The National Childminding Association (NCMA)
• Registered Childminding in Wales
• Registration Requirements
• Support and Grants
• Professional Development
The National Childminding Association (NCMA)
• National charity and membership organisation
• NCMA is seen as a leader in Home Based Childcare
• Promotion, support and delivery of training
• Quality Assurance and specialist childminding services
Registered Childminding in Wales
• 2500 registered childminders
• Own homes
• Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales (CSIW)
• Six under eight
• Three under five
22 National Minimum Standards
• Choice of service
• Planning for the individual needs and preferences
• Quality of life
• Quality of care and treatment
• Staffing
• Conduct and management of service
• Complaints and protection
• Physical environment
Prior to Registration
• Introduction to Childcare Practice (ICP)
• Paediatric first aid certificate
• Criminal Records Bureau check (CRB)
• Health check• Portfolio of evidence• Health and Safety• Fit person
Support and Grants
• Free Introduction to Childcare Practice (ICP)
• Mentoring workshops• Free First Aid• Basic Food Hygiene• One unit of Diploma in
home-based childcare (DHC)
• Marketing workshops• One to one business
support• £300 grant
Professional Development
• Unit 1 - Introduction to Childcare Practice (home-based)
• Unit 2 – Childcare and child development (0-16) in the home setting
• Unit 3 – The childcare practitioner in the home based setting
• Unit 4 – Working in partnership with parents in the home based setting
• Unit 5 – Planning to meet the children’s individual learning needs in the home based setting.
Diploma in Home Base Childcare (DHC)
Networks
• NCMA manage 16 in Wales• Children in need• Children and carers with disabilities• Teenage parents• Early years education• Employers• Other agencies• Working parents and carers
Key Volunteers
• NCMA Tutors• QF and CCF Assessors• CCF Network
Coordinators• NCMA Development
Workers• NCMA Project Managers• Development Managers