Caz's Kidz

1. To support children's health and wellbeing, the childminder should ensure all children have an up to date personal plan that details their individual needs, choices and progress. This information should be used by the childminder to care for and support children effectively. Plans should be reviewed by parents to reflect children’s current needs.

This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My personal plan (sometimes referred to as my care plan) is right for me because it sets out how my needs will be met, as well as my wishes and choices' (HSCS 1.15).

2. To contribute to children’s learning needs being met, the childminder should ensure progress is recorded and evaluated and next steps are clearly identified. This should include, but is not limited to:

a) recording observations of children's learning to capture progress and achievements b) plan appropriate next steps to support progression in children’s learning.

This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My care and support meets my needs and is right for me' (HSCS 1.19); and 'As a child, my social and physical skills, confidence, self-esteem and creativity are developed through a balance of organised and freely chosen extended play, including using open ended and natural materials' (HSCS 1.31).

1. To enable children to benefit from a service that is focussed on improvement and committed to providing high quality care, the childminder should develop quality assurance systems to monitor, review and support continuous improvement of the service. To further improve outcomes for children, the childminder should ensure they use relevant best practice documents and tools to inform and improve their practice. Using these to build current knowledge, the childminder could consider what the service does well and what could be better. Useful documents and websites can be found at http://hub.careinspectorate.com This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: ‘I use a service and organisation that are well led and managed’ (HSCS 4.23) and 'I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I have confidence in people because they are trained, competent and skilled, and are able to reflect on their practice' (HSCS 3.14).

1. To support children’s development, imagination and creative play, the childminder should develop the resources available to stimulate and challenge children in their play.

This should include, but is not limited to, increasing the range of loose parts, open ended and natural materials. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: ‘As a child, my social and physical skills, confidence, self-esteem and creativity are developed through a balance of organised and freely chosen extended play, including using open-ended and natural materials’ (HSCS 1.31).

2. The provider should ensure that children are cared for in an environment that is safe and secure. To do this, the provider should at a minimum: a) complete a full review of the premises, identifying where all potential risks and hazards may exist for children and take appropriate action to address these (remove the hazards) b) regularly review and update the measures they have in place to keep children safe. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My environment is secure and safe' (HSCS 5.17).