Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements

The paramount duty of all childcare practitioners is to keep the children in their care safe from harm and to ensure their well-being at all times.

To help them, there are plenty of CPD courses staged by early years training organisations, specialist groups and charities, on a host of topics from sun safety to anaphylactic shock.

While it is not clear yet what will be included in the welfare section of the reformed EYFS, there are certain courses which must still be booked.

Training in paediatric/childcare first aid is a requirement for all childcare practitioners who require registration by OFSTED. While these skills are probably rarely used, early years staff need to be confident and proficient in them, so it is essential to arrange regular refresher training.

Staff involved in food preparation must hold the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Level 2 Award in Food Safety to meet the requirements of the Food Safety Act and the Food Safety Regulations.

Dame Clare Tickell, in her review of the EYFS, recommends that the welfare section of the EYFS is renamed the 'safeguarding and welfare requirements' and that the welfare requirements are redrafted to improve their clarity.

She also proposed that the EYFS sets out clearly the high-level content of the child protection training that lead safeguarding practitioners should be required to attend.

There are many courses on safeguarding. The Childcare Consultancy has developed a bespoke course reviewing the Plymouth Review (see case study) which looks in detail at points it raised, such as the inappropriate culture in the nursery, and safeguarding recruitment including how to ask 'value-based' interview questions to find out how a candidate thinks.

Inclusion is key to effective practice in the EYFS, which places such emphasis on the individual child. Staff can find themselves supporting families and children with special needs with which they are unfamiliar.

One of the toughest tasks an early years practitioner can ever face is supporting a grieving child. Help is at hand from the Child Bereavement Society, which runs a course called Grief and bereavement in early years settings. This gives practitioners an insight into very young children's understanding of death and the impact of bereavement on their holistic development, and helps them to develop a framework for appropriate responses to death within the setting.

ABC MEDICAL SERVICES

Paediatric First Aid: PFAA Approved, EYFS-compliant 12-hour course which is a requirement of all Childcare Practitioners who require registration by OFSTED. The course is also suitable for Security / Close Protection Officers who may have to deal with Paediatric emergencies.

ACORN CHILDCARE TRAINING

Fire safety: three-hour course to help practitioners be aware of the causes of fire and what to do in the event of fire.
First-aid in childcare: two-day first-aid course as required by Ofsted for childcare settings.
Paediatric first-aid: one-day course leading to appointed person status for those working with children.
Sun safety: two-hour course in safe-sun practice. It looks at skin damage caused by the sun, precautions and policy considerations.

ACTION FOR SICK CHILDREN

Planning Tool Training: one-day training courses from Autumn 2011 designed to enable use of the Planning Tool for ‘Involving Children and Young People in Healthcare’. It will particularly focus on the key areas identified within the Planning Tool manual and aims to help and support existing work with children and young people and to identify and evaluate its aims and goals.

ADVANCED CHILDCARE

• Risk assessment

• Safeguarding children

• Autism

• Child sexual exploitation

AFASIC

Afasic seeks to raise awareness and to create better services and provision for children and young people with speech and language impairments.

ALCOHOL CONCERN

Working with difficult to engage young people experiencing alcohol-related harm: supporting vulnerable young people at risk of alcohol-related harm.

ALLERGY UK

Provide factsheets and organise awareness weeks.

ANAPHYLAXIS CAMPAIGN
 
AllergyWise for families, carers and individuals: online resource with advice on how to manage a serious allergic reaction, including a step-by-step guide on what to do in an emergency, information on allergen exposure, food labelling and how to reduce the risk of cross-contamination, and long-term management and how to develop individual management plans.

AllergyWise: online anaphylaxis training for school nurses and healthcare professionals responsible for training teachers and staff in schools and early years settings.

ARMADILLO TRAINING

• Level 2 Award In Health & Safety In The Workplace: this award has replaced the Foundation Health & Safety qualification. This new qualification, which is suitable for all employees, has been developed to address the revised national occupational standards in health & safety. The course aims to provide employees with Health and Safety understanding which will enable them to contribute and relate to health and safety topics in their working environment.

