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Can a 17 Year Old Look After a Child?

Thanks for your question. It sounds like you have a particular person in mind, and that they will be looking after one specific child. In principle, there is...

Do Foreign Children Have a Right to A Classroom Assistant?

Being a foreign national child and speaking poor English can be very hard for children in UK primary schools and they have extra challenges to face. However,...

How Do I Start my Career as a Family Support Worker?

Thanks for your question. Although you don’t say exactly what work with children you’ve been doing for the last six years, on the surface it sounds like...

How to Run a Respite Care Programme?

Hello and thank you for your question. I'm sure you've already realised that, for such an important provision, respite care is woefully underfunded in the UK...

POCA: Implications for Instructors and Members?

Thanks for your question and concern about how your group is affected by the Protection of Children Act (POCA). Under the terms of the POCA, all organisation...

Should Sports Studio Instructors be DBS Checked?

Today we hear more and more about people in positions of responsibility being DBS checked. To answer this specific question, it may first be helpful to outli...

Start a Creche from Home?

There’s a lot of groundwork to cover in the early stages of setting up and starting a home crèche. A crèche is one of the forms of childcare services tha...

What Kind of Qualifications are Needed?

For anyone working with children, there are a range of qualifications that can be gained, to help support your work and improve your experience. In your case...

Will my Depression Stop me from Working with Children?

The Department of Health/Department of Children, Schools and Families (DH/DCSF) does have access to your Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)check and will w...

Youth Club: What are Legal Child to Adult Ratios?

Hello and thank you for your question. The rules and regulations surrounding 'village hall' type events are, sadly, getting more and more involved, such an i...