22097 Cambridgeshire County Council Childminding Support

Quality improvement support and continuing professional development for childminders, including new childminders.\r \r To enable the support and development of childminders in Cambridgeshire, the Council is commissioning a service to provide the following:\r • Advice, support and training for childminders on registration and prior to initial Ofsted visit\r • Support, advice and challenge for childminders to deliver high quality Early Years Foundation Stage provision in line with Ofsted Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements\r • Generic support for Cambridgeshire childminders, as directed by the Early Years, Childcare and School Readiness Service.\r • Collaborative working to support safeguarding, SEND and Equalities and the DfE EY expansion and wraparound projects.