A childminding service involves an individual taking care, by themselves, of children under the age of 15 years, for payment, in the childminder’s home. A childminder is self-employed and provides a paid childcare service for a minimum of 2 hours a day in their own home.
A childminder cannot look after more than 6 children and no more than 2 of these children can be under the age of 15 months in the care of the childminder at any given time including their own children under the age of 10 years. However, exceptions can be made on the basis of siblings or multiple births.
