Childminding

New guidance has been published on the management of medication in daycare and childminding services. The document is designed to help service providers and Care Inspectorate staff ensure the safe and effective administration of medication to children in their care.

A resource to help early learning and childcare (ELC) and out of school care (OSC) services be the best they can be in terms of design. This section includes photographs of aspects of practice, which should be useful to those considering an indoor outdoor setting.

A guide for professionals.

A strategy providing an insight into what the Care Inspectorate's improvement support offer will be over the next three years and how we will identify where improvements are required

A quality framework for daycare of children, childminding and school aged childcare, designed primarily to support services to evaluate their own performance, but will also be used by our inspectors to provide independent assurance about the quality of experiences and outcomes

A guide to support managers and staff in services to develop and improve how personal plans for children are undertaken

This non-statutory Guidance describes the responsibilities and expectations for all involved in protecting children in Scotland and replaces the 2014 version.

Poster to accompany the ELC campaign Keeping Children Safe.

Poster to accompany the ELC campaign Keeping Children Safe.

Statutory guidance to education authorities to support them in exercising their functions in relation to the delivery of early learning and childcare from 1 August 2021.

A resource developed to support individuals in their induction to delivering ELC – whether that is funded ELC or ELC that families purchase themselves - setting out how individuals can expect employers to support them in their new role.

An action plan setting out the Scottish Government’s vision for childminding and the actions to support it that are being taken now and into the future

A summary of research into the impact of Learning for Sustainability on educational outcomes.

Care Inspectorate guidance which aims to help support childminders to consider if there are special circumstances before applying for a variation, and consider any evidence of how the individual needs of all children can be met, if there is an increase in registered numbers