Staff Training

 

Policy 16	Review Date	March 2009
Staff Training Policy

 

Aim

 

 

All Team Leaders must hold a full and relevant level 3 (as defined by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)) and at least 2 years experience. Half of all other staff must hold a full and relevant level 2 (as defined by CWDC) and everyone should have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities.

 

 

It is our aim to provide opportunities for training for all our staff and volunteers. St James Cottage Nursery and Club aims to financially help and support all staff access training whenever possible in order to meet our aim. We also will reward the additional skills that we require in our pay structure

 

 

Practice

 

The training may be:-

 

·         in-house training, keeping current with information on a wide variety of issues

 

·         informal workshops to update  knowledge or skills

 

·         working towards a recognised qualification e.g. National Vocational Qualification.

 

·         other training

 

 

Within the childcare provision budget is an allocation towards training costs, e.g. travel costs, childcare or purchasing course materials.[or funding to undertake an NVQ]

 

 

If a member of staff decides that they would like to undertake training and needs to access financial support from the childcare provision, then the management committee requests that the staff member writes to the committee giving full details of the training. The request should be made before the training commences and include all expected costs. The committee will then look at each application and make a decision as to how much the childcare provision is able to contribute towards the training costs.

 

 

However St James Cottage must make it known that should an individual cease to offer their services or leave employment at the setting, then repayment of any sums paid in excess of £50 towards training costs of an individual course e.g. N.V.Q. course, will be required.  This will take the form of a sliding scale as follows:

 

 

Leaving the setting:

 

 

Within 6 months of training                        Reimburse all costs met by the provision

 

6– 9 months of training                    Reimburse 60% of costs met by the provision

 

9– 12 months of training                    Reimburse 40% of costs met by the provision

 

12 months plus of training             No reimbursement necessary