Support Worker
Childminders are professional childcare workers who work from their own homes to provide care to other people’s children. A childminder will provide a warm, familiar setting for children and will plan different daily activities to support their learning and development. This can include everyday things like going to the shops, playing creative games, preparing meals and learning skills like counting and reading.
Childminders must register their home-based childcare service with the Care Inspectorate (the body which inspects and supports improvement in all Scottish care services). As they are registered with this body they do not also require to register with the SSSC however they have equal access to SSSC learning resources to support their professional development. It can be a flexible career and may suit you if you’d like to work from home, or if you’d like a way of spending time with your own young children while having a career at the same time.
You can find out more about becoming a childminder on the Scottish Childminding Association website https://www.childminding.org/become-a-childminder