As a local authority, we have a duty to make sure there are enough childcare places in Dorset.
We support:
We support:
- registered early years and childcare providers and their staff
- anyone setting up new childcare provision or registering as a childminder
- people looking for a job in childcare
Advice about working in early years and childcare
Learn about different jobs in early years and childcare, what you’ll do, the training and qualifications you’ll need, and how to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Dorset Childcare Sufficiency report and assessment
Read our Childcare Sufficiency report and see our actions based on your feedback, including past and current reports and assessments.
Contact us
Events: working with children in the early years
Book onto one of our working with early years children events.