A person who looks after other people's children (for a fee) while they are at work (a babysitter (USA, Canada) = childminder (UK)?, in-home daycare provider?, professional daycare worker?) (Please clarify the distinctions made.)
A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes. someone who is paid to look after young children while their parents are at work