Careers in childcare

Childcare jobs are open to both men and women of all ages and from all communities. They include jobs in:

• day nurseries
• pre-schools and playgroups
• out of school clubs and holiday schemes
• schools (as a teaching assistant)
• your own home (as a childminder) 

Please also visit the eycJobs website if you wish to advertise a job vacancy or email eycjobs@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

Becoming a registered childminder

If you would like to have a rewarding career, be your own boss, run your business from home and make a real difference to children's lives, then being a registered childminder might be just the profession for you.

You need to register as a childminder if you want to care for children that you are not related to in your or someone else’s home for payment or reward.  Children should be under 8 years of age for you to register with Ofsted.

• Children should be under 8 years of age.
• You look after them for more than 2 hours a day.
• You look after them in a home that isn’t the children’s normal home.

Contact us about childminding

Please email childminding@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

Training and qualifications

You can study for qualifications while working in childcare. To find out what level of qualification you need for a specific job, you can use the Department for Education's Qualification Finder.

Early years introductory courses, profiles and professional development 

Visit our Learn together website 

Early years Apprenticeship bursary scheme

• Find out more about Apprenticeships

Local colleges provide information about apprenticeships available in the area:

• Cambridge Regional College
• Peterborough Regional College