How to become a Registered Childminder or Nanny

Childminders

Registered childminders provide care and learning opportunities for children under the age of 12 in the childminder's own home.

Childminders must be registered with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) to ensure that they are able to provide a safe and stimulating environment for the children in their care.  They must adhere to the National Minimum Standards and are inspected on a regular basis.

Childminders are self-employed and must work within the ratios set in the National Minimum Standards for Childminders in Wales (this includes childminders' own children).  Childminders can work together and they can also employ an assistant.

To find out more about becoming a childminder please contact the Family Information Services on 01492 577850 or email plant.children@conwy.gov.uk.

Further information:

• See what qualifications you need to become a childminder on the Social Care Wales website.
• Attend a childminding briefing session run by PACEY (Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years).  
• Check out Information on training and registering as a childminder on the PACEY website.
• Conwy Council provide paediatric first aid and safeguarding training courses, contact us for further information.  
• See the National Minimum Standards for regulated childcare

Nannies

A nanny is employed by a family to care for one or more children from up to two families in the family’s home and does not need to register.

However, registering for Care Inspectorate Wales’s Childcare at Home Voluntary Approval Scheme may allow their parents to take advantage of UK Government help with childcare costs.  To register, they must undertake childcare training.

• See what qualifications you need to become a nanny on the Social Care Wales website.
• Information on training and registering as a nanny on the PACEY website.