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21 March 2023

FISH Fact: 

• Did you know FISH can advertise any childcare job vacancies you may currently have via our Families Service Directory and FISH Facebook page? Email the details to fish@eastriding.gov.uk

Funded Early Education - for childcare settings and childminders

Dates for the diary

• • 31/03/2023 – deadline date for 3&4 year funding code reconfirmation/applications in order to use them for the Summer term 2023
  • 31/03/2023 – deadline date for 2 year funding codes applications in order to use them for the Summer term 2023

   

  2023/24 Funding rates

  • 2 Year funding - £5.63
  • 3&4 Year funding - £4.57

Safeguarding and child protection

If you have any concerns about a child, please contact the Safeguarding & Partnership Hub on (01482) 395500.

SEND Local Offer Bulletin - Edition 80 – 17 March 2023

You can view the latest SEND Bulletin below:

SEND Local Offer Bulletin - Edition 80 - 17 March 2023

For information about SEND Local Offer LOOK AHEAD and to register with the service, please visit the LOOK AHEAD page or contact the FISH helpline:

Tel: (01482) 396469 Email: fish@eastriding.gov.uk

Portage Workshop

This is a certificated training course delivered by National Portage Association Accredited Trainers. 

The Portage Workshop is an introduction to the Portage Approach to working with children with additional needs and their families. The workshop is suitable for early years practitioners who work in an early year’s settings (PVI or maintained), Children’s Centres, Childminders and parents/carers of children who are receiving Portage support. 

Central to the course are the ‘Portage Principles’ and the ‘Three Circle Model of Portage’.  The NPA has set standards for minimum workshop content and length.  The Workshop has a core curriculum consisting of seven modules and must last a minimum of 2 full days plus a Follow Up session.

The dates are 27.04.23, 25.05.23 and 06.06.23, the exact venue is yet to be confirmed but it will be in Goole and the course will be face to face. 

The workshop is free to parents of children who are accessing the East Riding Portage Service and practitioners working in the East Riding. 

Please contact earlyyears.training@eastriding.gov.uk to request a place. 

Additional Inclusion Support (AIS) Funding (PVI settings)

Applications for Additional Inclusion Support funding are considered on a termly basis with funding to commence at the beginning of the following term. Requests are considered initially by the Area SENCo team prior to seeking approval from the Early Years Support Team. To ensure that the process to runs efficiently, requests must be received by the dates published below.

Autumn Term 2023 Funding- Closing date Wednesday, 7 June 2023.

Full details and a request template are available on the East Riding Local Offer and can be accessed via the following link:

http://eastridinglocaloffer.org.uk/directory/?entry=area_senco

Please discuss requests with your Area SENCo, prior to submission, and contact them for

support/guidance with all aspects of inclusion and/or SEND

Important note: Requests received after the published closing dates will not be considered until the following term.

Changes on how to claim AIS Funding

We just wanted to make you aware about changes on how to claim for your AIS Funding.

We have created a new online form that should make the process of claiming for your child in your setting quicker and easier.

In future if your setting has a child who is entitled to AIS funding please use the link below to send in your claims for each month before the 15^th  for  example August’s claim needs to be in by the 15, September making sure you are only claiming for one month at a time.

Please follow all steps in the process.

https://east-riding-self.achieveservice.com/service/Early_years_AIS_funding

We want to assure you that if you have already sent in claim form, we can confirm these will be processed but any received after the 5, August 2022 will not be processed and will be declined.

Please ensure that it is your responsibility to fill in the online form correctly as we will no longer be chasing missed weeks.

Please let us know if you have any queries or problems regarding the new form.

News & Events

Public Health Spring Toolkit for Early Years & Childcare Settings

Our colleagues in Public Health have devised this useful resource for our Early Years and Childcare settings in promoting and supporting children’s health and that of the communities.

2023 02 ERYC Early Years Spring Toolkit FINAL.pdf

Reporting Notifiable & Infectious Diseases

Details and a reminder below of our reporting system for notifiable and infectious diseases through our Public Health Team- they will report any cases to Public Health England negating the statutory requirement for you to do so.

As part of our ongoing support for our settings, Public Health working with the Families Information Service and the Early Years Team have developed such systems to aid our ability to understand the changing level of disease and respond quickly to protect the population- and so we are asking you to notify us of communicable diseases, such are coronavirus, influenza and others; full list here.

The below link is a simple form which enables us to capture information from you about the case, their contacts and risk assess the situation. Public Health colleagues and the Early Years Team, working together where needed, will then be able to offer the advice and support to you and the family.

https://east-riding-self.achieveservice.com/service/Infectious_disease_notification

The link is live, and we ask please that all childcare settings report cases via this.

If you require further general advice or a call-back, please contact our colleagues through the Education Public Health Officers via email cfsinfo@eastriding.gov.uk.  

Advertising Childcare Job Vacancies

FISH can advertise any childcare job vacancies you may currently have via our Families Service Directory and FISH Facebook page? Email the details to fish@eastriding.gov.uk

https://fishwebsearch.eastriding.gov.uk/fishwebsearch/vacancies.aspx

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