You need a Level 0 qualification to work as a Childminder.
Level 0 requiredRegulated occupation
Your route in
Qualification REQUIRED to practise (regulated) - minimum L0
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Add-on certificates
Complements to the main route. Where no level is shown, the awarding body does not specify one.
- Paediatric First Aid 1 course
- Emergency Paediatric First Aid 1 course
- Emergency Paediatric First Aid Award 1 course
- Setting Up a Home Childminding Business 1 course
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Where this can take you
Once registered, you could take further training, like a free online course covering child development during early years. With experience you could expand your business and take on a childcare assistant or become a network co-ordinator, supporting other local childminders. You might also: move into nursery work, become an early years teaching assistant and train to be a tutor on childminding courses.
- Level 3 Early Years Educator Diploma L384 courses
- Level 1 Certificate in Caring for Children L143 courses
- Level 2 Certificate in Working with Children in Early Years and Primary Settings L229 courses
- Level 3 Early Years Educator Diploma L328 courses
Courses for this career
Level 2
- Early Years Practitioner Diploma (Level 2) L219 courses
Level 3
- Paediatric First Aid Award (Level 3) L32 courses