Childcare: Useful links
Code of Practice:
Early Years and Childcare Code of Practice (Voice)
Other sites:
Voice is not responsible for the content of other Web sites. A link to another Web site does not represent an endorsement by Voice.
Childcare sites for nannies etc
Agencies:
The Association of Nanny Agencies
Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)
BestBear (childcare advice & info)
Childcare qualifications:
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)
Daycare Trust: Paying for Childcare
Standards: www.cwdcouncil.org.uk
Government:
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:
Paying for childcare (financial support)
Early Years careers in Wales: www.playlearngrowwales.gov.uk
Care Commission and other Scottish childcare information:
Scottish Early Years Framework (EYF)
Care Commission (Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care)
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Scottish Social Services Council (Standards for Childcare Practice)
Welsh Childcare Strategy:
Childcare is for Children (2005):
www.learning.wales.gov.uk/pdfs/childcare-strategy-e.pdf
Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW)
Day Nurseries:
Official bodies:
Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Childcare/Children sites;
A British Nanny (finding, hiring)
Babilog (log book for childcarers)
Babies Directory ("baby-related news, books and web resources")
BestBear (childcare advice & info)
BAECE (British Association for Early Childhood Education)
BTEC (Business & Technology Education Council)
CSIE (Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education)
Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre
Contact a Family (for families with disabled children)
Head Lice: Once a Week Take a Peek
NAGC (The National Association for Gifted Children)
National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)
National Childminding Association
National Day Nurseries Association
National Deaf Children’s Society
National Extension College: childcare courses
NSPCC inform (child protection issues)
Nursery Nurses.co.uk (help, advice and job- related information)
Onelist (discussion forum for childcarers and others)
Spare-Chair: the Web site for Teaching Assistants
Working with Disabled Children and Young People (Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC))