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NCIP Grants – Information Session
February 7, 2012Tuesday 21st February 2012 NCIP Grants Info Session
Continue Reading >>Play and Learning with Young Children
February 7, 2012Starts in Kildare on Thursday 23rd February 2012 7.30pm-9.30pm Runs for 10 weeks Scoill Mhuire Community School, Clane, Co. Kildare Booking contact: Kildare County Childcare Committee, info@kildarechildecare.ie, Cost: €10.00 per participant normally €75.00. Please book by Friday 17th February. Early Booking Advised as places limited. Play and learning with Young Children
Continue Reading >>National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP) Capital Funding 2012
February 7, 2012National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP) Capital Funding 2012 Six million euro capital funding for the National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP) was announced by the Government in December 2011. The Capital Funding 2012 is available to both community and private childcare providers currently participating in one or more of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs [...]
Continue Reading >>Job Vacancy – Junior Development Worker – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
January 27, 2012Junior Development Worker Ad
Continue Reading >>Barnardos Conference 2012
January 6, 2012Child Welfare & Protection: A New Way of Working DATE FOR YOUR DIARY 28th February 2012 See www.barnardos.ie for more details
Continue Reading >>KCCC News 2011 Issue 2
January 6, 2012Newsletter Issue 2
Continue Reading >>Parenting Support
November 23, 2011www.parentingsupport.ie is an exciting new website which aims to offer valuable assistance to both parents and professionals in Co. Kildare and West Wicklow. The website will enable parents, and professionals who work with parents, to find out about parenting programmes and courses that are available in their area with ease.
Continue Reading >>New Safety Belt Requirements for the Organised Transport of Children on Buses
October 6, 2011The Road Safety Authority (RSA) are today, Monday 26th September 2011, informing bus owners and drivers that as of 31st October 2011 it will be a legal requirement that buses involved in the organised transport of children be fitted with appropriate and fit for purpose safety belts or restraint systems. This new requirment is also of importance to individuals and [...]
Continue Reading >>AONTAS Conference
September 7, 2011Ireland has been through a difficult time in the past few years and faces many challenges ahead as we try to stimulate economic growth, create jobs and make decent lives for ourselves and our children. Adult and community education has played and will continue to play a vital role in rebuilding confidence, our economy and [...]
Continue Reading >>National Women’s Enterprise Day 2011
September 7, 2011A Brighter Future for Women Entrepreneurs The Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise 16th and 17th November 2011 See www.nwed.ie for more information
Continue Reading >>Fetac Qualifications – Important Information
August 25, 2011The qualification requirements for Pre-School Room Leaders delivering the ECCE Scheme have been informed by the nationally agreed Standards of Siolta. Specifically Standard 11, Professional Practice states: Practising in a professional manner requires that individuals have skills, knowledge, values and attitudes appropriate to their role and responsibility within the setting. Siolta challenges all staff to [...]
Continue Reading >>New Childcare Jobs Website for Ireland
August 22, 2011As part of their ever expanding services, mychildcare.ie have launched www.mychildcare.ie/jobs, a brand new free jobs website dedicated to the childcare sector in Ireland. Benefits to the Recruiter – Free job advertising – post your childcare vacancies and promote your company profile for free Unlimited job postings for free Get CVs directly from applicants from [...]
Continue Reading >>Jobsbridge
August 11, 2011JobBridge is a new National Internship Scheme that will provide work experience placements for interns for a 6 or 9 month period. The aim of the National Internship Scheme is to assist in breaking the cycle where jobseekers are unable to get a job without experience, either as new entrants to the labour market after [...]
Continue Reading >>KCCC News Issue 1, 2011
July 20, 2011Available to download here Issue 1 2011 pdf
Continue Reading >>ECCE Scheme – Rates Exemption Update
March 8, 2011Information received from Office of the Minister for Children relating to Rates Exemptions. As you will be aware, this Office met with the Valuation Office a number of times last year, regarding the impact of the ECCE scheme upon Local Authority Rates legislation. The outcome of those meetings was a Declaration Form for services applying [...]
Continue Reading >>ECCE Scheme Update – Children with Special Needs
March 3, 2011The ECCE scheme was introduced at the earliest possible date (January 2010) after its announcement, rather than waiting until September 2010. As a result children who participated in the scheme in this first pre-school year benefited from a shorter pre-school year than those who will participate in forthcoming academic years. Had the Office for the [...]
Continue Reading >>Busy Bodies Adolescent Development Programme
March 2, 2011Busy Bodies Adolescent Development Programme provides information on the physical and emotional changes that children may experience during puberty. The main aim of the resource is to reassure children that puberty is a normal part of growing up. Busy Bodies is a useful tool to help support both teachers and parents in providing information on [...]
Continue Reading >>Siolta Manuals now Available
November 1, 2010KCCC Staff will be bringing copies of Aistear and Siolta Manuals to the Childcare Provider Network Meeting on 24th November for anyone who wishes to use this opportunity to collect their copy. Please inform KCCC when booking your place at the network meeting if you wish to collect your copy. Alternatively, please arrange to call [...]
Continue Reading >>ECCE Note: Voluntary Contributions
September 29, 2010To providers who are requesting voluntary contributions from parents, please note the following: “While voluntary donations are not prohibited under the scheme, they are discouraged as if they are genuinely voluntary, they are not a reliable income source. If a service wishes to solicit such donations, they may make such a request by circular, giving [...]
Continue Reading >>Siolta Resources
August 4, 2010A new collection of Siolta Resources is now available from Barnardos Library. Siolta is a set of national standards for Early Childhood Education involving a quality assurance programme which aims to provide support and guidance for those working with and on behalf of children from 0-6 years. To help practitioners implement Siolta, Barnardos Library has [...]
Continue Reading >>Garda Vetting Applications
April 21, 2010Note from Barnardos Please be advised that the current general average time for processing these applications by the Garda Central Vetting Unit has now increased to around 16 weeks. Contact Barnardos Vetting Service on 021 454 7060.
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Clane, Co. Kildare
Tel: 045 861307
Fax: 045 982411
Web: www.kildarechildcare.ie
E-Mail: info@kildarechildcare.ie
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