Sickness Policy
As a registered childminder I cannot accept any child suffering from a noticeable infectious disease or illness because of the risk the child will be imposing on the other children I care for, myself and my family. It is important that you inform me of any symptoms of ill health shown by your child in the last 24 hours, and it will be at my discretion if I should undertake the care of your sick child. If your child becomes ill whilst in my care, I will contact you and I will ask you to take your child home. Childminding fees will still be charged.
If there is an infectious illness in my own family then I will inform you as soon as possible to allow you to make other arrangements. Under these circumstances no fees will be charged.
The following is a list of some of the infectious disease or illnesses a child may suffer from and the recommended exclusion time from childminding:
Chicken pox - 5 days after spots appear and spots are dry and until clinically well
Common cold - Unless well in themselves with no fever
Conjunctivitis - I day until treated and until clinically well
Diarrhoea and/or vomiting (with or without a specified diagnosis) - Until diarrhoea and vomiting has settled (neither for the previous 24 hours)
Fever - Until clinically well
Flu - Until clinically well
Food poisoning* - Until clinically well
Glandular Fever - Until clinically well
Headlice - Until cleared
Hep A * - Until 1 week after jaundice appears and clinically well
Influenza - Until clinically well
Impetigo - 48 hrs after treatment and until clinically well
Measles* - Five days from onset of rash and until clinically well
Mumps* - Five days from the onset of swollen glands
Rubella* - 7 days after rash and until clinically well
Scabies - 1 day after treatment and until clinically well
Scarlet Fever* - 48 hrs after treatment and until clinically well
Slapped Cheek - Until clinically well
Whooping Cough* - 3 weeks until clinically well
*If your child has been diagnosed with this infectious disease, it is my duty as a registered childminder to notify the local Authority Officers under the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988 and Ofsted and I will need confirmation from your child’s GP that they are clinically well enough to go back into my care.
