Out of School Care

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.

Setting the Table guidance aims to ensure that children from birth to 5 years in childcare settings across Scotland are offered meals, snacks and drinks that meet their nutritional requirements and are conducive to good health.

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.

Guidance to raise awareness of preventing and managing choking episodes for those caring for young children

Toolkit for adults who work with children and young people, which highlights the ways in which children and young people already act as human rights defenders, and how adults can best empower and protect them