• Level 3 Supervising Health & Safety: this qualification is designed for those working in any workplace at a supervisory level. Among those who would benefit are people who have responsibility for aspects of health and safety either as part of an entire business process or as a proprietor of a small to medium business. It provides an opportunity to look more closely into general health and safety from a supervisory perspective and successful candidates will be able to help their organisation, whatever the size or activity, to improve the internal health and safety culture. In addition Supervising Health & Safety is an ideal development stage for those considering future progression to the CIEH Level 3 Advanced Health & Safety Certificate.

• Level 4 Managing Health & Safety: candidates will be able to manage health and safety in most businesses, by developing auditing and monitoring programmes, designing safe practices and procedures, liaising with enforcement officers, interpreting legal requirements, staff training, and establishing risk assessment projects. The CIEH Advanced Certificate in Health & Safety in the Workplace is designed for those working in any business regardless of their product or service range. It is essential for all those who have an employment role that includes a responsibility for the management of health and safety issues. It is also an appropriate technical qualification for those wishing to apply to offer level 1 training.

• Risk Assessment Awareness: half-day course which is ideal for members of staff who have to carry out Risk Assessments as part of their duties. Delegates will acquire knowledge and practical skills to improve their competency in carrying out general Risk Assessments under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1992.

• First-aid at work: provides the skills practitioners need to become a first-aider in the workplace. Explains life-saving and first-aid techniques in line with current legislation. Areas covered include alerting the emergency services, resuscitation, respiratory and cardiovascular systems, asphyxia, epilepsy, eye injuries, burns, treatment of a casualty with head injury and accident reporting. To introduce new members of staff or to update existing staff with knowledge of first-aid in the workplace.

• Appointed person: one-day course that provides knowledge of first-aid and provides the employer with an appointed person in line with first-aid regulations. By the end of the course, candidates will be able to identify potentially hazardous situations, alert emergency systems, provide basic first-aid in the workplace and ensure equipment is maintained.

• Paediatric first aid: two-day course ideal for child carers, nursery workers and early years settings. Ofsted approved.

• Level 2 Award in Food Safety: one-day course held at the workplace. Successful candidates receive a Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) certificate. They also receive a CIEH Food Safety First Principles workbook. The aims are to introduce the essentials of food hygiene and the causes and prevention of food poisoning. This enables settings to meet the requirements of the Food Safety Act and the Food Safety Regulations. There is a short multiple-choice test at the end of the course. Candidates must answer 20 out of 30 questions correctly to gain their certificate.

• Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety: for those working in the food business or for team leaders. It provides a qualification in the principles of food hygiene, with reference to effective supervision.

ASTHMA UK

Supports people with asthma and those who care for and work with people with asthma.

THE ATHENA PROGRAMME

Working together to safeguard children: focusing on the knowledge and resources required to safeguard children within the limits of professional structures.

Safeguarding children with disabilities: this course aims to ensure that participants can safeguard disabled children from harm through an increased awareness of their vulnerability to abuse.

Safeguarding children levels 1, 2 and 3: individual courses designed to enhance knowledge, understanding and practice of safeguarding children.

AUTISM NORTHERN IRELAND

Autism NI offers a full range of training from the very basic fundamentals of ASD to intensive professional training in diagnosis and intervention. The overarching aim is to improve the levels of knowledge, understanding and skills of those interfacing with ASD and their carers. All courses are accredited by the Assessment Qualification Alliance. Courses include:

Keyhole Training: this 12½ hour course (divided into five sessions) is aimed at anyone working with pre-school children with an ASD in an Early Years setting group. It aims to enhance participant’s knowledge about Autism and of intervention strategies that are effective in assisting young children to communicate and interact with others. It is a recognised AQA qualification Level 2 – 5 Unit Award

Connecting with Autism through Play: this training aims to provide early years workers with an understanding of connecting through the medium of play with the young child with Autism. Connecting with Autism is a recognised AQA Unit Award qualification Level 3.

BASPCAN

'Safeguarding Children in the 21st Century: Where to now?' : a seminar on the topic of safeguarding children.

BRITISH DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION

The BDA promotes early identification and support in schools to ensure opportunity to learn for dyslexics.

