Shirley's Little Angels

1. To support positive outcomes for children and families, the childminder should strengthen their approach to self-evaluation and improvement. Involving children and families will help shape a responsive and inclusive service. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state 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 children’s safety, emotional security and wellbeing are supported the childminder should ensure they are knowledgeable of safe sleep guidance and implement this in practice. 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, are able to reflect on their practice and follow their professional and organisational codes' (HSCS 3.14).