A number of training courses are available to support continued professional development for you and/or your staff.
The Integrated Early Years Service Early Years and Childcare training programme has a variety of courses, workshops, forums and meetings to update and support your professional development.
Business planning, marketing, funding and feasibility are all key components of setting up and running a successful business. Support is available for you on a whole range of business issues.
Based at the five family centres, the Integrated Early Years’ Service is new in Dudley. We provide support to children, families and early years providers across the borough. We also have a wealth of knowledge and expertise for children with additional needs. Our main aim is to ensure that children aged 0-5 receive the right support at the right time. We offer:
• training • supportive visits to providers • stay and play sessions with families • home visits
To provide this support to yourselves, we work close with health and care colleagues.
We administer all Early Education Funding and provide access to a comprehensive mandatory training programme for the Safeguarding and Welfare and Learning and Development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and CPD for all early years and childcare practitioners. The team provides advice and guidance and supports new and existing early years and childcare providers to enhance or expand existing services or develop new services. We also provide information and support to parents, providers and professionals through the Family Information Service.
Early Education Funding:
Targeted 15 hour funded entitlement for 2 year olds, known as Time for Twos
Universal 15 hour funded entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds
Targeted 30 hour funded entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds of some working parents, known as Extra Time
Setting up childcare provision, including Ofsted registration guidance and business planning, marketing and finance
Statutory Childcare and Early Years place Sufficiency including Market Management
Support and Challenge in maintaining the Learning and Development and Safeguarding and Welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
Planning, commissioning and delivery of Safeguarding and Welfare mandatory training courses and Learning and Development CPD
Workforce development including safer recruitment and qualifications
Development of Childminding services
Useful information and support for registered childminders, including training and providers.
Keeping children and young people safe, happy and healthy is a key priority and we all have a role to play in their protection. Find out more about child protection and safeguarding.
The Dudley Healthy Settings Award was launched March 2019 and recognises the invaluable work early years, school and college settings undertake to promote healthy behaviours and support children and young people to lead a healthy lifestyle both now and in the future.
Children with medical conditions and/or physical impairments should be properly supported so that they have full access to all provision and curriculum. Find out more about supporting children with medical conditions or physical impairments.
Under the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice (2015) and Equality Act (2010), Early Years providers should identify individual children’s needs to help them learn and support them to progress well. Early Years Specialist Inclusion Fund.
For more information about employing an apprentice and how apprenticeship funding works please view the guidance How to take on an apprentice.
If you are 19 or over, you can now access a level 3 course for free. This is part of the government's Plan for Jobs. Details of the free courses and qualifications for adults (19+) available through the Lifetime Skills Guarantee including eligibility criteria and how to apply are detained further on Free courses for jobs.
Check early years qualifications - find out if a person's qualification allows them to work in an early years setting, and if you can include them in staff/child ratios.
Privacy notice for registered Childcare and Early Years Workforce, which includes the maintained early years sector within Dudley Borough
The Integrated Early Years Service collect and process personal information relating to its registered childcare and early years workforce, which includes the maintained early years sector to manage the working relationship.
Please read the full privacy statement before completing the staff profile forms.