BRITISH INSTITUTE OF LEARNING DISABILITIES (BILD)
Offers ½ day training programmes on a range of learning disability related themes. The majority of training programmes are linked to the learning outcomes in the learning disability pathway of the new Level 2 and 3 Health and Social Care Diploma and the level 2 and 3 certificates in supporting people with learning disabilities.
Communication and Autism: an insight into the complexities of communication for individuals with autism. Identifies practical strategies to adjust our language and the way we communicate.
Understanding autism: developing awareness and understanding of people who have autistic spectrum condition

Making personalisation work: developing the approaches and skills workers and people with learning disabilities need to make personalised support work
Good Autism Practice Conference: 4 November 2011, Birmingham. A conference aiming to consider what the key priorities should be for children and adults on the autism spectrum from the perspective of the individuals themselves, their parents and carers and those who work with them.

BRITISH RED CROSS

First-aid for baby and child: UK-wide courses for anyone wishing to learn first aid skills for babies and children.

First-aid for child carers: designed to meet the first aid training needs of child minders and child carers. It meets the needs of Sure Start and Early Years and is appropriate for members of NCMA and PLA as well as anyone who is caring for children.

BRITISH STAMMERING ASSOCIATION

BSA aims to help eliminate stammering in children by improving information for practitioners.
BSA National Conference 2011 – 9-11 September, Durham: a programme of workshops and presentations, and a great chance to meet other people who stammer.
BVS TRAINING

Range of seven childcare health and safety training toolkits including DVD, CD-Roms and lesson plans. Topics include 'Promoting the health and hygiene of children' and 'Maintaining the safety and security of children'. A "Complete Childcare Package" is also available combining all seven early years training resources.

CANCER RESEARCH UK

Cancer Research UK is the largest volunteer-supported cancer research organisation in the world.
 

CHILD ACCIDENT PREVENTION TRUST
An organisation that works with 25,000 frontline staff who work with children, young people, and their families, as well as with senior practitioners and policymakers to encourage best practice around child injury prevention through partnership and networking events, bespoke training packages, specialist master classes on child injury prevention, fact sheets, good practice guides and child safety resources for professionals. It also promotes child safety awareness during Child Safety Week.
 

CHILD BEREAVEMENT CHARITY

• Grief and bereavement in schools: aims to develop an understanding of the impact of loss and grief on young people's health and learning.

• Children and young people - loss, death and grief: one-day multi-disciplinary workshop.

• Creative ways of helping children and families: one-day workshop looking at the needs of children and creative ways of helping families communicate.

• Working with bereaved children and young people: a university accredited modular course comprising 5 three-day units to be taken over six months. Enables trainees to work effectively with bereaved children and young people with a focus on the context of their family and their personal experience rather than direct counselling.

• Grief and bereavement in early years settings: one-day course giving early years practitioners an insight into very young children’s understanding of death and the impact of bereavement on their holistic development, and helping them to develop a framework for appropriate responses to death within an early years setting.

THE CHILDCARE COMPANY

The Childcare Company has developed an online training programme linked to an e-portfolio system known as the "Laser" which is written and updated by childcare professionals and teachers. Courses include:

• Level 2 Award in food safety: introduces participants to basic food hygiene practices.

• Health and safety: learning how to establish a safe and secure environment for children using risk assessments, good hygiene practices and clear procedures for accidents and emergencies.

CHILDREN’S BURNS TRUST

The Trust gives advice on drawing up a co-ordinated and comprehensive burn and scald prevention programme for schools and other child carers, and aims to improve the long-term rehabilitation of child burn victims. It also promotes child safety awareness during Child Safety Week.

CHILDCARE CONSULTANCY

• Administering Medication

• Infection control: providing an understanding of effective infection control practice within a setting.

CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND

An introduction to working with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders: introductory workshop to expand knowledge of working with children and young people with these disorders, looking at a range of approaches for understanding and addressing their needs.
An introduction to child protection procedure: exploring the steps practitioners should take where there are concerns that a child could be at risk of harm or abuse, with reference to the Scottish Government’s child protection reform programme and related publications.

CLEFT LIP AND PALATE ASSOCIATION (CLAPA)
CLAPA provides support for parents, and for people with the condition and their families. There are more than 35 CLAPA groups - all run by volunteers - and many regional contacts across the UK. They provide a specialist service for parents and professionals seeking help in feeding babies with cleft lips and palates.
Annual conference: held in September.

