Wednesday 27 January 10.00am – 3pm, Edinburgh

Keynote Speaker – Tim Gill (Co-author of Managing Risk in Play Provision)
with

Childminders will be central to the delivery of the Scottish Government’s massive expansion of childcare in both nurseries and childminders, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said today as she

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

SCMA has launched its latest workshop ‘Building the Ambition’ to help childminders implement the guidance in their childminding service.

The programme - designed from material

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.