| The Childcare Team is dedicated to supporting childcare
settings of all types across the Telford & Wrekin including
private, voluntary and Local Authority maintained
provisions. | |
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The team consists of the following
Officers:
Senior Childcare & Quality
Officer.
Manages the team. Offers support and guidance across all sectors
and types of childcare provision. Is responsible for team
development in line with the Ten year childcare strategy and
sustainability of childcare provision.
Business and Financial Support
Officer.
Supports all settings with business support.
Is able to offer advice on sustainability issues, funding sources
and offers a variety of training programmes to support all business
needs.
Childminding Support Development Worker.
Looks after prospective and newly registered Childminders. Is
responsible for the Support Childminder Scheme which links
established Childminders with those new to the profession.
Administers the start up grants for new childminders. Recruitment
is also an important part of this role.
Childminding Sustainability Development
Worker.
Works closely with childminders who have
sustainability issues and administers the sustainability grant.
Pre-OFSTED checks are offered to established childminders to
support them through their pending inspections. Assists with the
'Childminder Plus' Scheme which links teenage parents with
specially trained childminders. Assists with the briefing sessions
for prospective childminders.
Childminding Network Co-ordinator.
Assesses
and monitors the Childminders on the 'Telford & Wrekin
Childminding Quality Assured Network'. Running a weekly drop-in and
organising a toy library are also part of this role. Monitoring
visits are a major part of this role which not only provides
opportunities to observe childminders at work but also these give
them a chance to discuss training issues and any other problems
that they may have. Works very closely with Childminding Support
Development Worker on the childminder briefing sessions and along
with Workforce Development delivers a range of training
programmes.
The team also has very close links with:
Breakfast Club Co-ordinator.
Ensures that the
breakfast club initiative continues to develop, sustain and provide
a service that is socially inclusive to all. Offer advice,
practical guidance, support and signposting to Breakfast Clubs.
For more information about all types of
Childcare and Childminding please contact a member of the team on
01952
385438 | |
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| Please note - Some documents published before
1st December 2006 may contain incorrect contact
numbers. |
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