The International Family Day Care Organisation’s (IFDCO) Conference, hosted jointly by the Scottish Childminding Association will be held in Edinburgh from 22-25 July 2015.

Childminders are professional childcare workers who work from their own homes to provide a childcare service for other people's children in a family setting. 

The Care Inspectorate piloted a new approach to inspecting childminding services last year and, from 1 April 2014, we inspect childminders in a different way. 

The Care Inspectorate has today published its annual report on childcare provision in Scotland. 

The Care Inspectorate has published updated guidance on the management of medication in daycare of children and childminding services.