Nursery World - Never on a Sunday

I just had to write to you to thank you so much for the story 'No training for special needs carers' (News, 23 June). I am a registered childminder who has regularly phoned my local EYDCP over the past couple of years to complain that the training sessions that I want to go on are always set on a weekday when I am working. The last complaint I made, about Safeguarding Children Foundation training being set only on weekdays, resulted in a reply (in bold type!) stating, 'childminders are not required to do this'. This was apparently assuming that as I didn't have to do the stated training, I wouldn't want to!

I am a registered childminder who has regularly phoned my local EYDCP over the past couple of years to complain that the training sessions that I want to go on are always set on a weekday when I am working. The last complaint I made, about Safeguarding Children Foundation training being set only on weekdays, resulted in a reply (in bold type!) stating, 'childminders are not required to do this'. This was apparently assuming that as I didn't have to do the stated training, I wouldn't want to!

Two days ago I received the Training Opportunities for Childminders for the Autumn term from my EYDCP and yet again all the inclusion workshops are on weekdays.

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