The working group, whose 20 members include the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), the National Children's Bureau, the Daycare Trust, the Chiltern College, the NSPCC and Nannytax, and agencies including Tinies Childcare and Nannies Abroad, was brought together by the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses (PANN).
They said last week that the group's goal was 'to provide a forum that identifies, analyses and develops nationally accepted strict criteria for nannies to work to, enabling them to become better equipped to provide the children in their care with a good standard of care and education'.
The working group has three key aims: to have Ofsted ultimately manage a register of all childcarers in England; to establish minimum standards of quality childcare in the home; and to establish best practice, policy and procedures for nanny agencies. It has asked CACHE to produce either training modules for nannies or a stand-alone course for nannies that relates specifically to working with a child in the child's own home.
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