About us
History
In 1986 a group of local childminders began meeting once a week at the Toc H. Following a visit from Sue Griffin, the SW region training co-ordinator for NCMA (National Childminding Association) our local group was formed.
Since then the JACC (Jersey Association of Child Carers) has grown considerably and we now have approximately 80 members - there are around 95 registered family day carers in Jersey at the moment.
Our Website
The JACC website was launched in June 07. It is continuing to grow from strength to strength and is being used by more and more people.
Any member can advertise their child vacancies, ensuring the details are specific to the service they offer e.g. times available/age of child/ren etc. This vacancy page has a map of Jersey showing the parish vacancies.
A very useful page is the one with lots of extremely useful websites full of ideas for your work with children.
The parents page has information about the requirements of registration, child ratios and sample questions to ask to a potential family day carer.
The JACC website is very user friendly and definately worth a visit.
Advantages
We offer a discount of £15 for the First Aid course that we all have to update every 3 years.
We have negotiated a 10% discount at Bambola, 101 Toys and Imagination as well as the Early Learning Centre discount card we can obtain.
Contracts and terms & conditions are available to members only.
Last, but by no means the least important of any benefit is the opportunity to meet up with other family day carers at our toddler groups and gain help and support, discuss any problems or issues you have and make friends.
We have a number of social evenings throughout the year where we can enjoy friendships, let our hair down, have a good time and recover from the stresses and strains of the job!