Kiddies Childminding Services

1. To continue to improve outcomes for children, approaches to quality assurance and self-evaluation should be developed. The childminder should become familiar with best practice guidance and use this to support her approaches to self-evaluation and continuous improvement. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standard (HSCS) which states that: 'I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes.' (HSCS 4.19).

1. To ensure the wellbeing and safety of children using the service, the childminder should develop risk assessments and procedures to identify possible and actual hazards. This should include, but is not limited to, a daily checklist and appropriate risk assessments which include environment, key activities and outings. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'My environment is secure and safe.' (HSCS 5.17).