Paediatric First Aid for Child Care Practitioners

Child care practitioners/settings must hold a Paediatric first aid qualification as a condition of the Early Years Foundation Stage Welfare Requirements. .  

This is a 12 hour Paediatric first aid course, certified for 3 years and conforms to Ofsted requirements.  This course runs 9.30 - 4pm over two days.

 Basic Paediatric

First Aid

A short course designed for parents and grandparents of young children.

Setting up a Home-based Childcare Service

This course prepares learners to work as home-based childcarers/childminders and covers basic business, policies and procedures, working with parents, safeguarding children and relevant aspects of childcare.

The course runs 9.30am - 4pm daily and involves your commitment to homework and building a portfolio. Your Portfolio will be assessed.

Successful assessment will result in you achieving Unit Number: CYPOP 5 which is one optional Unit of the Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce.

Safeguarding Children Awareness

Level 2

Training Course

This course covers the definition of child abuse, the different categories, signs and symptoms, contributory factors leading to abuse, dealing with disclosure and referrals to Children and Young Peoples Service (Social Services).  It is aimed at anyone working with children and young people.  This is a 3 hour course.

'Simple, Not Taxing'

Business Workshop

A practical workshop to assist childminders to be more confident and better equipped in the business side of childminding.  By the end of the workshop you will understand how to record and report financial information required by HM Revenue and Customs.

This is a 2 hour workshop.

'Be Seen,

Be Professional'

Marketing Workshop

A workshop to assist childminders / early years providers to think positively about promoting their business, identifying their unique selling points.  This is a 2 hour workshop.

This workshop also contributes towards Unit 3 of the Diploma in Home-based Childcare. 

Food Safety Awareness  for Childcarers 

A workshop to raise awareness of Food Safety for childminders / early years providers.  

This is a 2 hour workshop.

Risk Assessment

for Childcarers

A workshop to assist childminders / early years providers to think positively about risk assessment in their setting.  

This is a 2 hour workshop.

SEN Workshop

A workshop to assist practitioners to develop an understanding of the roles, responsibilities, challenges and rewards of working with children with additional  needs, to build on existing skills and to become familiar with the Code of Practice requirements and CAF

This is a 2 hour workshop.

Assertiveness

Workshop

A workshop aimed to explore assertiveness and where practitioners can assess and reflect on their abilities in this area .  You will explore how to implement assertiveness effectively in the home based setting as well as identifying how and when to say NO!

This is a 2 hour workshop.

Children's Rights

Workshop

A workshop aimed to explore the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This will help the childcare practitioner be more aware of and to develop their understanding of how to meet the needs and rights of children in their setting.

This is a 2 hour workshop.