The Business Side of Childminding

This course will help you operate your business in a professional manner, whilst complying with the Health and Social Care Standards, and understanding your legal responsibilities as a business owner. It will explain contracts, fees, the importance of good record management, how to gather feedback and how best to communicate with service users.

The aim of this course is to guide you in operating a small business, and help you provide a professional approach to your service.

We will cover the essential areas of contracts, communication, charging and payments, and explain how running your business will be easier in both the short and long term by keeping arrangements.

“I achieved the information on business side of childminding that I was after – and for new childminders the information is great.”

SCMA member

We help childminders build on their Continuous Professional Learning. This includes interactive learning courses, e-Learning courses and access to webinars, network meetings, conferences and complimentary courses Taking part in these opportunities enables childminders to take responsibility for both their professional development and that of their childminding service – focusing on children, to help them achieve their full potential. We actively encourage childminders to take the opportunity to build on their knowledge, skills and professional growth throughout their career. SCMA is proud to be a SQA Approved Centre, which means that in addition to providing our own, bespoke learning opportunities, the Learn with SCMA team can also deliver SQA qualifications. The SQA qualification that we currently deliver is the Complete Childminding Learning Pathway - a Work Based Award, which is credit rated at Level 7 on the Scottish Credit Qualifications Framework (SCQF).

Provider Title:
Scottish Childminding Association

Contact Number:
01786 445377

Contact Email:
trainingbookings@childminding.org

Website:
https://www.childminding.org/learn-with-scma

SCMA are commited to ensuring that on-going quality improvement is an integral part of our organisation. The Learn with SCMA team aims for continuous improvement in the quality of all aspects of its work as part of its determination to help Learners achieve the highest possible standards. Our Quality Assurance Policy is in place to ensure such continuous improvement through a process of self-evaluation and action planning. The Quality Assurance Policy and associated procedures involves all employees, Learners and collaborative partners such as the Care Inspectorate (CI), Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) and Skills Development Scotland (SDS). The quality assurance policy is managed through the existing organisational structure. The quality assurance procedures are founded in a process of regular self-evaluation by teams and internal and external audits and observations, in addition to Learner feedback and local training needs.