Childminders
Wages
New workers start around £6,965. Normal pay is £16,004 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £24,339.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 11,503 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Complies with regulations set by OFSTED and their inspection requirements.
Maintains appropriate records of children’s development.
Takes older children to and from school.
Takes children to participate in play groups or on appropriate outings.
Provides, supervises and participates in children’s indoor and outdoor play activities to promote their development.
Plans, prepares and serves children’s meals and supervises children during meals.
Changes babies’ nappies and clothes as necessary and makes up bottles for feeds.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.