Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, is pleased to announce the details of the Parent and Toddler Group Grants Initiative 2022. The Minister has secured funding of €325,000, which will be allocated to Parent and Toddler Groups nationwide through local City/County Childcare Committees (CCCs). From today, Parent and Toddler Groups […]
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Continue Reading this news item...The first stage of Programme Readiness 2022-23 for ECCE, NCS and CCSP Saver programme will be available for services on the Early Years Hive at the end of May. The exact date and time will be communicated with you at a later date. During this stage, the Primary Authorised User (PAU) for each service […]
Continue Reading this news item...Providing Child Safeguarding training and information in ELC and SAC services is an integral part of keeping children safe from harm. ELC and SAC services, as providers of relevant services, are required, under the Children First Act, 2015 to provide child safeguarding training to their workers. Therefore, services should have a Child Safeguarding Training Strategy […]
Continue Reading this news item...Dear Service Provider, Further to the commencement of onsite Compliance Inspections earlier in the Programme Year, we wish to notify you that inspections are moving from announced visits and returning to the usual unannounced visits from Monday 30 May 2022. With most of the public health restrictions linked to the Covid-19 pandemic having been lifted, […]
Continue Reading this news item...Pobal’s Early Years Training Team would like to invite you to a webinar next week. The following topics will be covered in the webinar: The NCS Sponsor Process Review a CHICK Renew a CHICK Names Wraparound How to identify a Sponsor chick Parental agreement Fees Notifications Statistics Resources Date/Time Webinar Link Monday 16 May at […]
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Continue Reading this news item...As of 2 May, the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) no longer deducts hours spent in pre-school or school from NCS awards (wraparound care). This means that parents may use their full awarded subsidised NCS hours for pre-school or school-aged children regardless of term week. Please note that subsidised NCS hours cannot be claimed […]
Continue Reading this news item...AIM Level 5 The AIM Level 5 application process for 2022/23 will open on Hive, Tuesday 3rd May at 12pm. As this is a new process on Hive, training sessions have been organised via Webinar this week. The training will give service providers an overview of the application process. Please click on the relevant link […]
Continue Reading this news item...Dear Service Provider, On behalf of Pobal and the DCEDIY, we would like to thank all those who have submitted the Annual Early Years Sector Profile survey. For services who have not yet completed it, this is a reminder that the deadline is today Wednesday 4 May. The Sector Profile is a very important information […]
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