- quality management systems for
- social care
- domiciliary care services
- care homes for older people
- children's homes
- care homes for people with learning disabilities
- care homes for people with mental health disorders
- care homes for people with drug and alcohol misuse problems
- sheltered housing and support services for dependent people
- day care services for older people
- nurses agencies
- quality management systems for
- early years
- children's day nurseries
- childminding services

Child Care Settings - Childminding Services
Managing Quality in Early Years
This System is marketed under the VistaPointTM brand name and is designed to assure conformance to the latest Standards and Regulations for Childminding. The System consists of a single easy-to-use Quality Assurance Manual which is divided into 5 simple sections:
- An introductory section to show you how to get the best from the Manual
- Quality Self-Assessment Check-lists for you to check your compliance to the Standards and Regulations
- Policies - model Policies for you to customise
- Record Forms & Charts - for you to customise
- Cross-references to the National Childminding Standards
The Quality Assurance Manual is supplied as a hard copy and on an interactive CD-ROM in Microsoft Word format to enable you to quickly and easily customise the documents to suit your needs.
The cost of the Quality Assurance Manual is £115 + £5 p&p
If you would like more information please click on the relevant links below to download some examples.
Manuals in PDF format will normally open in your browser - if you want to open them offline right click and select "Save Target As...."
FORM No 209 - Settling-in Questionnaire
Sample Record Form
FORMS INDEX
Index of all Record Forms contained in the Childminding Quality Manual.
POLICY INDEX
Index of all Policies contained in the Childminding Quality Manual.
POLICY No 200 - Information for Parents
Sample Policy document.
QUALITY SELF-ASSESSMENT - Contents page 1
Summary of VistaPoint System structure for Childminding Services.
QUALITY SELF-ASSESSMENT - Contents page 2
Summary of VistaPoint System structure for Childminding Services.
QUALITY SELF-ASSESSMENT - Contents page 3
Summary of VistaPoint System structure for Childminding Services.
QUALITY SELF-ASSESSMENT - Contents page 4
Summary of VistaPoint System structure for Childminding Services.
QUALITY SELF-ASSESSMENT - Sample page
Sample of Audit Schedule page:
sec 2.6 - Partnership with Parents; page 1 of 2
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