Emergancy person

[rach30]

Hi , when you write your emergancy plan and you name someone who you would leave the children with in the event of an emergancy , does that person have to be another childminder ? or who could it be ?

[sarahnev707]

Mine isn't a childminder - it's a friend who lives across the road - don't think it matters so long as it's someone the children know who is responsible....

Sarahx

[rubybubbles]

sarahnev707 said:

Mine isn't a childminder - it's a friend who lives across the road - don't think it matters so long as it's someone the children know who is responsible....

Sarahx

I'm the same!

[bella]

hi mine is my mum who lives right near me she is in a wheelchair so when ofsted ask about emergency care and i said my mum they said as long as though the child was over 2 due to her having restricted mobility but to be honest i never even left my own child with her uless he was asleep in the pram as she isnt able to pick up or hold them

[beckycoop]

What happens if you dont know anyone well enough? My Mum lives an hour away and everyone I know works full time.

I wouldnt want to hassle next door as she works part time and has a 9yr old and I hate putting on peolple. Although it would probably never happen, its one of those things I hate doing.

I hate asking peolple to have my own kids nevermind the ones I mind.
What if the other local childminder was full up.

Will Ofsted what a name?

Becky

[susi513]

In an extreme emergency - eg cm accompanying a child in an ambulance - you may have no choice but to leave mindees with an unregistered person or with a registered childminder causing them to go over their numbers. In an emergency you just have to make a decision based on the situation at the time.

You should have a named person if at all possible. In an emergency you don't want the additional stress of hunting for your phone book and worrying about which person to ring. If you've planned ahead and have everybody's numbers in your mobile phone/list by your home phone etc you'll cope better in the unlikely event you do have to manage in an emergency situation. My emergency contacts named in my policies are 3 local childminders but I've put that a child may be left with an unregistered person (hubby, neighbour, my mum) if the main contacts are unavailable. Just so everyone knows its possible.

Even if you have lots of contacts, there's no guarantee they'll answer their phones/be available when you need them. So the more options you have the better.

[mel]

My contact is another minder and I would probably take her over numbers if anything were to happen but it would be an emergency and this is the only option I really have

Just hoping it never happens

Mel x

[banana]

I've got my mum as mine. She is a midwife and so has had all her security clearances etc... failing that I would resort to my back up childminders.

x