COELIAC UK

Coeliac disease is a condition caused by an inability to digest gluten, which often results in bowel symptoms and failure to gain weight. Coeliac UK provides help to coeliacs and those with dermatitis herpetiformis (an itchy skin rash caused by gluten sensitivity). Publications, including The Gluten Free Food and Drink Directory, can be bought direct from Coeliac UK.

CONCEPT TRAINING

• An induction for those meeting or working with people with special needs: workshop for people new to special needs.

• Sensory differences and the role of positive touch: gives an insight into the arena of sensory differences and addresses the need for coping strategies and positive interventions. A variety of practical ways to encourage positive touch are explored.

• Success with people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: how to develop strategies for working with people with ASD. Finding out the causes and effects and how a person with ASD sees the world.

• Working effectively with children and young people who experience behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD)

CRACKERJACK TRAINING

• Food hygiene

• Paediatric first aid

• Safeguarding children and young people

• Health and safety

CRECHENDO TRAINING

hild protection: one-day course covering the Children Act 1989. Theoretical perspectives on child abuse.

DAYCARE TRUST

Disability awareness and inclusion in childcare settings: two half-day workshops which cover a range of issues including an inclusive ethos and attitude, communications and partnerships, listening to disabled children and inclusion and playwork principles.

DIABETES UK

Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes.

DOWN SYNDROME EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Speech, language and literacy development for children with Down syndrome (2 to 11 years): focuses on the specific speech and language needs of children with Down syndrome and how to meet them, including the use of the See and Learn Language and Reading programme.
Supporting the early development of children with Down syndrome (birth to 5 years): one day covering the communicative, social and motor development of young people with Down syndrome.

EARLY YEARS ORGANISATION

• Working with children with special and additional needs (pre-school): covering the legislative context of SEN provision in pre-school education, strategies to identify and support children with a range of SEN/additional needs, documentation for planning and evaluating for individual needs and reviewing SEN policy. For practitioners in a pre-school setting who work with children with SEN.

• Working with children with special and additional needs (daycare): nine-hour programme over two or three days for practitioners in a daycare setting who work with children with SEN. Topics similar to those above.

• Keyhole autism training for pre-schools: a 13-hour course over two days looking at autism and effective intervention strategies in helping children achieve their full potential.

EDUCATION AND RESOURCES FOR IMPROVING CHILDHOOD CONTINENCE (ERIC)

ERIC provides help to children suffering from nocturnal enuresis, the medical term for bedwetting, and the less common problems of daytime wetting. ERIC provides advice on bedwetting, daytime wetting, constipation and incontinence.

• Childhood daytime wetting and soiling - a fundamental course: seminar presenting up-to-date facts on childhood bowel and bladder disorders.

• Toilet training including children with special needs: exploring the acquisition of bowel and bladder control with particular attention to children with special needs.

• Nocturnal enuresis - a fundamental course: introduces the "Three Systems" as a means of understanding bedwetting and explores the key recommendations of NICE guidelines. Child-orientated, evidence-based approaches to intervention and treatment are provided along with troubleshooting more difficult cases.

ENABLE

Enable is the largest membership organisation in Scotland for people with learning disabilities and for family carers. Enable's services include legal advice and direct care services for children and adults with learning disabilities.
ENABLE IRELAND
Enable Ireland's services cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational and social development from early infancy.

ENTA

Enta is a voluntary sector, not for profit organisation working across Birmingham to provide learning opportunities, training courses, information, advice and guidance and employment support to help people think about and prepare for paid employment. Recent courses include safeguarding, food safety and baby massage.

FORBES TRAINING
 

• Meeting the welfare requirements

• The purpose of risk assessments

• Safeguarding children – what you need to know

FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF INFANT DEATHS

The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths promotes information on how to reduce the risk of cot death and supports bereaved families. It is based in London and has eight regional co-ordinators working across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
4 TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY

Paediatric first aid: a 12-hour course recognised by Ofsted and the National Childminding Association.

FPM

• The new approach to safeguarding: this one-day seminar covers insights into changes relating to safeguarding children and young people, clarity on what effect these changes are likely to have on service, and a review of existing systems and processes.

FRAGILE X SOCIETY

Fragile X Society supports those with Fragile X syndrome - the most common cause of inherited learning disability - their families and professionals working with them.

