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In-house training

All Daycare Trust courses can be delivered in-house on the date and venue of your choice for groups of up to 15 people, providing value for money and a convenient way of arranging training.  You could make further savings by sharing the costs with other organisations in your area. Contact us to find out how.

In-house training allows our trainers to focus on the particular areas of work that are important to you, and can help you to address issues and challenges as a team.           

Daycare Trust training courses are targeted to meet the needs of particular audiences:

Childcare Advisers

These courses offer practical information and resources for people who work directly with parents: 

• Data protection refresher workshop                                                
  New for 2011/2012
  This workshop is designed to refresh childcare advisers knowledge of data protection and specifically the issues raised when working within the childcare sector.

• Effective outreach strategies with refugee and migrant parents   
  New for 2011/2012
  This interactive workshop will assist childcare advisers in reaching refugee and migrant families, who often under-utilise the childcare services available to them.

• Help with childcare costs
  This course gives advisers an overview of the help parents can get with the costs of childcare using case studies and group work to show how the different types of help work in practice. 

• Encouraging take-up of childcare services by BME families
  This course looks at ways to reach out to and engage with parents from BME backgrounds, to encourage take-up of childcare services.

• Working Tax Credit – the childcare element
  This half day workshop focuses exclusively on the childcare element of Working Tax Credit.  

• Meeting the childcare needs of parents
  This course offers practical guidance to advisers to support parents in identifying and accessing the right childcare.

Training rates and enquiry form

Childcare workforce/providers

These courses offer hands-on, practical training for good practice and business sustainability whether you are a private, independent, voluntary or local authority childcare provider.

• Systems for measuring the impact and outcomes of your service
  New for 2011/2012
  Evaluating and demonstrating the impact and quality of your service.

• Meeting the learning needs of refugee and migrant children       
  New for 2011/2012
  This interactive workshop provides early years settings with practical tips on how best to meet the learning needs of refugee and migrant children. 

• Parental engagement                                                                        
  New for 2011/2012
  Start to develop supportive relationships with families to encourage a home learning environment.

• Preparing for Ofsted and the self evaluation process
  Be prepared for your next inspection by understanding policy requirements; developing the tools for self-evaluation and implementing an action plan.

• Disability awareness and inclusion
  Two half day workshops which explore and discuss key areas which underpin effective inclusion.  Both workshops can be adapted according to your requirements and cover a range of issues including inclusive ethos and attitudes, communications and partnership, listening to disabled children and young people and inclusion and playwork principles.

• Building genuine partnerships with parents
  These interactive workshops will enable participants to explore the central factors which support the building of genuine partnership with parents and carers and to discuss what may be the barriers to achieving this.

• Encouraging participation of parents in your childcare setting
  This half day course offers guidance on how to engage and consult with parents; reaching hard-to-reach groups and conducting effective evaluations.

• Debt management
  This very practical half day course looks at how to implement strategies on reducing debt; implementing a fair fees policy; calculating a break-even fee and ensuring business sustainability.

• Market you business and boost occupancy
  This half day course offers clear strategies on creating systems to monitor occupancy; develop a marketing plan and understand how and when to promote your service. This course can be combined with Debt management to make up a one day course.

• Business sustainability
  This course helps childcare setting managers to develop the skills crucial to the sustainability of their settings.

Training rates and enquiry form

Local authority managers

These workshops outline current and future policy and practice for people who are involved in the development and delivery of childcare services.

• Implementing the 2-year-old offer                                                     
  New for 2011/2012
  This training takes the form of an interactive in-house workshop, tailored to the needs of each local authority to ensure that it is informed by, and addresses, local needs to identify the most vulnerable children and eligibility for this support. 

• Disability awareness and equality                                                    
  New for 2011/2012
  This course supports local authorities in becoming more aware of the needs of disabled children when it comes to childcare and ensuring that they are treated equally, thus meeting their duty under the Childcare Act 2006 and the Equality Act 2010.

• Parental participation in settings                                                      
  New for 2011/2012
  This course offers guidance on how to engage and consult with parents when planning services within your local authority.

• Systems for measuring the impacts and outcomes of your service
  New for 2011/2012
  This course provides practical assistance with setting up simple, effective and appropriate systems to enable you to measure the impact that your service is having.

• Meeting the information duty
  This course provides delegates with an overview of the duty as well as practical guidance on developing services to comply with the Childcare Act 2006, including a practical overview of the NAFIS Families First quality standard.    

• Securing sufficient childcare
  This course looks at the strategic role of local authorities to secure sufficient childcare in their area through managing the local childcare market.    

• Consulting with children in service planning and delivery
  Under the Childcare Act 2006, all local authorities must take into account the views of children and young people when planning and commissioning services.  This course looks at research and practice around engaging with children and young people.  

• Multi-agency working with children’s services
  This course supports local authorities to lead on the integrated delivery of children's services.  It provides an overview of local authorities' requirements and practical guidance to enable joint planning and commissioning of services.

• Effective data collection
  This course looks at the key research methods, principles and skills required for carrying out data collection and analysis which is key to the success of local authority teams in developing services which improve outcomes for children and families.

Training rates and enquiry form

Health visitors and employers

• Working with the children of refugees and migrants – a course for health visitors                     
  New for 2011/2012
  This interactive workshop aimed at health visitors, offers guidance on issues that are relevant to the healthcare of refugees and migrants when assisting them.

• Employer childcare strategies – a course for employers
  This course helps employers to identify the need for and implement childcare strategies including setting up childcare support for their employees.

In-house training rates*

*In-house training course rates include the trainer's travel expenses. Additional fees will be charged by agreement if basic overnight accommodation is required.

** Local authority delivery partners/corporate members only. Find out more about becoming a member of Daycare Trust.  

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Contact us to find out more 

If you are interested in arranging a course for your organisation or would like to discuss your training needs with us, please complete our training enquiry form below.

Daycare Trust training enquiry form

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