Nursery World - Work matters: Welfare requirements: Part 7

More legal requirements for the employment of childcare staff are outlined in our series on the EYFS framework by Laura Henry. The 'suitable people' requirement in the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (see box) includes 'Qualifications, training, skills and knowledge' and 'Acohol/other substances' among the five overarching legal requirements.

Qualifications, training, skills and knowledge

Links to:

- Every Child Matters Outcome: Helping to keep children safe

- Former National Standards: 1 - Suitable Person, 2 - Organisation, 6 - Safety, and 14 - Documentation

Overarching general requirement

Adults looking after children must have appropriate qualifications, training, skills and knowledge

Specific legal requirements

Policies and procedures that need to be in place:

- Recruitment policy and procedures

Operational issues

- All childminders must have attended a training course within six months of registration and hold a current paediatric first aid certificate, at the point of registration. See Practice Guidance for the EYFS (page 15)

- Managers and supervisors must hold a full and relevant level 3 qualfication and half of the other staff must hold a level 2, as defined by the CWDC.

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