SCMA members are invited to #TellSCMA about your thoughts and experiences on a number of critical topics, which will influence SCMA, increase and strengthen our support for you, and help us address the issues affecting childminders in Scotland.

Earlier today the latest annual Early Learning and Childcare Statistics , which provide an analysis of the childcare workforce and trends in Scotland, were published by the Care Inspectorate.

The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA), in partnership with Scottish Government, is launching trials of important childminder workforce retention pilots in some local authority areas in Scotland as part of the Programme for Scotland’s Childminding Future (PSCF). The childminder retention and recruitment Programme aims to grow the workforce and bring about positive change for childminding. One of the innovative strands of work which gets underway in Autumn – ‘Funded Time Off the Floor’ – is the first of its kind to be trialled for registered childminders in the UK.