February 28 th 2018 Update Tax free childcare Parents whose youngest child is under 12 can now apply for Tax Free Childcare Parents including selfemployed can apply online for Tax Free Childcare by visiting the ID: 680974
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Early years and childcare briefing
February 28th 2018Slide2
Update – Tax free childcare
Parents whose youngest child is under 12 can now apply for Tax Free Childcare. Parents
, including
self-employed
, can apply online for Tax Free Childcare by visiting the website. For every £8 paid in, the government will add an extra £2, up to £2,000 per child per year - that's up to £500 every three monthsFor a disabled child, parents can receive up to £4,000 per child Slide3
30 hour offer
Overall- 1389 children are taking up extended hours this term.And 1474 children currently have an eligible code.All group providers and
63 childminders are offering some funded places
We expect foster carers’ own 3 and 4 year olds to be eligible for the funding from Sept 2018Slide4
30 hour offer
Parents must apply in good time for 30 hours ahead of the summer term. Some parents will need to provide additional evidence to HMRC that they are eligible so it is essential that they apply in good time.
To ensure that parents receive their codes in advance of the 31 March deadline, the childcare service will begin to offer temporary codes to parents who experience technical problems from
Thursday
1st MarchSlide5
30 hour offer
Parents who are having difficulties completing their application or reconfirmation online should contact the helpline on 0300 123 4097, who will check eligibility and provide them with a temporary code if they qualify for 30 hours.
These
codes need to be validated via the Eligibility Checking System (ECS) in the same way as standard codes.
The temporary codes begin with ‘11’ as opposed to ‘500’Slide6
2 year old offer
Recent consultation on potential earnings limit for those families in receipt of Universal Credit Households receiving universal credit and earning less than £15,400 a year will be eligible for two-year-old
funding - start date expected to be April 1st
We will not be issuing ‘Golden Tickets’ from the March DWP list as it may include families who do not meet the new income threshold.
The government estimates that over the next 5 years, 7,000 more children nationally will be eligible for this funding than under the current scheme79.1% of Southampton’s eligible 2 year olds are currently accessing funded early education Slide7
Consultation on our support offer
Low response to consultationHowever formal responses echoed verbal feedbackConcerns about reduction in support A wide range of universal support is available Plus targeted support and our enhanced offer
If you’re not sure- email or ‘phone us
fis@southampton.gov.uk
023 8083 3014 Slide8
Universal support
PROVIDER DROP IN SURGERIES - representatives of all parts of Early years and childcare team available
25
th
April (Startpoint Sholing 1pm – 3pm / 4pm – 6pm / 6.30pm – 8.30pm)12th June (Ashby Centre 2pm – 4.30pm / 5.30pm – 8pm)26th September (Ashby Centre 1pm – 3pm / 4pm – 6.00pm / 6.30pm – 8.30pm)15th November (Startpoint Sholing 10am – 1pm / 2pm – 5pm / 6pm – 8pm)
EARLY
YEARS AND CHILDCARE INFORMATION
BRIEFING SESSION
9
th
October (Southampton City Art Gallery 4.30pm – 6.30pm / 6.50pm – 8.30pm)Slide9
Funding
New rates from April 2018, based on the information you supplied around flexibility, qualification level and EAL, plus IDACINew Conditions of Funding agreements out shortly60 three and four year olds have been funded to date via DAF
From
April 1st
you can reapply for those three and four year olds still in your settingInclusion support fund available for pre-EHCP (emerging SEND) for 3 and 4 year olds- application form on SIDSlide10
Funding- response to consultation
99% of you would prefer to have monthly payments And you would prefer to be paid at the start of the month 75% of you would prefer 12 payments a year, rather than 11 (this included preschools, childminders and nurseries) We will start monthly payments from April 2018
April and May payments will be based on Spring term figures, but using new funding rate
June payment will include any back-pay and adjustments Slide11
Funding - audits
Audits have recommenced We aim to audit 10% of funded provision each yearAudit visit will be with Funding team and Development team/EYAT 10 days’ notice of visit to allow you time to be able to easily access the information needed Slide12
Funding
Please notify the funding team if you have to close a session due to an unexpected issue, eg no heating, flooding Also let them know if you have to close/reduce numbers due to your premises being used as a polling stationOur 2, 3 and 4 year olds are entitled to 570 /1140 funded hours; you need to make every effort to make up the hours
And let the funding team know when a child leaves or is absent for more than 2 weeksSlide13
Recruitment and retention
March 6th 4-8pm – SCC Children and Families division recruitment event at Civic centreRaising awareness of working in early years and childcarePromoting any of your vacancies
Booking is via Eventbrite- details on SCC website
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/children-families-service-open-evening-and-recruitment-event-free-event-tickets-42905663996
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‘Stay Well Pharmacy ‘
NHS campaign:Aims to raise public awareness of the services offered by pharmacies
And for people to see them as the
first place to go to for clinical advice and treatment for minor health concerns, such as coughs, colds and tummy
troublesResources available from Campaign Resource Centre (CRC) Slide15
Schools admissions
SCC school admissions team have been unable to send out the lists of those children due to start at school this September whose parents/carers haven’t applied for a placePlease encourage all parents/carers to apply If you have a parent/carer with a summer- born child who is considering decelerating entry into school, a request must be made to the admission authority
Deceleration can have ramifications – eg a new parental request must be made at each transition, and this might not be agreed. Slide16
Piggles Trust
Following the news last year about a recently formed charity, Piggles Trust, the first hospital-based nursery nurse in the country has been appointed at Southampton Children’s Hospital.