FUTUREWORKS

• Allergies, Anaphylaxis and Epi-Pens: this course covers anaphylactic shock, how to store prescribed medications, how to administer medication using an Epi-Pen, and making a setting safe for allergy sufferers.

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Understanding children on the Autistic Spectrum: the indications that should concern early years practitioners and the implications for development and life chances. The difference between autism and Asperger's syndrome is clarified, looking at case studies.

JACE TRAINING

Paediatric first-aid: certificated course inspected and controlled by the Health and Safety Executive. The 12-hour course includes lectures and group discussions. Areas covered include the role of the appointed person, health and safety of the early years environment, the first-aid box, emergency procedures, children's accidents and how to record them.
First-aid at work: four-day practical course, including an examination. Areas covered are similar to the course above. On successful completion, candidates will receive a certificate valid for three years.
Award in food safety: for all food handlers. Eight hours of tuition deal with food hygiene, bacteriology, personal hygiene, equipment and pest control, cleaning and disinfecting and legislation. The course is regulated by the CIEH.

KIDSCAPE

Child protection: includes keeping children safe, signs and symptoms.

KIDS CITY

• Health and Safety: one-day course providing the necessary Health and Safety skills and knowledge that a manager/playworker/early years worker will need to work in a childcare environment.  There are two competency assessments that will be taken during this training.  

• Food Hygiene: one-day course providing the necessary Food Hygiene skills and knowledge that a manager/playworker and early years worker will need in a childcare environment.  There is one competency assessment taken during the training.  

THE LEARNING SCAFFOLD

Child protection: a guide to current policy and practice.

MATERNITY AND NANNY TRAINING (MNT)

First-aid course: two-day, in-depth course covering all aspects of first-aid, including dealing with anaphylactic shock.

MENCAP
Mencap is the UK's leading disability charity working with children, adults and carers.

MENINGITIS TRUST
The Meningitis Trust is the oldest meningitis charity in the world and provides a range of professional services and community support.

MONTESSORI CENTRE INTERNATIONAL
Special Educational Needs course: an introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of special needs education. The course looks at physical, sensory, cognitive and emotional/behavioural difficulties, and specific areas such as dyslexia.
Helping children with dyslexia and dyspraxia: practical guide for recognising early signs of dyslexia and dyspraxia.

MUDIAD YSGOLION MEITHRIN
Abersaff: training linking to the Abersaff resource pack focusing on health and safety guidelines.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (NASEN)
NASEN promotes the education, training, advancement and development of all people with special educational needs. It has produced policies on the early years, professional development, partnership with parents, curriculum access and learning support assistants, among others.

NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY

• Introduction to TEACCH: two-day programme covering the basic principles of the TEACCH approach. Intended for those with little or no prior knowledge of autism, or those who have some knowledge and training and wish to increase and develop their skills (completing day 2 only).

• Asperger's syndrome - insights and interventions for support: online course looking at children and young people with Asperger's by reviewing personal, professional and family perspectives and its social and educational implications.

• Early years and ASD: one- or two-day programme focusing on working with and getting the best from young children with ASD.

• Principles and practice of working with individuals on the autism spectrum: a six-day course of one day a week taught in partnership with the University of Cumbria.

NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST

The National Childbirth Trust provides information and practical support on all aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood. Its training arm is NHS Connect, which runs workshops around the country.

NHS CONNECT

NHS Connect is the professional and training development arm of the National Childbirth Trust. Tutors offer a range of professional workshops

NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU

Grief matters for children: promoting effective bereavement strategies in schools: one-day conference.

NATIONAL DAY NURSERIES ASSOCIATION (NDNA)

EYFS and safeguarding: practitioners can choose from a variety of interactive seminars including keeping children safe from harm, special educational needs and disability awareness, running a successful nursery business and consulting with children.
Quality improvement programmes: a range of 15 programmes helping nurseries to develop practices against a set of quality standards through online training. Topics include: leadership and management; safeguarding and child protection; nursery environment; nutrition, serving food and oral health; out-of-school care; working with babies; and nursery visits and visitors.

NATIONAL DEAF CHILDREN'S SOCIETY (NDCS)

The NDCS is the only UK charity dedicated to supporting deaf children and their families in overcoming the challenges of childhood deafness.

