About this event

A 90-minute virtual course which covers:
• “Typical” presentations of girls with autism
• How to support “masking” behaviour
• How to support girls with autism in your classroom
• How to support girls with autism with their self-esteem

Each delegate will:
• Develop and/or enhance their awareness and understanding of autism in girls
• Gain a better understanding of the needs of girls and young people with autism
• Take away a range of autism-specific strategies to implement in the classroom

Trainer: Kimberly Turnbull

Cost - £26 + VAT per delegate

About this event

FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS ONLY

This course is essential for new Head teachers or Business Managers who will be authorising in E5 and will cover reporting and monitoring.
The course includes an overview of E5, explaining the chart of accounts and CFR, and shows how to release purchase orders and held invoices on the system.

We also cover the reporting transactions including – CFR, Transactions by Account code, Governors template, Accounts payable and Accounts Receivable reporting.

Plus we will outline the housekeeping tasks that should be carried out by the school so that accurate budget monitoring can be carried out.

Cost: £139 + VAT
Trainer: Sian Killoran - Schools Finance Team

About this event

WCF EPS are excited to be able to offer ELSA training and supervision for practitioners working in educational settings across Worcestershire.

ELSA stands for Emotional Literacy Support Assistant. ELSAs are school support staff (teaching assistants and/or learning mentors) who have undergone the 'ELSA' programme of training by Educational Psychologists to support the emotional development of children and young people in schools.

The ELSA programme has been widely adopted as an evidence-based early intervention for children and young people in over 100 local authorities in the UK. ELSAs attend training days and group supervision sessions led by the Educational Psychology Service. They will be trained to plan and deliver individualised programmes of support for children to develop their emotional literacy, including:
• Awareness of own and other people's emotions
• Management of stress, grief, anger, and conflict
• Development of social interaction skills
• Promotion of a realistic self-concept and self-esteem

ELSAs will also be able to plan and deliver support to small groups of children to support the development of social and friendship skills. ELSA provision within schools can help lower exclusion rates, promote emotional well-being, and improve academic outcomes.

Since most ELSAs are likely to have had no specific psychological training beyond those insights provided through initial ELSA training, it is essential for them to receive regular on-going support that develops their knowledge and understanding in these areas. Without this they may be left floundering as they seek to support children with a complex range of needs. There is also a risk of them being asked to deal with issues beyond their level of competence which in reality require much more specialist professional input. Therefore, to practice as an ELSA they must receive regular supervision which is provided by an Educational Psychologist. ELSAs are eligible to join supervision sessions from the term after they complete their training. Schools must let us know if their ELSA leaves his/her post to avoid paying the continuous yearly charge. No refunds will be made for supervision if ELSAs leave during the year.

The line-manager or headteacher will be required to join their ELSA(s) for part of Day 1. This requirement is important to help them understand the parameters of the ELSA role and the line-manager’s role in supporting ELSAs.

This course is focussed to Secondary Schools - if you work in a middle school, please choose the most appropriate course based upon the year group you work with.

Cost: £500 + VAT
Trainers: Educational Psychology Team - exact trainer to be confirmed

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FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS ONLY

An essential course for new E5 users for an overview of School Finances. Which includes creating suppliers, purchase order processing and enquiries, goods receipting and enquiries, processing invoices, attaching scanned invoices.
You will also be shown how to run Accounts Payable reports to investigate invoice status and how to deal with held invoices.

Cost: £139 + VAT
Trainers: Ruth Bessant / Debbie Storey - Schools Finance Team

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FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS ONLY

An essential course for new E5 users or existing users who will be undertaking accounts receivable processes. This includes creating customers, creating sales invoices and credit notes and processing income entry through the Cash receipting transaction. A member of the Accounts Receivable team will also attend to help you understand the Debt recovery process.

Cost: £139 + VAT

Trainer: Lesley Brewer, Schools Finance Team

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FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS ONLY

An essential course for new E5 users to assist them with reporting to leadership and governors. This includes how to run CFR format reports, Transactions by Account code and the Governor Template. The course includes an overview of Virements and Journals. We also go through the importance of housekeeping tasks such as checking central charges, salary reconciliation, monitoring commitments which are all essential for accurate budget monitoring and are an audit requirement and should be carried out monthly.

Cost: £139 + VAT

Trainer: Debbie Storey, schools finance team

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FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS ONLY

The course will provide an overview of SFVS. Although SFVS is primarily aimed at Governors, the Financial Management and standards that it promotes are applicable to all staff involved in school finance. We will cover the Governor evaluation process, who is involved, a discussion around the 29 components of the evaluation and examine the SFVS dashboard.

Cost: £139 + VAT
Trainers - Caroline Brand and Rob Phillips, Schools Finance team

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FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS ONLY

Provide the knowledge and principles to assist in the role in school financial administration. It is recommended that all new finance staff attend. Existing finance staff are also welcome to attend for reassurance that they are following best practice.
The course will cover Roles and responsibilities, Finance policy, Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS), School Funding, virements, monitoring and reporting, purchasing controls and responsibilities, Income controls and responsibilities including collection and banking, Inventories and safeguarding assets, overview of school funds, and an overview of Imprest accounts.

Cost - £277 +VAT
Trainer: Lesley Brewer / Rob Phillips Schools Finance Team

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FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS ONLY

It is essential that all schools carry out Budget Monitoring on a monthly basis. This course will ensure you have the necessary skills to complete the budget monitoring through Collaborative Planning. The course will include –
• What is Collaborative Planning
• Who will use Collaborative Planning
• Navigating round the homepage
• Navigating around the monitoring model
• Entering data
• Salary calculator
• Running a Governors template report
• Submitting your return

Cost: £139 + VAt
Trainers - Sian Killoran and Gerry Sutton-Harris, Schools Finance tea

About this event

FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS ONLY

To provide an overview of Financial standards in school, budget planning, funding from the Local Authority, CFR and Benchmarking. To look at expected Expenditure and Income and where to budget. Management of school surplus balances and budget deficits. Finally, an overview of the Collaborative Planning, Budget Setting Model which is used by maintained schools to set their budgets

Cost: £139 +VAT
Trainers: Sian Killoran and Gerry Sutton-Harris - Schools Finance Team