Online training
By providers. For Providers.
Training that is relevant, informative and tailored to wraparound providers. Yes, relevant training really does exist!
We were providers. In 2019 we sold our business with a 7-figure turnover that provided services to 4,500+ families per year and employed over 150 people.
Since then it has been our mission to give providers the support they need, when they need it.
Not only do we bring the sector knowledge, decades of teaching and training expertise and business acumen, we also have direct experience to draw on.
How It Works
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Explore Our Courses
Take a moment to explore our existing courses. All are designed to be relevant to wraparound providers in particular and can be tailored to be relevant to all childcare providers.
Can’t find what you want? Let us know and we will create a course for you. If it is a course we will use again it will be the same price as our other courses.
You can’t say fairer than that!
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Delivery Times
We are very flexible in our delivery times. We know providers like sessions at different times and we can deliver online or face-to-face.
And, we fit our timings around the needs of your providers. Whether that is daytime, evening or weekend delivery.
Delivered at a time that is suitable for providers.
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Get In Touch
Once you have an idea about what you would like and when you would like it to be delivered, get in touch with us.
And, if you are not quite sure what would work best for your providers, we would love to chat and advise you.
The selection of courses is to give you an indication of what is available.
We have not yet been asked to deliver something we did not feel confident in doing!
Leadership and Management Courses
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This session will give providers five actionable tips to support their recruitment and retention. It will help them find people who want to work with children. People who think getting covered in glitter is a ‘good thing’. People who love their job so much that they see it as a career and not a temporary fill-in position.
Content
This is a back-to-basics session for anyone who struggles to recruit or struggles to recruit the right people. Attendees will learn:
1. The difference between what employers and employees value
2. How to attract staff by applying marketing principles to their advertising
3. An introduction to organizational values and how they impact recruitment
4. The low or no-cost benefits that make a difference to employees
5. Use of language and how to run an effective recruitment campaign
It looks at what is important to the people we want to bring into the workforce.
Session Length: 2 Hours
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Can you confidently describe the difference between leadership and management? And do you know when to use leadership skills and when to use management skills? If the answer is no, you are not alone. It is widely accepted that many leaders and managers never receive training and instinctively learn how to do the role. Instinct can be great, but how do you know you are getting it right?
If you ever doubt yourself, have less than perfect relationships, can’t get your staff to do what you would like them to or just want a refresher, this session is for you. It is relevant to anyone who is a manager whether you are employed or run your own business.
Content
Good leadership impacts everything – from behaviour - to recruitment - to how people feel about coming to work - to parent relationships - to how people approach tidy-up time and everything in between!
· An overview of leadership skills and how they apply to childcare settings
· An overview of management skills and where they fit within childcare settings
· The difference between leadership and management
· Common mistakes made by managers and how to deploy effective strategies
The Approaches to Leadership Sessions have been designed to complement this session
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This session introduces delegates to transformational leadership. This is a leadership style where the leader inspires people to deliver their vision. It is particularly effective in wraparound and childcare settings where the leader and staff are typically motivated by doing the right thing. It is effective in helping leaders and managers inspire and motive their teams to achieve great things.
Content
· Different approaches to team motivation and why igniting passion and purpose is more rewarding than managing performance
· Introduction to the key elements of transformational leadership and how they apply to childcare
o Leading with vision and purpose
o Build trust by living your values
o Support decision making by being bold and brave
o Supporting others to be the best they can be
o Appreciation and celebration
· Strategies for putting these skills into action
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Explore Our Courses
Five Steps to Successfully Recruiting The Right People
This session will give providers five actionable tips to support their recruitment and retention. It will help them find people who want to work with children. People who think getting covered in glitter is a ‘good thing’. People who love their job so much that they see it as a career and not a temporary fill-in position.
What Every Manager Needs to Know About Leadership & Management
Can you confidently describe the difference between leadership and management? And do you know when to use leadership skills and when to use management skills? If the answer is no, you are not alone. It is widely accepted that many leaders and managers never receive training and instinctively learn how to do the role. Instinct can be great, but how do you know you are getting it right?
If you ever doubt yourself, have less than perfect relationships, can’t get your staff to do what you would like them to or just want a refresher, this session is for you. It is relevant to anyone who is a manager whether you are employed or run your own business.
Approaches to Leadership; Leading with Vision
This session introduces delegates to transformational leadership. This is a leadership style where the leader inspires people to deliver their vision. It is particularly effective in wraparound and childcare settings where the leader and staff are typically motivated by doing the right thing. It is effective in helping leaders and managers inspire and motive their teams to achieve great things.
Approaches to Leadership; Finding the Right Style for the Situation
Do you find that what works in one instance does not always work in another? Have you found that some people want to be told what to do, and others see it as a great insult? And just as you think you have got it right for an individual their preference seems to change. Or, would you like the confidence of using a leadership model to help you get things right for your team? If so, this session is for you, it will highlight which skills you need to draw on to effectively support your team.
Approaches to Leadership: Understanding values and culture, and how they impact what happens in your setting every single day
This session will take a deep dive into your personal values and those of your setting. It will consider how your values contribute to a positive or toxic culture. It will help you to address differences in what you would love your setting to be like and what it is really like. Delegates will understand their influence and how to effect change.
Approaches to Leadership: Change Management for Providers
This interactive workshop will equip childcare leaders and managers with practical tools to navigate and implement changes positively where resistance is appropriately managed to create a culture where improvement thrives and change is embraced and not feared.