NATIONAL ECZEMA SOCIETY
The National Eczema Society gives advice and assistance on lifestyle changes and self-help measures to help keep eczema under control. A school information pack is available.
Eczema - supporting and managing this misunderstood condition: topics include childhood atopic eczema.

NATIONAL PORTAGE ASSOCIATION
Portage is a home-visiting service for pre-school children who have special needs. It is based on the principle that parents are the key figures in their care and development. Portage's four main activities are: weekly home visits by a trained home visitor; weekly written teaching activities designed for the individual child and parent; teaching and recording carried out by the parent; and weekly supervision by the home visitor.

• Training workshops: covering Portage history, theories and basic practice, suitable for parents and professionals working with pre-school children with special needs.

NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EPILEPSY

• Short seminars - include epilepsy awareness: this three-hour course for nurses and carers covers international classification of seizures and their management.

• Customised training: includes a full-day epilepsy course, seminars, conferences and visits.

NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN (NSPCC)

• Domestic abuse and its impact on children: three-day training for practitioners and managers to help them consider domestic violence's impact.

• Safeguarding disabled children: a two-day course which develops confidence and knowledge in connection with safeguarding and promoting the welfare of disabled children and young people.

• Creating safer organisations: a training course for people who have a strategic role for safeguarding children and young people across their organisation.

NORTHERN IRELAND CHILDMINDING ASSOCIATION (NICMA)

• Caring for children with additional needs: a 20-hour course covering causes of conditions, observing, planning and evaluating learning for special needs children, behaviour management and child protection.

OUT OF HOURS KIDS’ CLUB (TRAINING)

• Paediatric First Aid:  two-day course

• First Aid at Work: two-day refresher course

• First Aid at Work: four-day course

• Basic Child Protection Awareness: one-day course

• Child Protection Co-ordinator: two-day course

PAVILION TRAINING

Pavilion Training offers a range of first aid and health and safety training. Courses include:

• Paediatric First Aid: 12-hour course.

• Emergency First Aid: one-day workshop.

• First Aid at Work: three-day course.

PLAY AND EARLY YEARS TRAINING UNIT
Food safety awareness: an introduction to food safety, best cooking practice and legal obligations.

PLAYGROUP NETWORK

Contact regional associations direct for details of training on:

• First aid

• Safeguarding children

• Working with children with disabilities

PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT (PSD)

• Working with children who have special needs: two-day course covering legislation, what special needs are, and working with and planning for children with special needs.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS

Professional Training Solutions provide a number of workshops relevant to early years practitioners, including:

• Business Administration

• First Aid

• Manual Handling

• Food Safety

• Health & Safety

ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND (RNIB)

The RNIB offers information, support and advice to more than two million people who have sight problems.

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS (RoSPA)

RoSPA is involved in the promotion of safety in all areas of life - work, home, on the roads, in schools, at leisure and on water. Safety posters, signs and videos can be purchased.
 

ST JOHN AMBULANCE

A St John Ambulance certificate, valid for three years, is issued on a candidate's successful completion of assessment of each of the following courses:

• Early years first-aid: twelve-hour course, recognised for the purpose of registration as an early years professional; can be used to provide evidence for those working towards an NVQ in Children's Care, Learning and Development. Topics include first-aid and national standards for daycare, accident reporting and action planning.

• Emergency life support (child and infant): four-hour course shows how to deal with life-threatening conditions in babies and young children. Topics covered include managing an incident, casualty management, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and choking.

•  Emergency aid for appointed persons in schools: topics covered include control of bleeding, resuscitation, incident management, specific hazards in a school and treatment of an unconscious casualty.

THE SCHOOL OF INFANT MENTAL HEALTH

• Behavioural signs of autism in infants: two-day course on recognising child cases of autism and early interventions.

Offers integrated educational and training programmes for professionals working with under-fives. Courses include career training, primary care and psychotherapeutic skills.

• Foundation course: sixteen-hour introduction to infant mental health and parent-infant psychotherapy.

Infant research and infant psychiatry: 30 hours each, these are observation-based seminars.
Early years – the importance of early intervention for infants at risk: providing professionals with a toolkit for the emotional screening of infants and early signs of distress.

SCOTTISH AUTISM

Scottish Autism offers a range of autism training events throughout the year, often involving speakers with autism expertise and professionals from health, education, social care, therapeutic and research backgrounds. This creates opportunities for parents and professionals to engage with current thinking on a range of issues.

