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Guidance for anyone wanting to register and operate as a childminder agency.
How to get a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if you want to look after children for a living: who needs a check, what it costs and how long it takes.
You must tell Ofsted about new people aged 16 or over who live or work in the home you look after children in within 14 days. This includes children who turn 16.
Apply for support from the childminder mentor programme.
You must register with your local Health and Social Care Trust (HSCT) if you want to become a childminder or provide day care services in Northern Ireland
Places boosted even further with new measures to support childminders, and funding rates confirmed for all childcare providers ahead of historic rollout.
How to register if you want to look after children at home, including what you need to do before you apply, fees, and working elsewhere.
Forms and guidance relating to Ofsted's regulation and inspection of childminder agencies.
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