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Quick Description:
Having a clear and robust childminding contract and policies is vital to the smooth running of any childminding business and can help prevent unwanted situations and misunderstandings between parent(s)/guardian(s) and childminders.
This pack contains a fully updated contract, complemented and reinforced by specially written policies. Also included are lots of useful forms for you to use in your business as well as information about the sort of paperwork you will need.
There is no need to buy repeated contracts. You can print the contracts in this pack as many times as you need.
Last updated January 2025
More Information:
All the documents in this pack are presented in a clean and professional way. They are editable so that you can add adapt them to your own needs and add your own logos if you wish. The following documents are included:
Contract:
A complete contract with accompanying notes to help you complete it. All written in clear and easy to understand language.
The contract contains everything you need including (but not limited to):
Space to record your details, the child’s and the parent(s)/guardian(s) details.
Space to record important information such as emergency contracts and who has parental responsibility.
Organised sections helping you clearly set out financial information such as fees, funded places, deposits or retainer period charges.
Space to clearly record a child’s normal contracted hours, including space to record contracted hours for children whose parent(s)/guardian(s) work shifts.
Clear information about when and how the contract can be cancelled, including when an immediate termination of contract may be required.
Policies and Additional Information:
This document includes 22 individual policies written by experienced childminders to help cover the eventualities that may occur in the running of your childminding setting. They are written in clear, easy to understand paragraphs and separated into clear sections where necessary to make it easy for you to find and communicate the required information to parents.
VALUABLE NEW FEATURES
Help parents understand key details
To ensure that families grasp the essential aspects of your policies, I have introduced a new 'Key Points' section at the end of many of the longer policies. These lay out the main parts of the policies that you absolutely need parents to understand.
Additional information about how to run your setting on a Best Practice basis
In addition to the new 'Key Points' section there is also a new 'Notes for the Childminder' section. This section contains lots more information about some of the longer policies, such as the legal basis for some of the procedures. This information will help you understand why certain pieces of information have been included and the reasoning behind some of the procedures described. Even if you decide that you do not want policies other than those you have to have this enables you to adjust the policies so they are tailored to your own setting and way of doing things.
The information in the pack also serves as a valuable training guide, empowering you to embrace a Best Practice approach to every aspect of your setting. Whether you're a pre-reg or recently registered childminder, or simply seeking to refresh and improve your practices, this guidance offers sensible advice and valuable information to support you.
The following policies are included in the MEGA pack:
Section One:
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy This is a detailed and fully editable safeguarding and child protection policy for childminders. The policy in this pack is designed to help you create a policy which is tailored exactly to your childminding setting, meeting the requirements of the EYFS and helping you make sure you have everything covered effectively. It comes with clear notes to help you edit your policy.
Section Two: Essential Childminding Policies
This section contains the policies directly mentioned in the EYFS and in the Ultimate Childminding Checklist, including the policies you legally MUST have.
This section includes:
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This section includes:
1) Complaints Policy
2) Failure to Collect a Child Policy
3) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Policy
4) Illness and Medical Policy
5) Administering Medicine Policy
6) British Values Policy
7) Data Protection Policy including Privacy Policy and Data Retention Policy
8) Admissions Policy (NEW FOR 2025)
Section Two: Policies to use in conjunction with the contract
Policies that are extremely useful to use to reinforce your contract.
9) Fees Policy
10) Food, Drink and Safer Eating Policy (NEW FOR 2025)
11) Achieving Positive Behaviour Policy
12) Settling in Policy
13) Working with Parents Policy
14) Late Collection Policy
Section Three: Other Useful Childminding Policies
15) No Smoking or Vaping Policy
16) Visitors Policy
17) Equal Opportunities and Inclusion Policy
18) Nappies and Toilet Training Policy
19) Intimate Care Policy
20) Health and Safety Policy
21) Emergency Evacuation Policy
22) Funding Policy
23) Whistleblowing Policy (New for 2025)
Forms:
This pack contains lots of useful forms for you to use in your childminding setting. From risk assessment and accident report forms to observation templates and sleep monitoring charts.
Fire Drill Record Form
Ratio Planner - NEW
Attendance Log - NEW
Baby Sleep Monitoring Chart - UPDATED
Cleaning Schedule
Continual Professional Development Log
Daily Activities- week plan
Daily Care Sheet - UPDATED
Holidays Form
Permission for a special day trip
Weekly menu planner
Risk Assessment Form
Risk Assessment Form - EXAMPLE
List of risk assessments
IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ
N.B This pack is supplied as a downloadable PDF document and a downloadable Word document. You will receive an email with links for your downloads as soon as you have paid for your order. If you have any problems please contact jennifer@wellywren.co.uk and I will help.
Products ARE NOT sent out by post.
This pack is for individual setting use only.
This pack must only be used by the person buying it to use in a childminding or small early years setting with no more than four members of staff. You may not share any of the contents with anyone else outside your setting. Welly Wren Ltd is a small business so please support me by buying your own copy.
Permission is not granted for any of the contents of this pack to be be used or distributed to members within an agency, organisation, charity, council, trust, or any other business that is not a childminding business or small early years setting with no more than four members of staff.
Breaches of copyright and distribution permissions will result in legal action being pursued.
FREE UPDATE GUARANTEE
This Welly Wren product come with a free three year update guarantee. If this product is updated at any point, within three years of your purchasing your pack and you are on the Childminding Best Practice Mailing list you are entitled to free updated copies. See the frequently asked questions for more information.