Angie's Little Angels
Recorded Key Question grade range: 3–4 — Adequate View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. By 18 October 2025 the provider must notify the Care Inspectorate of any members of the household who have turned 16 and ensure appropriate checks have been completed and confirm their suitability and ensure appropriate safeguarding. This is to comply with Regulation 12(2)(a (Child minding) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210). 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).
1. The childminder should develop personal plans to ensure children's progress in the service and their next steps are consistently recorded. This is to support them in planning to meet their needs and support sharing of this information. All personal care plan information should be reviewed by parents at least once every six months. Where children have identified allergies or specific identified needs, further information to meet these needs should also be recorded within the personal plan along with any identified strategies for support. 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 a 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).
1. To support continuous improvement and positive outcomes for children, the childminder should further develop and embed quality assurance processes across the year. This should include making use of the 'quality improvement framework for the early learning and childcare sectors: childminding' and the 'self evaluation toolkit for childminders.' Development of action planning for the year to identify areas of strength and improvement should also be considered. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (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).
2. The childminder should provide regular and formal opportunities for children and families to provide their views across all aspects of provision. These should be recorded and used to identify and address areas for improvement. Children and families should be kept informed about improvements made, to enable them to feel included and that their opinions are valued. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I can be meaningfully involved in how the organisations that support and care for me work and develop' (HSCS 4.6); and 'I am actively encouraged to be involved in improving the service I use, in a spirit of genuine partnership' (HSCS 4.7).
1. To further improve outcomes for children, the childminder should identify and access relevant training and development opportunities. These should include refreshing child protection training. The childminder should also ensure they use relevant best practice documents and tools to inform and improve their practice. These should also be used to build current knowledge; 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 care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that 'I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice.' (HSCS 4.11).