This site has been set up by Jacqueline Harbinson, a registered childminder in Limavady, Northern Ireland specifically for childminders and parents. 

www.childmindingonline.com is a new website aimed at childminders and parents.  It is a membership only site costing £10 per year for registered childminders. Childminders can access the details of other childminders, list vacancies they may currently have at present or will have in the immediate future. They can also download craft ideas for the older child as well as policies and procedures that can be adapted to develop a portfolio for prospective parents.  

For those childminders who want to develop their own website www.childmindingonline.com provides the opportunity through cloning thus allowing them to produce their own site detailing their business, times of opening, children they are currently working with and activities they and their minded children participate in on a daily basis.  www.childmindingonline.com also provides a forum where issues of relevance to the childminding sector can be discussed and commented on.

An ambitious aspect of the site is to link childminders within areas who can help provide holiday and sickness cover for each other as well as locate toys and equipment that can be borrowed such as high chairs, prams etc. 

Details of local events, activities and contact personnel as well as current issues relevant to childminders can also be accessed on the site.  Primarily the site has been developed by a childminder for other childminders. 

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided, www.childmindingonline.com cannot accept responsibility or liability for any errors which have occurred. It is recommended that you always check details with childminders to ensure their service meets your requirements. Furthermore, www.childmindingonline.com cannot recommend or endorse any of the childminders listed.