5 top ways to keep your childcare team motivated Having a highly motivated and passionate childcare team can make all the difference, without this the setting may fail. Recognising a team’s hard work and effort can help keep the team motivated and passionate about working with children. Often managers are
Make your staff meeting more valuable with these 10 tips Staff meetings are not always the most popular of monthly events for practitioners to attend. Many practitioners will see them as extra work and not much fun or of use to them. However team meetings can be a great way
5 top ways to implement policies and procedures into your childcare setting Implementing your policies and procedures into your childcare setting can be a difficult process. With some policies it can take time to read them all and fully understand them, also making sure that all practitioners have read and
How can you ensure your Early Years team is working efficiently? Managing an Early Years team can be challenging at times, however it can be made easier by thinking about the team and how they work together. It is the role of the leader or manager to oversee the work
Help! My practitioners are under performing Underperforming practitioners can be incredibly frustrating for managers and room leaders and this can often lead to a feeling of low morale across the early years setting. If one practitioner is seen to be getting away with underperforming it may cause other practitioners
Frustrating times for both Nursery Managers and Early Years Practitioners In early years settings, there are often a variety of different positions held by students and volunteers up to managers and owners. Nursery managers often have large workloads and because of this more and more nursery managers are becoming office
Is childcare paperwork just to please Ofsted More and more paperwork is being completed than ever, and the list of Ofsted requirements appears to be ever increasing, but is the child really at the heart of it all? Many would argue that a lot of the paperwork completed and displayed
Top 5 staff training courses that every Early Years practitioner should complete Staff training is vital in the Early Years sector to develop knowledge and provide a safe, caring environment for all children. It is recommended that practitioners complete up to 25 hours of training each year to ensure continuous
The importance of safeguarding training Safeguarding children is one of the most important aspects of childcare and an area that no setting should be getting wrong. The consequences of inadequately trained practitioners can be tremendous with children’s security and well-being being in the firing line if mistakes are made. It
Under new legislation childcare providers must carry out disqualification checks to ensure the suitability of employees What are Childcare Disqualification checks? Childcare disqualification checks came into place under the Childcare Act 2006. This puts a duty on all those working with children to sign a declaration clearing them to work
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