Is childminding for me?
Some of the questions you should ask yourself when thinking about childminding are:
- Do I enjoy looking after children?
- Would I enjoy planning activities for them?
- Can I offer children a happy and stimulating environment to meet their needs?
- Do I feel capable of respecting the individual needs of children who have different families, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to my own?
- Am I interested in caring for children with additional needs, such as children with a disability or behaviour difficulty?
- Would I enjoy working with parents to ensure I deliver a good service?
- Would I be able to talk to parents about problems or concerns about their children?
- Would I enjoy working in my own home? Or is it working in a daycare setting with others that I would be really interested in?
- Would I like to be my own boss?
- What hours am I prepared to work?
- Am I willing to offer flexible working hours?
- How will my partner and my own children feel about me looking after other people's children?
- What effect will it have on my family?