Safe Tea Campaign: Helping to reduce the number of ‘scald injuries’ to young children The ‘SafeTea’ campaign was launched on October 16th 2019 on social media, TV and radio, and aims to reduce hot drink scalds and improve first aid for children’s burns. The target audience is parents, grandparents and carers of children under 5 […]
Bookbug Training Opportunities in Dingwall and Inverness Dingwall, Highland: Wednesday 13 November 2019, 10am–11:30am Inverness, Highland: Thursday 21 November, 10am–11:30am These training opportunities were recently promoted through the EARLY LEARNING AND CHILDCARE IN HIGHLAND BLOG – for further details and booking links, access the blog post at: https://elchighland.com/2019/10/17/bookbug-explorer-training-opportunities-in-dingwall-and-inverness/
COMMITTEES/GROUPS/PARTNERSHIPS OPEN FOR NOMINATION FOR THIRD SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES Click here for details of group guide and nomination form The Highland Third Sector Representation Pathway The following Committees/Groups/Partnerships are open for Third Sector Representatives nomination then selection on the 22nd of November at the Highland Third Sector Assembly. To nominate for one or more of the […]
Safe Sleep Scotland will be delivering a FREE ‘Safe Sleep’ education session for professionals in health and childcare on: Thursday 7th November 5-6.30pm CALA, Kintail House, Inverness IV2 3BW. This session will help raise your awareness of how we can reduce the risks of sudden and unexpected death in infancy occurring and good practice to […]
SOSCN is pleased to confirm that the Scottish Government’s OSC team will be joining them at their regional events for OSC services to have the opportunity to help shape the next development stage of the National Framework for Out of School Care in Scotland. The draft framework on Out of School Care sets out what […]
Scottish Government: Consultation on Out of School Care A new consultation on Out of School Care has been launched by the Scottish Government who published their draft framework on ‘Out of School Care – draft framework 2019’ on Friday 30th of August. Click here to access the document The Scottish Government is inviting all organisations […]
Self-evaluation for improvement – your guide The Care Inspectorate have published a new guide to support all care services in undertaking self-evaluation. This useful document provides clear guidance and information on topics such as: What is self-evaluation? […]
National Induction Resource The Scottish Government’s ‘National Induction Resource for ELC’ is a comprehensive tool to support robust induction for new starts in ELC as we progress with 1140 hours expansion. Along with step by step advice and information, there are links to useful free or low-cost CPL inks including: SSSC Learning zone on page […]
The Care Inspectorate have reviewed and updated the quality framework for children and young people in need of care and protection. The guidance document ‘A quality framework for children and young people in need of care and protection’ (revised August 2019) provides a quality improvement framework for community planning partnerships to support self-evaluation of […]
Cleaner 6.25 hours per week at £8.21 per hour 1.25 hours, Monday to Friday, term time only Closing date: Monday 23rd September 2019 Interview date: Monday 7th October 2019 Download Your Application Pack here: Job Remit Equal Opportunities Form Application Form All completed forms (Application, & Equal Opportunities) should be emailed to: [email protected] or posted to: Care […]
Congratulations to #Openingdooors graduate Shona Beveridge for winning the HTSI 2019 Youth Volunteer of the Year award! Shona continues to volunteer at our out of school clubs alongside volunteering at her local Rainbows and as speaker and influencer for the Niemann-Pick UK Charity. Shona is passionate about volunteering, especially for the Niemann-Pick UK charity. Last […]
Connecting Young Carers work with 5 – 24-year olds who are in a caring role for a family member. They provide support, days out, fun opportunities and the chance to meet other young people in similar situations. A survey carried out in Highland in 2017, estimated that 11.5% of young people were carrying out some […]
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