ALN Provide staff training to Annually with a review in All Childcare providers enable existing and new each year to 2022 to receive support on providers to offer identify where further working with children with childcare places for developments and support disabilities and their children with disabilities. might be needed. parents/carers. Encourage and support All training providers have existing provision to at least some staff who develop their offer for have attended training children with disabilities. provision provided through the Early Years and Childcare Workforce development programme on supporting children with disabilities and their parents. Issue Proposed Response Timing Measures Recent loss of childminders Continue existing From April 2017. Recruit at least 2 and length of time others childminder recruitment childminders in 2017/18, have worked for 3 of campaign. with further 2 in 2018/19. – existing cohort working for Work with Employability Identify at least 5 over 15 years and 6 10 -14 programmes to identify beneficiaries via years . Seven childminders potential childminders and employment programmes with 47 spaces deregistered wider recruits for sector. suitable for work in in early 2017. Childcare sector in Merthyr.
ALN Provide staff training to enable existing and new providers to offer childcare places for children with disabilities. Encourage and support existing provision to develop their offer for children with disabilities. Annually with a review in each year to 2022 to identify where further developments and support might be needed. All Childcare providers receive support on working with children with disabilities and their parents/carers. All training providers have at least some staff who have attended training provision provided through the Early Years and Childcare Workforce development programme on supporting children with disabilities and their parents. Issue Proposed Response Timing Measures Recent loss of childminders and length of time others have worked for – 3 of existing cohort working for over 15 years and 6 10 -14 years . Seven childminders with 47 spaces deregistered in early 2017. Continue existing childminder recruitment campaign. Work with Employability programmes to identify potential childminders and wider recruits for sector. From April 2017. Recruit at least 2 childminders in 2017/18, with further 2 in 2018/19. Identify at least 5 beneficiaries via employment programmes suitable for work in Childcare sector in Merthyr.
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