Online vacancies
Promoting your vacancies online can be a really
effective way of supporting your business.
NCMA is currently developing an online vacancy matching service
which will bring extra benefit to NCMA members. The basic level of
access will be free with your NCMA membership.
More information will be available here soon.
Think about safety
NCMA encourages childminders to consider what
is the appropriate level of information to provide on the internet
to prospective families.
In some cases, when advertising online it is
possible to use location based computer software to pin point the
exact location of a setting on an online map.
Furthermore, the publication of a postcode
allows interested families to use online map websites to identify
the exact location of your setting. This can also enable visitors
to gain a bird's-eye view of your property online using tools such
as Google Maps.
NCMA recommends that such personal information
is only disclosed through trusted sources and to those seeking
provision after you have spoken to them personally and it is clear
that they are interesting in using your childcare service.
Whilst services such as the Family
Information Service (FIS) allow you to include full details of
your provision, including your full postal address, you can choose
for your full address details not be displayed. Ofsted also have
safeguards in place to keep your information private.
You may prefer to provide only basic details
of the location such as the borough you are operating in, or
first two or three characters of your postcode. This will
still help parents and carers know that you provide childcare near
them.
Page last updated:
2/6/2012