The Education Development Trust and the Department of Education will be updating the Local Authority on Early Years Practitioner attendance during the week commencing 2nd May 2022. Once we have this information we will be able to make payments for supply cover.
Year: 2022
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Changes to measures and guidance for managing COVID-19 in education and childcare settings from Friday 1 April
On Tuesday 29 March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, set out the next steps for living with COVID-19 in England from Friday 1 April. Free COVID-19 tests will continue to be available for specific groups, including eligible patients and NHS staff, once the universal testing offer ends on Friday 1 April.
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Safeguarding training for early years and childcare practitioners
Find the latest dates for safeguarding training at all levels.
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Government updates
Government updates.
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Building babies brains – 1001 champions course
A fully funded training course to support you to increase your knowledge of baby brain development, bonding and resilience, and be confident in sharing this information with parents/carers/communities. Course starts 15th March.
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Training session – completion of the spring term amendment task
The Early Years and Childcare Service Funding Team will be running a training session on the completion of the spring term amendment task on Tuesday 22nd March 2022.
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Funding Friday
Funding streams this week include: Garfield Weston Foundation, The National Lottery Community Fund, Small Grants Scheme – Foyle Foundation and Emergency Essentials Programme – BBC Children in Need.
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The Digest takes a break
There will be no Digest next week (Friday 25th February). The Digest will resume on 4th March.
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Targeted training to improve relationships between practitioners and children with additional needs
Following a successful bid for funding, Devon County Council and Babcock LDP will be offering an exciting opportunity to a select group of early years providers to extend their practice by training to become a Video Interactive Guidance (VIG) practitioner.
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Funding Friday
A reminder of the Devon Community Foundation: Thrive with 5, closing date coming up.