Early learning and childcare improvement programme

The aim of the quality improvement programme is to support funded settings to make the improvements needed to meet the quality criteria part of the Early Learning and Childcare national standard.  

Selected providers and staff not meeting the national standard will be invited to participate in learning events and supported by the programme to make improvements.  

This will include learning networks, some individual improvement support for providers and settings and good practice resources. The programme will work with local authorities to support the improvement of early learning and childcare settings within their authority area.  

Working collaboratively selected providers and staff will be invited to participate in learning events and will work with the programme to make improvements. In addition to the learning sessions, other work will include learning networks, some individual improvement support for providers and settings and good practice resources. We will work with local authorities to support the improvement of early learning and childcare settings within their authority area.  

This section is dedicated to sharing practice, key resources and quick wins which could benefit your day-to-day work in early learning and childcare. Is there any aspect of practice you would like to see in this section, if so please email elcimprove@careinspectorate.gov.scot

• Operating an early learning and childcare setting (including out of school care and childminders) during COVID-19

We have developed a series of 5 bite sized sessions on quick wins.  These aim to help you make easy to implement improvements that will have a positive impact.  The changes can be delivered quickly, with minimal effort.  We will release one session a week and you can chose the ones that will be helpful to you.  The sessions are:

Medication
Safe recruitment
Scottish Social Services Council Registration
Notifications
Quality assurance calendars

Week 1 - Medication:

Management of medication
in daycare of children and
childminding services 

Do not use antipyretic agents with the sole aim of reducing body temperature in children with fever. Antipyretic agents

Coronavirus in Children

Week 2 - Safe Recruitment

Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment

Scottish Social Services Council Codes of Practice

Week 3 - Scottish Social Services Council  Registration

Scottish Social Services Council Codes of Practice

MySSSC log in

Scottish Social Services Council registration

Week 4 - Notifications

Care Inspectorate eforms

Welcome to our series of four short, bitesize sessions to introduce and support services in completing their Key Question 5 self-evaluation.  They share some pointers and reminders which will support you to think about the information and detail required to ensure you get the very best from your service self-evaluation.  The sessions have been designed to be viewed in sequence.  

To help us measure the impact of these sessions, we would be grateful if you could complete the short feedback questionnaire at the end of session four.

ELC self-evaluation: Introduction to self-evaluation (session 1)

ELC self-evaluation: How are we doing (session 2)

ELC self-evaluation: How do we know (session 3)

ELC self-evaluation: What are we going to do now (session 4)

To help us measure the impact of these sessions, please complete this short feedback questionnaire once you have watched all four sessions. Thank you. ​

Craig Morris – Senior Improvement Advisor
Fiona Murray – Improvement Advisor 
Vicky Lamb – Improvement Advisor   
Lesley Mitchell - Improvement Support Assistant 

Getting in contact. Please email - elcimprove@careinspectorate.gov.scot

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