Being an Employer
Being an employer means knowing your responsibilities for employing staff.
The vodcast that follows takes you through the steps to prepare your business as you become an employer and the critical tasks that need to be undertaken as you employ staff for the first time. The vodcast covers deciding how much to pay someone, checking if someone has the legal right to work in the UK, applying for DBS checks, arranging Employer's Liability Insurance, preparing a Written Statement of Employment, registering with HMRC as an employer and considerations for a Workplace Pension Scheme;
Continuous Professional Development
Employers will also remember, the responsibilities of becoming an employer doesn't stop at the end of the recruitment process. Once staff are in place you have responsibilities for their ongoing welfare, supervision, training and career progression. Within our CPD Training and Networking Opportunities you will find Safer Recruitment courses alongside a wealth of other CPD opportunities and the resources around quality improvement, specifically the Teaching and Learning and Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements audits, which can be found here, can assist in planning a staff induction and training programme and develop a staff supervision cycle. Your allocated EYFS Support Worker can offer further support with these toolkits if required.
To support with recruitment the DfE have launched their Do Something Big recruitment campaign, whereby providers can post vacancies free of charge on a national Find a Job platform.
You can also find further support on our Recruitment Page.
New Digital Service to Check Early Years Qualifications
In early 2025, the DfE announced the Check an Early Years Qualification (CEYQ) service to help Early Years Managers verify whether qualifications meet ratio requirements. This free service is now live on GOV.UK.
The CEYQ Service allows managers to check staff qualifications quickly and easily by entering key details such as the qualification name, awarding organisation, and course start date. A clear outcome is provided, which can be printed for records.
This tool saves managers valuable time during recruitment and HR processes, ensuring they have appropriately qualified staff in place.
CEYQ is currently available for EY managers only. Practitioners should continue using the Early Years Qualifications List (EYQL) to check their qualifications.
