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Published on: 02/06/2026Updated on: 02/06/2026
Following the renewal of six RS (Specific Register) certificates for a three-year period, the RNCP professional qualifications developed by IPERIA as part of its mandate on behalf of the professional branch for individual employers and home-based employment have now also been renewed by France Compétences for five years. This renewal comes with substantial updates reflecting the profound transformation of home-based occupations and ensuring that these qualifications continue to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Three Professional Qualifications Confirmed, Two Qualification Titles Updated
France Compétences has renewed for five years the three professional qualifications (TFPs) developed by IPERIA:
- TFP Childminder – Childcare Assistant (formerly Childminder – Childcare Assistant) – RNCP42319
- TFP Care Assistant (formerly Dependency Personal Carer) – RNCP42318
- TFP Family Assistant– RNCP42320
The two updated qualification titles reflect changes in professional practice identified through the engineering work carried out by IPERIA. The term Childcare Assistant explicitly recognises the growing importance of supporting parents as part of the profession. Likewise, removing the word dependency from Care Assistant broadens the scope of the qualification to better reflect the diversity of people supported, extending beyond situations involving loss of autonomy alone.
Five-Year Renewal: A Significant Recognition
RNCP professional qualifications benefit from a longer renewal period than RS certificates—five years instead of three. This reflects the nature of these qualifications, which certify the core competencies of occupations that remain relatively stable over time, whereas RS certificates focus on specialised skills that evolve more rapidly alongside professional practice.
Obtaining this renewal from France Compétences requires the same level of evidence as RS certificates: demonstrating the relevance of certified competencies, their impact on employability and robust evidence gathered from the field. The longer renewal period does not reduce the level of scrutiny; on the contrary, it reflects the strength and maturity of these qualifications.
Obtaining this renewal from France Compétences requires the same level of evidence as RS certificates: demonstrating the relevance of certified competencies, their impact on employability and robust evidence gathered from the field. The longer renewal period does not reduce the level of scrutiny; on the contrary, it reflects the strength and maturity of these qualifications.
Five More Years to Train the Professionals the Sector Needs
This institutional recognition comes at a time of particularly significant workforce needs. Nearly 600,000 positions will need to be filled across the sector by 2035¹, including more than 120,000 Childminder and Childcare Assistant positions, nearly 400,000 Care Assistant positions, more than 65,000 Family Employee positions. In the face of these recruitment and attractiveness challenges, maintaining strong, recognised and up-to-date professional qualifications is essential for training the professionals the sector requires and providing future candidates with qualifications that open genuine career opportunities.
An Engineering Method Grounded in Reality: Listening to the Field
As with the RS certificates, the renewal of the RNCP qualifications mobilised IPERIA and the professional branch over several months, following a rigorous and collaborative methodology that included employee and individual employer surveys, focus groups, semi-structured interviews, field observations, reviews of partner training providers' accreditation, and continuous regulatory and sector monitoring.
This work highlighted significant developments across the three occupations.
This work highlighted significant developments across the three occupations.
- For Childminders and Childcare Assistants, parental support has become a central aspect of the profession. Fifty-nine per cent of professionals surveyed identified communication with parents as the activity that has evolved the most over the past five years.
- For Care Assistants, adapting to increasingly complex care needs, managing refusals of care and coordinating with multidisciplinary teams have become essential competencies.
- For Family Employees, responsibilities have diversified to include homework support, before- and after-school care, and increasing consideration of disability-related situations.
Enhanced Competency Frameworks Reflecting Professional Evolution
TFP Childminder – Childcare Assistant
The updated qualification strengthens competencies relating to health and safety, environmental and digital transitions, and collaboration with parents. Two new areas have also been incorporated: supporting children with disabilities and promoting healthy sleep—both reflecting everyday professional realities requiring greater recognition.TFP Care Assistant
The updated framework reflects the growing complexity of home-based support by reinforcing competencies related to personalised care planning, assistance with activities of daily living and supporting a wider range of individuals beyond older adults experiencing loss of autonomy. The updated title itself reflects this broader scope: Care Assistant now encompasses a wider variety of vulnerable situations.TFP Family Assistant
The competency framework now includes strengthened administrative support, homework assistance, before- and after-school support, organisation of daily activities and support for people with disabilities. These developments reflect the increasing versatility expected from Family Employees and their expanding contribution to the overall well-being of families.Part of a Long-Term Vision
The simultaneous renewal of the three RNCP qualifications, following the renewal of the six RS certificates, presents a coherent picture: that of a professional sector making sustained investment in the quality of its skills recognition system at every level. From core professional qualifications to highly specialised certifications, the sector now offers a comprehensive and up-to-date certification portfolio for both employees and individual employers.For IPERIA, this renewal also represents a renewed commitment to continue observing, listening and anticipating change so that tomorrow's qualifications remain closely aligned with the realities of home-based employment.
1 Home-Based Employment Barometer, published by the Home-Based Employment Observatory (2025)
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