Launched
by Caroline and Edward after the death of their daughter four-year-old Harriet, a former cardiac patient at Southampton Children’s Hospital who died suddenly from an unrelated infection last year.
Prior to the charity being set up, there was no provision for delivering pre-school education for children aged two to five while they are in hospital – despite as we know this being a crucial age for learning and development. This meant that whilst Harriet was in hospital for 7 months whilst receiving treatment, she had no access to pre-school.
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Piggles Trust
Piggles Trust are working with Taplins Childcare to fund a Nursery Nurse to go into hospital and deliver Early Years Education to children who will be in hospital for more than two weeks, or to their well siblings. This is either at their bedside on a 1:1 basis, or in small groups in the play rooms.
This is the first such project in the country, although the long term aim is to have a team of nursery nurses working in each hospital
.
The EYFS is followed and as in all Early Years settings we get to know the child and their family, find out their developmental stage and likes/ dislikes then plan activities to help support them in reaching their next developmental stage. We link with any other setting the child normally attends, and also use Tapestry and record keep as we would in nursery. Slide18
Piggles Trust
Before starting this project we worked with lots of different professionals (such as the play specialists) to help us to plan for this service, for example learning the effect of various medications on a child’s behaviour.
Before
staff take part in the project, they have to meet certain standards of experience/ qualification. We have also designed and set up specific training to support staff in their roles
. We have worked with 10 children since we started this project on 6-12-17, and have had really positive feedback from the children, their families and hospital staff. If you would like more information, please see the stand or contact Anna Rixon at Taplins. Slide19
Training offer
This term:Twilight sessionsBespoke training Workforce development:
Safeguarding:
Weekly Wednesday Workshops:
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Weekly Wednesday Workshops
Free to all On a variety of subjects Held at Civic centreeg Fabricated and Induced Illness, May 2
nd
12 noon to 2pm,
And The Stop Loan Sharks Project, May 23rdBook places via LSCB website Slide21
Safeguarding training
Level 2 Thursday evenings 17 and 24 May 2018, 6.30 - 9.30pm
Start Point
Sholing
Subsidised price for Southampton Early Years and Childcare PVI settings- £65 Early Bird (book 2 months before course) and £80 usual price.Safer recruitmentTuesday 19 June 2018, 9.15am - 4pm. Startpoint Sholing- £75 Early Bird and £90 usual price Slide22
Spring and summer training plan
6
th
March
Using an intensive interaction approach to support children in early years settings
Start Point Sholing
£
15 per person
15 booked
8
th
March
Early Years SENDCo – Introduction to the Role
The Ashby Centre
£15
7 booked
12
th
March & 26
th
March
Working with young children with Autism
Start Point Sholing
£30
4 booked
16
th
April
Supporting Vulnerable Groups using Data
Start Point Sholing
£15
Only just advertised
26
th
April
Safeguarding in practice – Swap Shop
The Ashby Centre
£15
0
2
nd
May
SEND? EAL? Or Both?
The Ashby Centre
£30
3 booked
13
th
June
Thinking about mental health in early years: Identifying and supporting children with emotional wellbeing
Start Point Sholing
£15
8 bookedSlide23
Workforce development training
Tuesday 20
th
March
Outdoor Fun
Wednesday 28
th
March
(half day)
Using psychology to promote positive behaviour – A focus on social communication needs, including autism
Thursday 26
th
April
(half day)
Using psychology to promote behaviour – A focus on sensory needs and processing
Friday 30
th
April
(half day)
What does psychology have to tell us about how to help children and young people achieve good goals?Slide24
Training offer
Courses are being planned; then some are cancelled due to low take-up The free termly Inclusion Conference
for
SENDCos was very
well attended (78 attendees across 3 sessions)and the Childminder Inclusion Conference had 33 attendees6 twilight sessions course on ‘Individual SEND support’ had 23 attendees 200 plus attended our conference last AutumnSlide25
Training offer
In small groups: Are there courses we aren’t offering that you would like?Why has the number of bookings reduced? What could we do to encourage higher attendance?