Why are childminders allowed sole charge of up to six children? A day nursery would have to provide two members of staff to care for one child, let alone six. Childminders should have to employ an assistant when caring for other people's children. This would provide a safety net for the children if the childminder should become ill or was in an unfit state to care for the children in her home.
Why are childminders allowed sole charge of up to six children? A day nursery would have to provide two members of staff to care for one child, let alone six.
Childminders should have to employ an assistant when caring for other people's children. This would provide a safety net for the children if the childminder should become ill or was in an unfit state to care for the children in her home.
I often wonder what would happen to the children in the care of a childminder if she became ill or unconscious. I am sure the amount of money earned by childminders would enable them to employ an assistant, as minding six children at 3 an hour each easily generates enough to employ an assistant at the minimum wage.
Marilyn Mills, via e-mail
