Meath County Childcare Committee

Minister O'Gorman publishes new regulations for Childminding

For further information about the regulations see https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/df207-national-action-plan-for-childminding-2021-2028/?referrer=https://www.gov.ie/childminding/ and www.tusla.ie/early-years-inspectorate/childminding-services. Childminders can also get more information from the Childminding Development Officer in their local City / County Childcare Committee (contact details at www.myccc.ie).

See link to press release below
https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/4e548-minister-ogorman-publishes-new-regulations-for-childminding-paving-way-for-childminders-to-come-into-national-childcare-scheme/

❗Reminder❗

🌻 WE ARE RECRUITING 🌻

Exciting opportunity to join our Early Years team in Kells, Co. Meath.

Full time role:

Early Years Lead Educator - Mon - Fri; 09.00 - 12.00 and/or 12.30 -15.30 (Min QQI Level 6 required in Early Childhood Education)

Other members of our team are self-motivated, dynamic and display a genuine passion for children and their care and education.

If this is of interest to you, please email your CV to [email protected]

JOB OPPORTUNITY-PRESCHOOL TEACHER

Location: Navan County Meath
Qualifications: Level 6
Fluent English
30 hours per week
08:30 to 15:00
Term Time
Start: Immediate

Our small service in Navan provides a happy, caring and stimulating environment for children. We are looking for a new member of staff to join our team and work in our small professional preschool. We participate in the ECCE Scheme and have two sessions. Our morning session is from 08:30 to 11:30 and the afternoon session is 12:00 to 15:00. Our class sizes are small with two staff . These small class sizes guarantee personal attention to each child, helping them reach their individual potential.

Please apply to:
[email protected]

Spaces still available

‼**𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫**‼

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝟓𝐩𝐦. 🎓

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧@𝐦𝐜𝐜𝐜.𝐢𝐞

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/850657849527?aff=oddtdtcreator

STEAM in ECEC What is STEAM and why is it important in early childhood education?

Job Opportunity -Navan
Navan Educate Together Pre-School.
Enthusiastic and motivated Early Years Educator needed to cover short or extended absences when needed. Minimum Level 5 in Early Childhood Care and Education required. Please send CV to [email protected].

The training will cover NCS compliance checks for 2024/2025.
Please see below the links to register with Go to Webinar.
NCS Compliance 2024/2025 Session 1
16 September at 10am
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2622163050745530713

NCS Compliance 2024/2025 Session 2
16 September at 6.30pm
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1847694547930917982

NCS Compliance 2024/2025 Session 3
17 September at 2.30pm
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4081515147478797149

Please note: Each session will cover the same training content.

Book your place now:

STEAM in ECEC What is STEAM and why is it important in early childhood education?

Book Your Place now:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/steam-in-ecec-tickets-850657849527

Kids Klubs Childcare Ltd.are Hiring

AIM position available

Dear Service Provider,

On 3 June 2024, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) announced the accepted proposals for new Employment Regulation Orders (EROs), applicable to the Early Years Services Sector. The EROs will come into effect on 24 June 2024.

The Orders include:

Increases to the minimum hourly rates applicable across employment roles.
The removal of the requirement for graduates to have three years’ experience before they are eligible for Graduate Lead Educator or Graduate Manager rates of pay, to widen access to graduate premiums under Core Funding.

To read the full announcement, Click here.

From 24 June 2024, due to the removal of the three years’ experience requirement, Core Funding Partner Services will now have the opportunity to attract a Graduate Lead Educator/Manager premium for a staff member(s), who meets the following criteria:

Graduate Lead Educator for Early Learning & Care (ELC) sessions
Must be assigned to the role of Lead Educator in an ELC session(s) and be reflected as such in the Core Funding Application.
Must hold an eligible qualification as per the Department’s list of approved qualifications, QQI Level 7 or above.
Please note for the purposes of Core Funding, each ELC session can only have one Lead Educator at any one time, even if the children are organised into groups within the room.

Graduate Manager Premium

Must be a Graduate Manager working in an Early Learning and Childcare service.
Must hold an eligible qualification as per the Department’s list of approved qualifications, Level 7 or above.
Please note, an individual cannot be in receipt of both a Graduate Manager Premium and a Graduate Lead Educator Premium. School Age Childcare (SAC)-only services and childminders are not eligible for the Graduate Manager Premium.
What am I required to do in advance?

Partner Services must ensure that the information for their graduate staff members is accurate and up to date on their Service Profile.

What am I required to do when the EROs come into effect on 24 June 2024?

To avail of the increased Graduate Lead Educator/Manager premium, Partner Services with an eligible staff member must submit an Application Change no earlier than 24 June 2024, with a Change Effective date of 24 June 2024. If an application change is submitted before this date, the ERO will not be in effect, therefore will not be applied to the application.

An Application Change is required to be submitted if a Partner Service is adding a staff member to their Core Funding Application Module for the first time and/or, if a Partner Service has a staff member in their existing Core Funding Application Module who now qualifies for the Graduate Lead Educator/Manager premiums.

Any increase in the Graduate Lead Educator/Manager premium(s) will be effective from the Application Change submission date or the change effective date, whichever is the later. Therefore, to ensure a service is allocated the maximum funding available, services have until 30 June 2024 to submit an application change with a change effective date of 24 June 2024. A delay in submitting an Application Change will result in the increase occurring later than the ERO effective date and backdating will not be permitted.

It is important that on the summary page of your Core Funding application, before submitting your Application Change, that you review the grant values associated with the Graduate Manager or Lead Educator premiums, to ensure the values have updated. If not, you will need to move back to the previous steps to ensure you have correctly captured the staff member the change is relating to.

If your service requires support, additional resources are available under the Core Funding Documents section on the Early Years Hive. Your local City/County Childcare Committee (CCC) also remain available to assist you in completing your Core Funding Application Module.

If you require any further assistance or clarification on any of the above, please contact the Early Years Provider Centre (EYPC) by raising a Request as follows, to ensure your query is escalated to the relevant team:

Summary: ERO-Removal of 3 years’ experience requirement
Programme: Core Funding,
Request Type: Application
Request Type Detail: Application

Regards,
The Early Years Team