MKPA Summer Term Training Opportunities

Training & Development Opportunities Summer Term – May to July 2012

Developing and supporting a quality childcare workforce

DATE(S)

DAY(S) OF WEEK

TIMES

LENGTH

VENUE

FULL COST

First Aid for Childcarers 12 hour paediatric course meeting OFSTED & MK Council guidelines, suitable for all childcare workers. You will receive a first aid kit which includes an Air Flo resuscitation kit and a First Aid manual.

1st 2nd 8th May 2012 8th 9th 15th 16th May 2012 15th 16th 22nd May 2012 12th 13th 19th 20th June 2012 12th 19th 20th June 2012 23rd & 30th June 2012 26th 27th June 3rd 4th July 2012 rd th 3 4 10th July 2012

Tutor – Ian Brown or Richard Rogers Tues, Weds, Tues Tues, Weds, Tues,Weds Tues, Weds, Tues Tues, Weds, Tues, Weds Tues,Weds, Tues Sat

930am130pm 630pm930pm 930am130pm 630pm930pm 930am130pm 930am4pm

12 hours

Kiln Farm

£55.40

12 hours

Kiln Farm

£55.40

12 hours

Kiln Farm

£55.40

12 hours

Kiln Farm

£55.40

12 hours

Kiln Farm

£55.40

12 hours

Kiln Farm

£55.40

Tues, Weds, Tues, Weds

630pm930pm

12 hours

Kiln Farm

£55.40

Tues, Weds, Tues

930am130pm

12 hours

Kiln Farm

£55.40

Level 2 Award in Food Safety Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), formerly the Basic Food Hygiene course. This is a 6 hour course including a 30 question multiple choice answer paper. th

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17 & 24 May 2012 26th May 2012 11th & 18th June 2012 7th July 2102

Tutor – Meg Hart Thurs Sat Mon Sat

10am-1pm 930am430pm 630pm930pm 930am430pm

6 hours

Kiln Farm

£44.35

6 hours

Kiln Farm

£44.35

6 hours

Kiln Farm

£44.35

6 hours

Kiln Farm

£44.35

Safeguarding Children This course will help you recognise abuse, know current procedures, learn how to deal with the issues, where to get help and support and understand what your responsibilities are when working with children and young people.

Tutor – Wendy Usher – The Play Doctors 15th & 16th May 2012 12th & 13th June 2012

Tues,Weds

930am12pm

5 hours

Kiln Farm

£40

Tues, Weds

630pm-9pm

5 hours

Kiln Farm

£40

Safeguarding for Experienced Practitioners This course has been designed to ensure that experienced practitioners are able to implement their responsibilities in safeguarding children from harm, in line with Government and Local Safeguarding Children Board protocols. Suitable for those who have completed Basic Safeguarding.

Tutor – Wendy Usher – The Play Doctors 21st & 28th May 2012

Mon

630pm930pm

6 hours

Kiln Farm

£45

Encouraging Positive Behaviour

This workshop aims to give you an understanding of challenging behaviour, strategies to manage when it occurs and will help identify behaviour that is a presentation of an underlying condition. th

15 May 2012

Tutor- Wendy Usher – The Play Doctors Tues

630pm930pm

3 hours

Kiln Farm

£26

How Inclusive is your Setting?

This workshop helps you to self-assess your own policies and practices in relation to inclusion. You will get support to create a practical and realistic action plan to help move your setting forward so that inclusion is part of your everyday thinking.

Tutor- Wendy Usher – The Play Doctors 16th May 2012

Weds

630pm930pm

3 hours

Kiln Farm

£26 members / £28 non

Assertiveness This workshop is designed to help you become more assertive. It enables you to make changes in your behaviour to improve both working and personal relationships.

Tutor – Avril Francombe 17th May 2012

Thurs

630pm930pm

3 hours

Kiln Farm

£30 members / £32 non

Getting the Most out of your Day This session takes a fresh approach to how we deal with time personally and challenges the myths that we don’t always have enough time. It will include strategies and ways of getting the job done productively on the basis that effective time management starts with personal responsibility.

Tutor – Andy Grout 30th May 2012

Weds

Dyslexia Awareness

630pm-9pm

2 ½ hours

Kiln Farm

£25 members / £27 non

This workshop provides an informative background, offering ideas and practical suggestions to support.

Tutor – Wendy Usher – The Play Doctors 12th June 2012

Tues

930am1230pm

3 hours

Kiln Farm

£26 members / £28 non

Woodland Craft This workshop will cover knotting & net making, rustic wood kazoos, wooden bridges, benches, pegs, sundials, den building and tree climbing.

Tutor – CJ Crookenden-Johnson 14th June 2012

Thurs

10am-2pm

4 hours

Epipen & Anapen 21st June 2012

Kiln Farm

£30 members / £32 non

Tutor – Ian Brown

Thurs

630pm-8pm

1 ½ hours

Kiln Farm

£16 members / £18 non

Getting the Best out of your Staff & Volunteers

This workshop is available to all staff in a formal or informal supervisory capacity. It will support you to consider the motivational elements within your team and looks closely at communication, what messages are being given and how these are interpreted.

Tutor – Andy Grout 25th June 2012

Mon

630pm-9pm

2 ½ hours

Kiln Farm

£25 members / £27 non

To book on these or for any further information please call Tina or Janet on 01908-263033 or email tina@mkpa.co.uk

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