Newsletter for Early Years and Childcare providers in West Sussex
#44/2024 - Wednesday 30 October 2024
This week's newsletter includes:
- Business focus: E-learning business support
- The West Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership: invitation to November Partnership Group meeting
- Brighton and Hove childminder conference - November 2024
- Childcare Works Hub
- Early years provider business opportunity
- Early Years Training
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West Sussex early years and childcare experts have developed a selection of e-learning support modules. These e-modules are available to take as many times as you need and are free. Please refer to the instructions on how to book on to a course.
The following 30 minute e-learning module will help you consider how to market your business (you will need an account to enrol):
Marketing for Early Years and Childcare Providers
Why should parents and carers choose your setting when looking for childcare? Discover why marketing is a crucial activity for successful childcare businesses. Learn to create an effective marketing strategy by exploring practical ideas and proven methodology.
The WSSCP will welcome Jon Le Fevre, National Safeguarding Facilitator for Education, Department for Education (DfE), as a speaker at the upcoming Partnership Group. The meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 6 November 2024 from 09.30am to 11.00am. A group discussion will follow his talk.
Jon works with safeguarding partnerships to develop effective engagement and ensure education partners are included in their safeguarding arrangements, in line with the changes brought by Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023.
The voices and opinions of WSSCP’s education partners are essential to keeping children and families across West Sussex safe. Plans are underway to ensure education partners are meaningfully represented and involved in local safeguarding arrangements and decision-making. WSSCP is keen to work with a broad range of education settings and providers to achieve this.
Please contact Sally Kendal: sally.kendal@westsussex.gov.uk and copy in wsscp@westsussex.gov.uk to join the presentation and have an opportunity to share your views.
In newsletter #32/2024, we let you know that the Brighton and Hove early years and childcare team have organised the Childminder Conference - Raising The Profile which will take place on Saturday 9 November 2024 from 9.30am to 2.30pm at Hove Town Hall, BN3 3BQ.
Click here for the full programme, more information and to book your place.
The Childcare Works Hub is a one-stop resource shop for childcare providers. You will find a bank of resources available, to support you with the roll-out of the early years and wraparound childcare expansion project.
New resources are continually added, so be sure to visit the Hub regularly for the latest updates.
Resources include:
In newsletter #40/2024, we shared with you a possible business opportunity for a high-quality early years provider in the Rustington Area.
For further information about the opportunity please contact Rustington Parish Council direct on telephone 01903 786 420 or email: enquiry@rustingtonpc.org by Friday 8 November.
Below are a range of mathematics courses coming up that cover a variety of topics suitable for your early years setting and staff. To book a course, click the course name below. You can also visit our booking portal West Sussex Services for Education and select your required course.
If you experience any issues when booking your course, please email early.years.training@westsussex.gov.uk.
Useful information
All private, voluntary and independent early years and childcare providers who currently offer EYFE must complete the Stage Two survey. The deadline for completing the survey is 11:59 pm on Sunday 8 December.
We have a range of online training available for you to access for your staff to ensure they have the most up to date information to support them in their role:
Please inform the Family Information Service if your setting needs to close or is re-opening. Email family.info.service@westsussex.gov.uk and include your setting name, Ofsted URN, the date you intend to close/open, and any changes to your operating hours. If you inform us of re-opening, you will be reinstated on the public list and appear on our website www.westsussex.gov.uk/fis.
We would expect you to make contact with your Early Years and Childcare Adviser (EYCA) to talk through your circumstances, where possible, before making the decision to close the setting. If you are not able to make immediate contact with your EYCA then please email your nearest EYCA team using the following email addresses:
Where there are not clearly evidenced reasons why the setting had no option but to close, there could be implications for funding received as per the government guidance.
We’re committed to providing excellent support to all providers we engage with. Please take a moment to complete our Early Years and Childcare Provider Feedback Survey and let us know about your experiences. Your feedback will help us improve our service and better support settings like yours. You can visit the web page or scan the QR code.
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#43/2024 (Early Years Funded Entitlement - autumn term actuals payments; Autumn term Post Headcount Exceptional Payment requests for children aged 9 months to 2 years; Inclusion/Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator networks autumn 2024; Updated childhood immunisation web page; Early years and childcare workforce steering group; Passionate and inspiring leaders wanted for a project in secondary schools; Changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework; Update - Ofsted Big Listen)
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#42/2024 (Safeguarding focus: Supervising mealtimes – preventing choking; Free support groups for early years practitioners; Childhood immunisations – new web page; Autumn term network presentations; SEND and Inclusion Networks; Brilliant Babies to Terrific Toddlers – A Tool for Reflection; Help Ofsted to develop their understanding of vulnerability & inclusion; Best Start in Life Ofsted report; Early years provider business opportunity; Early years training)
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#41/2024 (Starting school applications; Transition events; Advertise and update your childcare vacancies; Early years SEND assessment guidance and resources; New training module available - supporting individual differences and needs; New Ofsted blog post; Early Years Training)
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#40/2024 (Business focus: Have you ever thought about employing an apprentice?; UK Health Security Agency Outbreak Packs for Education Settings; Supporting physical development in the early years; Promoting careers in early years and childcare at local job fairs; Early years provider business opportunity; Kent Early Years Stronger Practice Hub newsletter - September 2024; Presentations for early years practitioners; Early Years Training)
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#39/2024 (Safeguarding focus – Lockdown processes; Autumn term 2024 Headcount submissions close this Friday; Autumn term Post Headcount Exceptional Payment requests for eligible Working Families of children aged 9 months to 2 years old; Ofsted Outcomes; October childcare job fair, Horsham – only a few stalls left; Kent Early Years Stronger Practice Hub newsletter - September 2024; Oral Health Training; National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership; Early Years Training – Phonics)
Early Years and Childcare newsletter web page.
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