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Supporting School Age Childcare in Scotland
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Find out about our new membership benefits, including policies, bitesize training, and lots more.
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Inspection round-up looks at recent inspection reports from school age childcare services available on the Care Inspectorate's website, highlighting:
What is working Well?
Recurring areas for improvement.
What does Very Good or Excellent Look Like?
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What we do
How we can help?

We have a range on in-person school age childcare specific training and offer a bespoke consultancy service to help keep your childcare service in good health.

Resources and Templates

We have various templates, toolkits, and sample policies to help you manage your service and meet its regulatory requirements.

Policy and research

As the national intermediary organisation in Scotland for school-age childcare, we are involved in advocacy work on behalf of the sector and provide expert opinion and offer views, on proposals, issues or policies affecting the sector.

Information and Guidance

If you are a parent, carer, child, workforce member, or anyone else with an interest in school age childcare, we provide a range a free guides and materials.

School Age Childcare Specific Training
GIRFEC and Personal Plans
Play in School Age Childcare
Medication Management
Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma Informed Practice
Quality Assurance
Our online quality assurance badges will help you aim high in all aspects of your service provision.
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Events
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Professional Development Book Club
Join up with your colleagues in the school age childcare sector from across the country, to read, learn, network and develop
Members' Networking
Previous Events
Archive of our previous events
A - Ba
A Register for the Future
Access to Childcare Fund
Activity and Wellbeing 29/11/2022
Autism Learning Session
Back to Basics
Back to basics- financial planning in OSC
Bu - Ge
Building Resilience Event
COVID-19 Inquiry Discussion
Care Inspectorate Update and 'Q and A' Session
Celebrating Out of School Care
Delivering a Playful and Active Summer 2021
Get Ready for Summer
Ge - J
Getting Help with Childcare Costs
Getting it Right for Business
In-Person Play Training
Induction Training
International Learning Session
Jim Taylor Knows Autism - Session 2
L - Ne
Local Networking
Looking back at the past 30+ years of SOSCN - Membership Online Catch-Up
Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma Informed Practice
Networking Meetings
Networking Meetings - May and June 2021
Networking Opportunity
No - SO
Not just a dream
OSC Practice during COVID
Online Membership Catch-up
Play Training
Quality Improvement Framework for Early Learning and Childcare Sectors
SOSCN Conference 2024
SO - Se
SOSCN Members Online Network Meetings - October
SOSCN Regional Events
SSSC Codes of Practice Conversation
Safer Staffing
Scottish Government School Age Childcare Update
Seeing the Potential
Se - T
Seeing the Whole Child
Shaping the Framework
Skills Development Funding
Staying Out
Support to Pay for Childcare
Teaching Stem in OSC
W - W
What it Takes
Previous Events
Archive of our previous events
A - Ba
A Register for the Future
Access to Childcare Fund
Activity and Wellbeing 29/11/2022
Autism Learning Session
Back to Basics
Back to basics- financial planning in OSC
Bu - Ge
Building Resilience Event
COVID-19 Inquiry Discussion
Care Inspectorate Update and 'Q and A' Session
Celebrating Out of School Care
Delivering a Playful and Active Summer 2021
Get Ready for Summer
Ge - J
Getting Help with Childcare Costs
Getting it Right for Business
In-Person Play Training
Induction Training
International Learning Session
Jim Taylor Knows Autism - Session 2
L - Ne
Local Networking
Looking back at the past 30+ years of SOSCN - Membership Online Catch-Up
Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma Informed Practice
Networking Meetings
Networking Meetings - May and June 2021
Networking Opportunity
No - SO
Not just a dream
OSC Practice during COVID
Online Membership Catch-up
Play Training
Quality Improvement Framework for Early Learning and Childcare Sectors
SOSCN Conference 2024
SO - Se
SOSCN Members Online Network Meetings - October
SOSCN Regional Events
SSSC Codes of Practice Conversation
Safer Staffing
Scottish Government School Age Childcare Update
Seeing the Potential
Se - T
Seeing the Whole Child
Shaping the Framework
Skills Development Funding
Staying Out
Support to Pay for Childcare
Teaching Stem in OSC
W - W
What it Takes
Shaping the Framework
Shaping the Framework
Training event
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'Shaping the Framework'

Aberdeen . Glasgow . Edinburgh . Dundee . Inverness

Event Details

Shaping the Framework Events will be run by SOSCN in partnership with the Out of School Care Team at the Scottish Government. At the events SOSCN will share results from recent research with children and parents, and also case studies of OSC practice across Scotland. Delegates will also hear from the Scottish Government about the forthcoming National Framework for Out of School Care and will have the opportunity to ask questions and help shape the framework.

Please note that these events are free of charge and are aimed at lead practitioners/managers and deputies to attend. Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Further details of venue will be sent once your place has been confirmed.

Dates and Times

Event time approx. 9:30am - 1:00pm.

  • Wednesday 21st November 2018, Aberdeen (Park Inn by Radisson)
  • Thursday 29th November 2018, Glasgow (Grand Central Hotel) * FULLY BOOKED
  • Wednesday 6th February 2019, Edinburgh (COSLA Offices) * FULLY BOOKED
  • Tuesday 26th February 2019, Dundee (Apex Hotel)
  • Wednesday 6th March 2019, Inverness (Craigmonie Hotel)
  • Monday 11th March 2019, Edinburgh (Scottish Government, Victoria Quay) * FULLY BOOKED

* Bookings will now be added to a waiting list.

How to Book

To book your place, please return a booking form to training@soscn.org. This can be downloaded here:
Booking Form (MS Word)
Booking Form (PDF)

Please return booking forms to training@soscn.org to ensure that they are received.

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Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma‑Informed Practice
Staff Interactions with Children
Safe Staffing
Outdoor Play in Winter
Quality improvement framework for early learning and childcare sectors