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This training is aimed at all those working in early years and childcare settings, including practitioners, committee members, auxiliary staff, administrators and anyone else who would like an introduction to safeguarding and child protection. Content includes understanding what abuse is, signs and symptoms, legislation and guidance, and what to do it you are concerned.

The training meets the Worcestershire Safeguarding Children’s Board requirements for both universal and targeted 1 training and includes additional content relating to the EYFS and inspection.

Delegates are expected to refresh training at this level at least every 3 years, and content is updated periodically to reflect new legislation, guidance and practices.

Standard Cost £32.00 (£38.40 incl VAT)

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An introductory level course aimed at all new practitioners and those wanting to develop confidence in identifying “how” children learn through the CofEL, playing and exploring, active learning and creating and thinking critically.

This course will support practitioners in an area that is a strong focus under Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework within their new judgements Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development.

It will also support you to value how important the CofEL are in building the foundations for children to become lifelong learners.

Audience: All practitioners that would like to learn more about CofEL, New Practitioners.


Standard Cost £32 plus VAT (incl £38.40)

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To support the early identification of children with additional needs. Including:
- Tools available to support practitioners
- Guidance on observations and how to record progress
- Communicating your observations to parents/carers
- Individual Planning guidance
- Graduated Response
The second session will look at Provision Mapping, a way of organising your information about children in a readily accessible and easy to manage format. The process enables you to target support and strategies and identify any gaps that can be developed by your staff team.


Standard Cost £54.00 + VAT (incl £64.80)

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FOCUS: To Be Confirmed


Broad aims of the Network:
1. To bring together EYs SENCo’s from Worcestershire Early Years Settings to share good practice and discuss common issues in order to continue to improve outcomes for children.

2. To update staff on National and Local Early Years and SEND initiatives to inform further CPD needs.

3. To raise awareness and expectations re Special Needs Education in the Early Years including issues and developments around planning, transition support, assessment and tracking tools, and current developments.

4. To develop a continuing working and supportive partnership between the Early Years SENCo’s and Early Years Inclusion personnel.

5. An opportunity to discuss specific issues with your inclusion officer.

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To support managers have a clear understanding of the importance of supervision.


Objective – to give managers the knowledge to establish robust system of supervision and
develop meaningful and useful supervision sessions with staff


Cost: £32.00 + VAT (£38.40 incl VAT)

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A course specifically designed to meet the needs of professional child carers, who, in consultation with a child's parents/carers, have identified the potential need to administer medication to a child in an emergency.

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This course will enable you to complete the appropriate paperwork required to demonstrate the ‘additional and/or different’ work you provide for children known to outside specialist agencies. IPM’s (Individual Provision Map's formally known at Individual Education Plans) will provide your team with a way of demonstrating the child’s progress as a direct result of your interventions.

New SENCO’s will find this an essential course, however it is also relevant for key people who will contribute to the writing of IPM’s.

Cost: £32 plus VAT (incl £38.40)

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An Introductory course to support practitioners with writing individual risk assessments for children with SEND within Early Years settings.

Both the EYFS and the SEND Code of Practice outline a providers legal requirement t meet the needs of children with SEND / complets heath needs and complete relevant Health Care Plans and Risk Assessments accordingly.


This introductory course will run through the 6 areas to consider when supporting a child with complex needs, including health care plans and will provide support with writing individual risk assessments for children with SEND within Early Years settings.

Cost: £16 plus VAT (£19.20 including VAT)

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This training is suitable for settings on the Early Years Register, not for school run provision due to the differences in the inspection process

Are you due your Ofsted inspection?

Would you value some uninterrupted time to focus on what Ofsted are expecting under the Education Inspection Framework (EIF) and what this might mean for your setting?

Then this is the course for you. Written by the early years team, this course aims to support leaders and managers of early years settings to consider how they can prepare for their early years inspection under Ofsted’s new EIF. It gives an overview of Ofsted expectations under the EIF for early years providers, along with some tools to support leaders be prepared for their inspection.

Cost: £32 + VAT (£38.40 incl VAT)

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A 1 hour Introductory course to support practitioners with writing individual support plans (ISP) for children with SEND within Early Years settings.

Both the EYFS and the SEND Code of Practice outline the settings legal requirements for offering ‘additional and/or different’ in order to make adequate progress for our children in the early years. This introductory course will run the use of individual support plans (ISP) instead of individual provision maps (IPM) for children with SEND within Early Years settings

Cost: £16 plus VAT (£19.20 including VAT)