A childminder assistant can be an employee or a volunteer in a paid or unpaid role who works with children under a registered childminder.
Registered childminders are childcare professionals who provide care and education for children up to the age of 12 years within domestic premises that is not the child’s own home for more than two hours per day for reward
Last updated: 26 September 2024
The assistant must have undertaken training in paediatric first aid and hold a relevant paediatric first aid certificate appropriate for the age of the child(ren) being cared for.
The paediatric first aid certificate should be up to date and renewed every three years.
The assistant must have completed child protection/safeguarding training and must be able to put the child protection/ safeguarding policy into practice and implement the procedures.
This includes awareness of safeguarding and child protection issues, including physical abuse, neglect, emotional abuse and sexual abuse. The assistant must be aware of their responsibility to report concerns according to the Wales Safeguarding Procedures without delay.
No additional learning required.
No additional learning required. The qualification is the same for Northern Ireland and Wales.
There is no formal recognised route at present.
Practitioners who are new to the early years and childcare sector or new to an organisation should complete the All Wales Induction Framework for Early Years and Childcare.
