Angela Lamb

1. To support children’s overall wellbeing, up to date personal plans must be in place for all children. These should take into account the wellbeing indicators and be effective in supporting children. 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).

1. To support ongoing improvement and the changing needs of children the childminder should ensure that: parents, children and other stakeholders have opportunities to meaningfully feedback to the service feedback is used to promote positive development self-evaluation using quality indicators and best practice influence ongoing improvement and development. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'As a child I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).

2. To support the ongoing improvement of the service to provide consistently high quality care for children the childminder should ensure that: risk assessments are up to date, relevant and are consistently carried out to ensure the safety of children policies and procedures are reviewed, updated when necessary to reflect guidance and good practice. This is to ensure that 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).

1. To ensure high quality care and learning for children, the childminder should now take part in continued professional development opportunities and use this to improve practice. This should include but not be limited to: child protection quality assurance and self evaluation. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'As a child 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) and 'I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice' (HSCS 4.11).