Code of Practice
Early Years and Childcare Code of Practice (Voice)
Other sites
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Childcare sites for nannies etc
Agencies
The Association of Nanny Agencies
Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)
BestBear (childcare advice & info)
Childcare qualifications
CACHE (incorp. NNEB and NAMCW)
Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Early Years & Playwork Qualifications Database (CWDC)
Early Years Workforce Qualifications Audit Tool (CWDC)
Children’s Commissioners
Children’s Commissioner for England
Children’s Commissioner for Scotland
Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Children’s Commissioner for Northern Ireland
News/information:
Children’s Plan Implementation Pack
Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People’s Services (C4EO)
Leading and managing Children’s Services in England: a national professional development framework
Daycare Trust: Paying for Childcare
Every Child Matters
Sure Start
Standards: www.cwdcouncil.org.uk
Childcare Link
Ofsted Childcare Register:
Ofsted’s information
Look After Children for a living or as a Volunteer? (pdf)
See also Voice Information Sheet: Ofsted Early Years
Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales
Vouchers and employment:
Inland Revenue: childcare
Childcare Vouchers
Employer-supported Childcare
Paying for childcare (financial support)
Care Commission and other Scottish childcare information
Scottish Early Years Framework (EYF)
Care Commission (Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care)
HMIE
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Children in Scotland
Scottish Social Services Council (Standards for Childcare Practice)
Welsh Childcare Strategy
Childcare is for Children (2005):
Day Nurseries
NDNA
Official bodies
Children’s Workforce Network (CWN)
General Social Care Council (GSCC)
A British Nanny (finding, hiring)
All Kids
Association of Nanny Agencies (ANA)
Babilog (log book for childcarers)
Babies Directory ("baby-related news, books and web resources")
Barnardo’s
BAECE (British Association for Early Childhood Education)
BTEC (Business & Technology Education Council)
CACHE (incorp. NNEB and NAMCW) (childcare qualifications)
CCP Nannies
Centre for Child Care Research
CSIE (Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education)
Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre
Child Psychotherapy Trust
Childcare Directory
Childcare Matters
Childcare Professionals
Child Care Management Software
Childline
ChildrenBiz
Children Now
Chiltern College
Contact a Family (for families with disabled children)
Daycare Trust
Early Years Gateway
Early Years Net
Early Years Recruitment
Eden Childcare
eezofminders
Employers for Childcare
Every Disabled Child Matters
The Foundation Stage Website
Head Lice Advisory Bureau
Head Lice: Once a Week Take a Peek
Ideas for the Kids
JustParents
Kids’ Clubs Network
KinderStart
NannyTax.co.uk
Nannies at Notice
Nanny Search
Nanny Sharers
NAGC (The National Association for Gifted Children)
National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)
National Childminding Association
National Children’s Bureau
National Day Nurseries Association
National Deaf Children’s Society
National Extension College: childcare courses
NIPPA - the early years organisation (Northern Ireland)
NSPCC
NSPCC inform (child protection issues)
Nursery Jobs Only
Nursery Nurse Forum
Nursery Nurses.co.uk (help, advice and job- related information)
Nursery Industry
Nursery World
Nyman Linden
Onelist (discussion forum for childcarers and others)
Parent Pages
Pre-School Learning Alliance
Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC): childcare & nanny agencies
School Councils UK
South East Childcare
Spare-Chair: the Web site for Teaching Assistants
Storyshapers
Threadworm information
Working with Kids
Working with Disabled Children and Young People (Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC))
Latest education/childcare news (BBC)
UK nursery/ pre-school systems explained (BBC)