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This information is for practitioners and managers working with babies and toddlers who are looking at ways to reflect and improve on practice.

Do you want to provide an environment that really supports your babies and your two year olds? This can be the way forward in facilitating the best possible start to enable them to flourish and learn.

The toolkits will enable practitioners to reflect on their current practice and how they meet the specific needs of babies and two year olds, keeping the child at the centre – ‘what is it like for me in this setting?’

This session will provide leaders, managers and childminders with the information they require in order to make a decision regarding purchasing these support packages from the Early Years Team.

Attending this session does not commit you in any way to purchasing these materials.

These workshops are aimed at all professionals who come into contact with young people and families, including managers who have responsibility for supervision, policy and decision-making.
The aim is to build good practice across children and young people's services, both challenging and supporting front line practitioners to be clear about what good practice looks like. There will be a focus on examples of good practice and support to staff to self evaluate their own practice against these examples. The aim is for everyone to share and learn from the things that went well, not so well, and what people would do differently to improve things.

This Good Practice Workshop will focus on:
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This course will explore how the use of rhythmic and musical experiences support young children’s early phonics and early reading skills. This will be explored through the use of practical activities and discussion time for sharing ideas.

Learners will gain a deeper insight into how phonics develops from birth as well as practical examples to enhance provision in communication for under threes. We will look through six of the aspects of Phase one of Letters and Sounds and will explore practical examples. We will examine how to support home learning and parental engagement in early reading through each of the aspects.


PLEASE NOTE: This course is also available as an e-learning module on the VLE.

This training is aimed at managers who want to improve how they manage difficult conversations with members of their team. The content is primarily focused on maintaining good levels of performance within teams, but can be used to support other conversations such as those when managing change. This day will provide a range of tools and techniques that will help you be more confident in difficult situations. The standard charge for this course is £70 per day but for council employees there is no charge.

This half day course is an annual refresher for individuals working in adult social care settings where they have responsibilities for moving people. This course will enable you to build on your existing knowledge and practice. Delegates will be expected to demonstrate how they move people and share knowledge through working on scenarios. This course is designed to be a refresher for anyone working in adult social care with responsibilities for moving people and attendees. Delegates from partner agencies will need to evidence that they have attended a manual handling course in the previous 18 months. Please make sure you wear suitable clothing and footwear as there is a practical aspect to this training.

This half day course is an annual refresher for individuals working in adult social care settings where they have responsibilities for moving people. This course will enable you to build on your existing knowledge and practice. Delegates will be expected to demonstrate how they move people and share knowledge through working on scenarios This course is designed to be a refresher for anyone working in adult social care with responsibilities for moving people and attendees. Delegates from partner agencies will need to evidence that they have attended a manual handling course in the previous 18 months. Please make sure you wear suitable clothing and footwear as there is a practical aspect to this training.