 We know it has been a long time since we have been able to visit you so we are delighted to say that we will soon be re-starting our face-to-face visits.
Please also remember that your allocated childcare officer is available to offer advice and support by telephone or email whenever you need it.
Their details are provided below:
We ask that you only contact your allocated childcare officer. If you're not sure who that is, please email fis@caerphilly.gov.uk.
 Ordering rapid lateral flow testing kits
In Wales, anyone who does not have symptoms can get regular rapid lateral flow tests (LFTs) to check for COVID-19.
Anyone working in a childcare settings are advised to test twice a week and report the results. Report your results here.
The tests are available free of charge and details of how to order them for your setting are available below:
Action Cards
The Welsh Government have developed new Action Cards to support childcare and play work settings.
These Action Cards outline the potential reasonable measures that settings can take to reduce the risk of COVID-19.
They should be read alongside the Childcare and Playwork COVID-19 Guidance.
 The Childcare Offer team would like to thank you all for your hard work and dedication in the delivery of the Childcare Offer in Caerphilly. We thought we would take the opportunity to remind you of the key processes you need to follow when delivering the Childcare Offer in your settings.
The Application Process for Providers (PDF) shows the steps you need to take to deliver the programme accurately. This includes the payment schedule and deadlines for Individual Child Placement (ICP) forms and registers.
Please remember that once you have received confirmation of booked hours, registers will be automatically generated by the Early Years Business Support Team. You will receive a new register and register guidance at the end of every month. To process your payment, the register must be submitted by the deadline provided on the payment schedule. All payments are generated automatically and when payments are being processed you will receive an automatic email from our payment system telling you the amount we have paid to you. A separate email will following from childcareoffer@caerphilly.gov.uk to explain how this payment is broken down.
If you require any support regarding the processes or have any the queries relating to the Childcare Offer please contact FIS on 01443 863232 or email the childcareoffer@caerphilly.gov.uk inbox.
Update on the NEW Childcare Offer National Digital Service
Over the next few months, the Childcare Offer National Digital Service will be sending out important information to Childcare Offer providers regarding the new Childcare Offer for Wales national system.
To make sure this important information reaches you, can you please ensure that we have up to date contact details for the manager of your setting(s). Please email details to fis@caerphilly.gov.uk.
 Our updated regulatory training programme for 2021/2022 has now been released. We will continue to add new courses throughout the year including Behaviour Management and Manual Handling so please watch out for these.
Just to remind you, the general rule is two staff per setting can book a place on a course. This gives all providers the opportunity to book onto the training.
To view courses and to book a place please visit our training website. If you need to reset your account login or add staff members please contact FIS by email at fis@caerphilly.gov.uk or call 01443 863232.
 The Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020 will come into force on Monday 21 March 2022. The Act will prohibit the physical punishment of children in Wales by abolishing the defence of reasonable punishment.
Watch the video: Ending Physical Punishment in Wales
As a childcare provider in Wales in line with the relevant regulations and National Minimum Standards, you already comply with legislation that ensures;
- physical punishments, or the threat of them, are never used
- children are never shaken, smacked, humiliated, shouted at, intimidated or shamed
- adults do not use any form of physical intervention, e.g. holding or restraint, unless it is necessary to prevent personal injury to the child, other children or an adult, or serious damage to property. Any incident is recorded and the parent informed of the incident on the day
You need to be aware of the changes to support partnership with parents and to ensure you have reviewed your policies and procedures’ in relation to safeguarding/child protection and behaviour management in particular.
Visit the Welsh Government website for further information.
All children aged 2 and 3 years old on 31 August 2021 are eligible for a free flu vaccination in the form of a nasal spray. However, not all parents are aware of this or take up the offer.
Staff working in the early years sector can help raise awareness of the programme amongst parents. You can print and download this poster to display in your setting or order free of charge from the Public Health Wales website.
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The Welsh Government have produced a great poster that outlines the benefits of play based learning and provides examples of how, through play and interaction at home, children are learning.
Download the poster here
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The Welsh Play Workforce Survey wants to hear from anybody who works with children or young people that uses a play or playwork approach in their work.
This might include play practitioners within playwork, childcare workers, early years workers, youth workers, and other professionals who use play in other contexts such as hospitals, prisons, refuges or, residential care, where play for children is facilitated. The Welsh Play Workforce Survey is open to both paid and voluntary people who work within the play workforce in Wales.
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