SENSE

• Training for intervenors: courses for those working one-to-one with the congenitally deafblind.

SIGNS FOR SUCCESS

• Signing with babies and young children: distance-learning training toolkit with DVDs, phonics pack and books. Teaches hundreds of signs and signed activities, songs, nursery rhymes and stories to use in homes and settings. Offers a recognised Edexcel Award and six credits at Level 2 or 3 towards other childcare qualifications.

SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATION (SEBDA)

SEBDA, formerly the Association of Workers for Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, promotes excellence in services for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

SOUTH-EAST ESSEX COLLEGE

First-aid - early years: two six-hour days. Topics covered include resuscitation and recovery position for babies and children, unconsciousness, shock, bleeding, poisoning, burns and fractures.

SUNFIELD

• Understanding the autism spectrum: a foundation level course for those with little prior knowledge of ASDs to develop an awareness of the key attributes and effects of ASD. It will cover the key diagnostic features of ASDs and implications for living and working with individuals with an ASD.

• Intensive interaction: a course for staff who work with adults and children with severe learning difficulties. These activities provide the person with learning difficulties with the opportunity to learn the pre-speech fundamentals of communication such as enjoying being with another person, giving sustained attention, turn-taking, use and understanding of eye contact, facial expressions, body language and non-verbal signalling.

• Annual First Aid Basic Skills Update: three-hour refresher course recommended by the HSE for all those who already hold a full First Aid at Work certificate or an Emergency First Aid at Work certificate.

• Managing incidents of challenging behaviour: for staff of all disciplines who work with adults and children with learning disabilities. The emphasis of the course is on the practical – what staff can do to work effectively during incidents of challenging behaviour and then help the person to progress so that incidents are less likely.

• Epilepsy awareness: gives an overall awareness of epilepsy, particularly related to children and students with Learning Difficulties, by setting out protocols, procedures and policies relating to epilepsy and the giving of emergency treatment.

• Infection control: half-day course covering many techniques to control the spread of infection, including an opportunity to test how effective your own hand washing is and how important this is to protect both you and others.

• First Aid at Work: three-day course.

• Basic Food Hygiene: one-day ICT-based course.

• Paediatric First Aid: two-day course.

TAC INTERCONNECTIONS

Keeping children safe in an uncertain world: learning from evidence and practice.
Understanding Asperger’s syndrome.

TINIES CHILDCARE

• Paediatric first-aid: Ofsted recognised, this 12-hour course is for childcare professionals. The training covers the skills required to save an adult's, child's or baby's life in an emergency.

• CIEH foundation food hygiene: one-day course aimed at any individual who has a responsibility for handling food. There is a 30-question, multiple-choice examination at the end of the day.

• Safeguarding Children: This course will help delegates implement successful child protection procedures and help in developing multi-agency relationships.

TRACY SEED ASSOCIATES

• Safeguarding children: a one-day event covering the structure of children’s services, policy and safeguarding procedures to protect children in an early years setting.

 TRAINING DESIGNS

•  Paediatric first aid: two-day course.

• An overview of childhood ailments: providing an overview of common childhood illnesses and their management.

• Sleep management in babies and children: exploring sleep patterns and problems in babies and children and how to deal with them.

• The value of exercise for children: identifying the benefits of exercise for children as a link to development, and advising how to encourage children to exercise.

THE TRAINING EXCHANGE

Safeguarding

• Young people - mental health and emotional support needs: increasing understanding of young people's mental health and emotional issues and developing practical approaches to respond to their support needs.

TRUSTED TRAINING SOLUTIONS

• Conflict management

• Risk assessment

• Emergency First Aid at work

• First Aid at work

• 6-hour basic paediatric First Aid

• Automatic defibrillator training

• Basic food hygiene

• Managing challenging and aggressive behaviour

• Health and safety awareness

TWIN AND MULTIPLE BIRTHS ASSOCIATION (TAMBA)

TAMBA provides information and support networks for families of twins, triplets and more. The charity has support groups for one-parent families, parents of triplets or more, special needs families, those who have lost one or more of a multiple-birth set, and those who are expecting or have twins, triplets or more as a result of fertility treatment. TAMBA also offers information for professionals.