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15 October 2024

News and Events

Early Years Autumn Term Update Meeting

For all providers will be held on Thursday 12^th November via Microsoft Teams from 6:30pm- 8:30pm.

To book a place on any of the courses in this programme please complete a registration form HERE Use one form per course adding up to 2 attendees and up to 5 colleagues wishing to be placed on a waiting list.

You will receive information a few days before the course with joining instructions and information about how to access the follow up information via the Early Years Knowledge Hub.

Should you require any support with a course booking please email the training team direct earlyyears.training@eastriding.gov.uk

Autism Seminars

The Communication and Interaction Specialist team are running the following Autism Seminars

There are four sessions but please only book one at a time:

Understanding Autism:  24 October

Autism and Overwhelm:  6 February

Autism and Emotional Regulation:  6 March

Autism and Sensory Needs: 7 May

All sessions run from 10 am until 12.30 pm in the Cameron Room at Keldmarsh Primary in Beverley.  They are free to attend but please book in with us first at this address:

 EPS@eastriding.gov.uk

Information and Consultations

Speech and Language Therapy Service

From Monday 28^th October, the Speech and Language Therapy service will be using two email addresses.

All referrals to the Speech and Language Therapy service should be sent to hnf-tr.sltadminreferrals@nhs.net and any other correspondence can be sent to the usual email address hnf-tr.sltadmin@nhs.net

The aim of the change is to provide referral agents additional reassurance that referrals have been received and processed.

Please share this with all staff in your setting who make referrals to the service.

Health Protection Autumn Newsletter

National Breastfeeding Helpline

As part of a trial pilot trial The National Breastfeeding Helpline is now available 24 hours a day.

This is a free helpline service (phone, messenger and webchat) which offers free non-judgemental evidence based breastfeeding support for all.

New Childminder flexibilities coming in from 1 November

The Department for Education is introducing new flexibilities for childminders from 1 November to help more childminders join and stay in the profession. The new flexibilities will:

• Create a new category of childminder (childminder without domestic premises) who work entirely from non-domestic premises
• Increase, from 3 to 4, the total number of people that can work together under a childminder’s registration (including the childminder)
• Give childminders and providers of childcare on domestic premises (CODPs) more flexibility, allowing them to spend more time operating outside of domestic premises, such as a community hall or school
• Increase the number of people needed for CODPs to operate from 4 or more, to 5 or more people providing care. Note: CODPs that were registered, or applied to register, before 1 November can continue operating with 4 or more people.

The department has published an article on the Foundation Years website to give an overview of the changes and answer main FAQs – see Newsflash – New Flexibilities for Childminders - Foundation Years.

Childcare Works

 The Childcare Works HUB is a one-stop shop hosting a wealth of resources to support childcare providers in the expansion of the early years entitlements and implementation of the wraparound programme.

Resources are designed by our specialist team around the themes that you have told us are important, and new content is continually being developed and will be shared as the year progresses.

Knowing what’s available and sharing with the providers you work with can save you time, effort and empower providers to make the most of the childcare expansion.

The attached guide provides details of the resources that are currently available and those that are planned. We encourage you to share this information with your colleagues and providers.

How to use the content

• As a refresher, an update or to support the understanding and confidence of local authority officers.
• You can copy and use the summaries and share the links to recorded content widely in newsletters and direct communications, so providers are able to self-serve, without any local authority input.
• You can link to the content in your guidance for providers, in online information or from your website.
• The recorded content in part or as a whole can be used in direct work with providers at networks, training or 1:1 support as part of a provider support strategy.

You can access the HUB and explore these resources via - HUB for Providers - childcareworks.org.uk.

If you have any information you would like adding to the Mailout please send by email to fish@eastriding.gov.uk