based setting

• Unit 5 – Planning to meet the children’s individual learning needs in the home based setting.

Diploma in Home Base Childcare (DHC)

Quality Assurance

• Quality First (QF)

• Children Come First (CCF)

Networks

• NCMA manage 16 in Wales• Children in need• Children and carers with disabilities• Teenage parents• Early years education• Employers• Other agencies• Working parents and carers

Key Volunteers

• NCMA Tutors• QF and CCF Assessors• CCF Network

Coordinators• NCMA Development

Workers• NCMA Project Managers• Development Managers

Sian C M DaviesDevelopment Manager – Wales

The National Childminding Association