Guest Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 hi every one I was wondering if any one could help. Although I am a childminder I'm guessing most paper work that is needed will be the same in all settings. I'm returning to work after a lovely long maternity leave and wanted to check if I do too much or not enough paper work per day. I was doing these daily: *Daily Diaries *Seperate nappy change record *cleaning record Register *food and fridge temps *daily risk assessment of environment *planning I was then also doing: fire record first aid check list Children's development record Many thanks Adele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suebear Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 That sounds a lot more than me! I have a planning book which is dated, top of each page are names of children and parents sign them in and out. I have my scribbled plan for the day with evaluation section at bottom. I have a fridge thermometer but would only record if there was a concern. Then I do their learning journals. If a parent wanted a diary of nappy changes, eating and sleeping then I'd do that too but some parents are happy with a verbal note. I have a separate fire practice sheet. I trust myself to do all checks etc and know what needs doing. When I was at nursery we wrote and signed off everything to ensure nothing got missed with the old, oh sorry I thought someone else had done it line. Oh, I also have a written risk assessment of indoor and outdoor space and I record on there any changes. How are you finding being back? I returned in September, it's lovely, but I still struggle if had a night of broken sleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Thank you Suebear. I use one of the Kay fisher diaries for my planning and a calender so I don kind of cut down on the paper work there. I'm not finding the return too bad. I found a lovely family who have a little boy the same age and we get on incredibly well. I've made some changes since returning to work such as my fee structure so now I only charge a daily or half day rate in stead of per hour and this has helped admin wise and of course helped money wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Sounds like you are pretty thorough to me. What I would say is you have no need to use actual paper. For example all my customer feedback regarding each child I now do by text to the parent. The same with my billing and receipting. When it came to my OFSTED check I got a rating of "Good" so this approach is perfectly acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Oh and just to add that contracts can be done yourself. I tailor each one to each individual customer, I actually find it better than using a pre-drawn PACEY contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyPancakes Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Adding a belated word of warning about contracts, you need to be careful that your contracts are acceptable to your insurance and legal advice providers. Because I am a member of Pacey and insured by their underwriters, I must use their contracts if I want cover. Other providers may have different requirements. Cheers, Honey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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