Review of care services for early learning and childcare
The number of children experiencing early learning and childcare in Scotland has increased to more than 290,000.
A report by the Care Inspectorate, published today, showed the number of children accessing early learning and childcare increased from 254,770 in 2014 to 291,460 in 2016.
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Blog: Food Matters is a new resource to help children eat well and enjoy good food every day
By Lois Anderson, Registration Inspector and Improvement Adviser
Last week we launched our latest resource Food Matters: nurturing happy, healthy children. This explores good practice examples from across the early learning and childcare (ELC) sector in Scotland that support children to have positive eating experiences and enjoy well-balanced nutritious food.
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Duty of Candour workshops
The SSSC have developed a Duty of Candour Training Pack in partnership NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and Scottish Government. The pack is for experienced trainers across health and social care organisations.
They are inviting trainers and facilitators to evaluate the training pack and provide feedback at these workshops.
Compassionate care and behaviour change
The Scottish Improvement Science Collaborating Centre (SISCC) are undertaking research aimed at health and social care practitioners to understand how to help change behaviour through taking part in a MOOC (massive open online course).
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Food Matters!
Nurseries, childminders and other early learning and childcare settings can make a huge difference in supporting youngsters to eat well and enjoy well balanced and nutritious food.
Eating well is essential for children in their early years as it can bring a host of health, social and educational benefits. And early learning and childcare settings across the sector are well placed to support children and families to explore and connect positively with food.
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