Penelope Edwards
Recorded Key Question grade range: 4–5 — Good View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. To further develop the quality of the service and enhance outcomes for children, the provider should ensure that quality assurance processes, improvement planning and self-evaluation are further developed and embedded. The processes should consult with and share outcomes with children and their families. They should identify strengths and areas for improvements, with the development of clear plans, measurable outcomes and monitoring to support positive outcomes for children and families. Consideration should be given but not limited to: benchmarking against national frameworks and best practice guidance documents ensuring that the service is complying with conditions of registration and legislation auditing aspects of the service to ensure that the care provided is of a high quality. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with1. To support children's safety and wellbeing the provider should review the practice and arrangements for: children's sleeping recording how to manage children's healthcare needs recording all children's progress and reviewing personal plans with families. To ensure this is being provided in line with current best practice guidance. The childminder should refer to documents like the 'Safe Sleep Scotland's 'Safe Sleep for Babies - A Guide for early years providers, childminders and foster carers' (2023) and the Care Inspectorate's 'Guide for providers on personal planning- Early learning and childcare' (2021). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: "I experience high-quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice." (HSCS 4.11).
Conditions of registration
Number(s) and Age(s) of person(s) to whom service may be provided:
1. To provide a care service to a maximum of 8 children at any one time under the age of 16, of whom a maximum of 6 will be under 12, of whom no more than 3 are not yet attending primary school and of whom no more than 1 is under 12 months. Numbers are inclusive of children of the childminder's family.
Any other conditions unique to the service:
2. The parts of the premises not to be used are the bedrooms.
3. Minded children cannot be cared for by persons other than those named on the certificate.
4. Graeme Edwards is employed as an assistant.