Quality improvement
Level of engagement: Quality
improvement
| Have you considered the following? |
Action plan |
Resources required |
| What constitutes a good business plan? |
Make sure you include childminders!
|
www.nationalcollege.org.uk/
togetherforchildren business planning toolkit |
| Joint planning for children and families at all levels. |
Sharing practice frequently through forums and networking
events |
Tell us your story |
| How to budget to include childminders in the centre |
Develop a transparent charging structure |
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| Sharing professional expertise within the children's
centre |
Organise workshops and training for staff, including
childminders, and create opportunities for joint working e.g. with
early years professionals |
Success
stories
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| How to demonstrate good practice in childminding |
Incorporate reflective practice and evaluation as part of
everyday work. |
Success stories |
| Holding joint team meetings and events to include
childminders |
Undertake an activities audit of your children's centre and see
how childminders are currently involved and how involvement could
be improved. |
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| Review your existing working practices |
- Undertake an annual policies and procedures review.
- Undertake an annual communication plan review, and ensure
there's an adequate document reference
- Undertake an annual contract review
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Ofsted SEF for
children's centres |
| Does the centre provide an adequately broad quality improvement
scheme? |
Can all providers access the scheme? What could be done to
improve access? |
Success
stories
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