SECTION 1 WE CAN HELP YOU WITH RECRUITMENT Our successful Childcare Academy programme has now supported over 190 unemployed people to progress into jobs in the childcare sector. Funded via Skills Development Scotland Training for Work programme and the City of Edinburgh Council Children & Families Workforce Development Fund our 12 Childcare Academy programme incorporates the delivery of the SVQ Level 2 in Children’s Care Learning and Development, a comprehensive underpinning knowledge training programme and a long term work experience placement. 2 satisfactory references, a satisfactory PVG scheme membership and medical check are actively pursued for each Childcare Academy trainee who is accepted on to the programme. On an annual basis we recruit up to 45 trainees to our Childcare Academy programme and a significant proportion of these are parents who are returning to work after having raised their own children. We therefore consistently have access to a pool of motivated, skilled and knowledgeable trainees who are eagerly pursuing employment opportunities in the childcare field. Having successfully secured further funding from the State Street Foundation, 14 of our former Childcare Academy trainees are currently undertaking their SVQ Level 3 Children’s Care Learning and Development with us at no cost to themselves or their employer.
SECTION 1 WE CAN HELP YOU WITH RECRUITMENT Our successful Childcare Academy programme has now supported over 190 unemployed people to progress into jobs in the childcare sector. Funded via Skills Development Scotland Training for Work programme and the City of Edinburgh Council Children & Families Workforce Development Fund our 12 Childcare Academy programme incorporates the delivery of the SVQ Level 2 in Children’s Care Learning and Development, a comprehensive underpinning knowledge training programme and a long term work experience placement. 2 satisfactory references, a satisfactory PVG scheme membership and medical check are actively pursued for each Childcare Academy trainee who is accepted on to the programme. On an annual basis we recruit up to 45 trainees to our Childcare Academy programme and a significant proportion of these are parents who are returning to work after having raised their own children. We therefore consistently have access to a pool of motivated, skilled and knowledgeable trainees who are eagerly pursuing employment opportunities in the childcare field. Having successfully secured further funding from the State Street Foundation, 14 of our former Childcare Academy trainees are currently undertaking their SVQ Level 3 Children’s Care Learning and Development with us at no cost to themselves or their employer.