Good practice guidance examples
Wakefield
There are over 20 children’s centres in
Wakefield and each has a support group for local childminders
to attend with their minded children.
To help develop and maintain consistency
across the Children’s Centres, and to address some practice issues,
it was agreed that a guidance document should be developed that
stated what was to be expected between the Children’s Centres and
the childminders to ensure they were working in partnership.
An initial meeting was held between the
Children’s Centre managers and the Childcare and Market Development
Team to identify any existing issues and a draft document was
produced.
Further meetings were held with the
childminders in the district for consultation and the opportunity
for them to have their input to the document.
To acknowlede the childminders' input we included this
consultation session as part of the continual professional
development that we offer to our registered childminders.
Once all the information was gathered and a
draft document was completed it was given to each of the Children’s
Centres for both staff and childminders to read through and give
any feedback before the finished document was sent to management
for final approval.
Download the sample practice
document here