Member Update February

Early Childhood Ireland AGM and Conference 2014

Save the Date!

Happy, Healthy, Able…

Are Irish children Fit for Life?
Early Childhood Ireland Annual Conference 2014
Saturday 5th April – Croke Park

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Child and Family Agency – Tusla

On the 1st of January 2014 the Child and Family agency became an independent legal entity, comprising HSE Children & Family Services, Family Support Agency and the National Educational Welfare Board as well as incorporating some psychological services and a range of services responding to domestic, sexual and gender based violence.

What does the new name mean ?

The name Tusla emerged as a fitting logo for the Child and Family Agency. While the word borrows from the Irish words ‘tus’ + ‘lá’, Tusla is a completely new word reflecting a shared desire for a new beginning, forging a new identity.  A new word, a new way of working.

There is also a new website –http://www.tusla.ie/about .

The website now has the Online Inspection Reports on it as well as information on registration.

Read more…

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Jobs Board 

• Members can now advertise for staff for free on Early Childhood Ireland’s website. See our Employers page for more details.

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Training Update

Early Childhood Ireland have a list of updated training events on our website, such as First Aid, Manual Handling and other non accredited courses.Visit our Training webpage for details.

Fetac Level 5 and 6 courses
There will be more Fetac Level 5 and 6 courses scheduled at the end of the month so keep an eye on our website. Members and those people who fill out the expression of interest form will be emailed directly, as soon as these courses have been confirmed.

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New Child Protection Training for Early Years Settings

From January 2014, a new standardised child protection training course will be available to workers in the Early Years Sector.  The first level of training that will be available is Child Protection & Welfare: Basic Level and it will be delivered by the Childcare Committees.  

Child Protection & Welfare: Basic Level is a quality assured child protection training course tailored to the needs of the sector.  It will be rolled out over 3 years to workers in both services and home-based settings. Training will be available in Irish and English, Forbairt Naíonraí Teoranta and Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta will provide the training in Irish.

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Publications

A reminder to members you can now order publications online. Simply login to the Early Childhood Ireland publications page and place your order.

Each month Early Childhood Ireland will be offering our members a discount on one of our publications.
This month we are offering 15% off ‘ The Trunks’ – a wonderful story about the trunk family as they go about their daily routine,  by our own Carol Duffy!Order it online here.