Managing a businesslike relationship with parents, childminders are well respected and important to the families who employ them. Childminders' fees vary regionally. Income will also depend on the number of children cared for and the hours worked.
Many childminders join networks linked with local children's centres and extended schools, where they contribute to the centre's outreach service.
Some childminders take leadership roles as network co-ordinators. Liaising with a children's centre team, a co-ordinator enables network colleagues to use the centre's toy libraries, meeting rooms and stay and play sessions. Childminders may use a centre's creche facilities so they can attend staff training and meet other early years professionals. The co-ordinator oversees vacancy co-ordination and holiday cover and represents colleagues at meetings for centre staff and agencies delivering children's centre services.
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