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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.

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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
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Policy Bundles
Collections of policies and procedures for all areas of your organisaiton.
core, rights, and leave policies bundle
All the policies in the Core, Rights, and Leave Policies Bundles
subscribers:
£45
non-subscribers:
£70
£70
core policies bundle
A collection of 8 core policies for your organisation and your staff.
subscribers:
£20
non-subscribers:
£30
£30
leave policies bundle
A collection of 7 policies for different types of staff leave and pay.
subscribers:
£20
non-subscribers:
£30
£30
rights policies bundle
A collection of 7 policies looking at rights within your organisation.
subscribers:
£20
non-subscribers:
£30
£30
members 1 policies bundle
This group of policies come with a paid for subscription
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£100
£100
toolkits
a selection of tookits for school age childcare services
medication management toolkit
Medication storage, administration and record keeping
subscribers:
£10
non-subscribers:
£15
£15
Recruitment Toolkit
Everything you need for the recruitment process, including job descriptions, application forms, advert templates and more
subscribers:
£18
non-subscribers:
£27
£27
Risk Assessment Toolkit
A selection of Daily Checklists and Risk-Benefit Assessment (RBA) Templates
subscribers:
£10
non-subscribers:
£15
£15
policies
a selection of template policies for school age childcare services
adult support and protection policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
carer leave policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
compassionate or bereavement leave policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
complaints procedure
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
disciplinary procedure
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
equality and inclusion policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
grievance procedure
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
health and safety policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
holiday entitlement
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
maternity policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
menopause policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
other statutory leave entitlements note
subscribers:
£1
non-subscribers:
£2
£2
parental bereavement pay and leave policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
parental leave policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
paternity policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
recruitment policy and procedure
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
redundancy policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
shared parental pay and leave policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
sick pay policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
staff data policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
time off for dependants policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
additional support needs
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
child protection
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£20
£20
first aid and accident reporting
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
play
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
preventing sexual harassment
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
relationships and behaviour
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
risk assessment
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
safer recruitment
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
staff development, supervision, and appraisal
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
volunteers and students
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
working with other professionals
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
absence policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
policies
adult support and protection policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
carer leave policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
compassionate or bereavement leave policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
complaints procedure
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
disciplinary procedure
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
equality and inclusion policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
grievance procedure
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
health and safety policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
holiday entitlement
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
maternity policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
menopause policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
other statutory leave entitlements note
subscribers:
£1
non-subscribers:
£2
£2
parental bereavement pay and leave policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
parental leave policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
paternity policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
recruitment policy and procedure
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
redundancy policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
shared parental pay and leave policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
sick pay policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
staff data policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
time off for dependants policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
additional support needs
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
child protection
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£20
£20
first aid and accident reporting
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
play
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
preventing sexual harassment
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
relationships and behaviour
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
risk assessment
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
safer recruitment
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
staff development, supervision, and appraisal
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
volunteers and students
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
working with other professionals
subscribers:
£0
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
absence policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
absence policy
subscribers:
£4
non-subscribers:
£8
£8
latest updates
Medication Management in School Age Childcare
Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) and Personal Planning in School Age Childcare
Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma‑Informed Practice
Staff Interactions with Children
Safe Staffing
Outdoor Play in Winter
Quality Assurance
Quality improvement framework for early learning and childcare sectors
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