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Celebrating Difference – Including Everyone: Equality and Diversity in Working with Children (Evening Course)
To examine and explore the issues relating to Equality and Diversity and how they affect the individual and organisation

Food Safety Awareness - March 2012
3 hour course endorsed by the Environmental Health Office Bristol.

Working with Groups of Parents
Knowledge and skills to offer confident and effective group facilitation when working with groups of parents.

Adventurous Play in the Early Years
Explore the challenges and benefits of providing appropriate opportunities for young children to experience risk in play

Basic Counselling Skills
Consider the needs of children, young people and adults in distress. Consider some theories of counselling. Link theories to appropriate skills for use in a work place setting and to practice these skills.

Building Confidence & Effective Practice
To help early years, childcare and playwork practitioners build their self confidence

Celebrating Difference – Including Everyone: Equality and Diversity in Working with Children (Daytime Course)
To examine and explore the issues relating to Equality and Diversity and how they affect the individual and organisation

Child Protection - January 2012
A basic grounding in the policies and procedures surrounding child protection

Child Protection – Policy Development
All organisations working with children need to have sound child protection policies in place.

Listening to Children
Introduces the practical use of basic counselling skills when working with children and young people.

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Welcome to PEYTU

Independent, not-for-profit and approved by Local Authorities

As a registered charity, our aim is to improve outcomes for children and young people by providing training, information, consultancy and support for those working with and/or caring for them. Our work broadly encompasses workforce development and enhancing opportunities for employment, further education and the promotion of social welfare and recreation for all families.

Over the past 15 years, PEYTU has delivered services to a range of clients including Bristol City Council and North Somerset Council. We are pleased to have gained a reputation for providing quality assured, effective services with dynamic and interesting programmes that are highly rated by our delegates.

Previously focussed on supporting the play and early years sectors, PEYTU now delivers services to anyone caring for and/or working (directly or indirectly) with Children & Young People (e.g., School Support Staff, Police, Park/Estate personnel and Parents & Carers). PEYTU is an equal opportunities employer and promotes equality of opportunity.

PEYTU Qualification Centre

Our aim is to provide a quality service that will support you in gaining a qualification and provide you with the best learning experience. We maintain this by conforming to standards set by the awarding body CACHE; the centre requirements for SkillsActive, the sector council for Playwork and The Matrix Standard, for Information and Guidance.

We also work closely with other partners to provide short courses for continuous professional development, some of which are endorsed and many of which will provide underpinning or extension of your knowledge. Click here for more information.

PEYTU In-House Training

In-house/On-site Courses - our courses can be delivered in-house/on-site, if you have a group of learners requiring training and you want to save on travel and accommodation costs let PEYTU know.

To discuss your training needs, please contact PEYTU on: 0117 908 0601 and ask for Amy or Dee alternatively, email: training@peytu.co.uk.

Forthcoming training with PEYTU...

Pre-Registration Training

Leadership & Management Skills

Paediatric First Aid - March 2012 - (Weekdays)

Essential for anyone working with children.

Paediatric First Aid - February - March 2012 - (Saturdays)

Essential for anyone working with children.

Paediatric First Aid for Working Outdoors - February 2012
Ideal for anyone whose work largely takes place outside such as Play Rangers and Adventure Playground staff.

Child Protection - January 2012
A basic grounding in the policies and procedures surrounding child protection

Child Protection - February 2012
A basic grounding in the policies and procedures surrounding child protection.

Building Positive Relationships with Parents
This workshop will help practitioners to explore the challenges they experience in engaging well with parents at their setting, and will provide support and ideas for improving practice in the future.

Child Protection – Policy Development
All organisations working with children need to have sound child protection policies in place.

A Passion to be Outstanding
Provides leaders and managers delivering the EYFS the opportunity to reflect on their current practice and consider what it really means to offer outstanding provision.

Working with Groups of Parents
Knowledge and skills to offer confident and effective group facilitation when working with groups of parents.

Building Confidence & Effective Practice
To help early years, childcare and playwork practitioners build their self confidence

Creative Courses

Specialist Training

Adventurous Play in the Early Years

Explore the challenges and benefits of providing appropriate opportunities for young children to experience risk in play

New Ideas for Singing Time
To build confidence and skills to support children’s singing

Working with Babies: Supporting Development Through Movement
Ways to tune in and support babies to discover the movement play that delights them, discussion about what babies need and why, practical ideas for family groups and one to one work.

Basic Counselling Skills

Consider the needs of children, young people and adults in distress. Consider some theories of counselling. Link theories to appropriate skills for use in a workplace or setting and to practice these skills.

Conflict Resolution - Master Class

To help practitioners who have already done a course in conflict resolution to further develop their problem solving skills

Makaton for Beginners
This course provides an introductory workshop for parents, carers and professionals who need to use Makaton in everyday situations.

Food Safety Awareness - March 2012
An introduction to food safety, best cooking practice and legal obligations.

Physical Development in the Early Years
Increase understanding of children’s physical development and explore good practice in supporting this aspect of children’s wellbeing.

Celebrating Difference – Including Everyone: Equality and Diversity in Working with Children (Evenings)
To examine and explore the issues relating to Equality and Diversity and how they affect the individual and organisation.

Celebrating Difference – Including Everyone: Equality and Diversity in Working with Children (Daytime)
To examine and explore the issues relating to Equality and Diversity and how they affect the individual and organisation.

Supporting the Child Whose Family is Changing

Gain insight into the effect that significant changes can have on children’s lives, and to consider how best to offer support.

Using Counselling Skills

Focus on how we can use our counselling skills to make a difference.

Listening to Children

Introduces the practical use of basic counselling skills when working with children and young people.

Listening to Parents

Introduces the practical use of basic counselling skills when working with parents.

Working with Seperated Parents

Build skills and awareness for communicating and working with separated parents and their children.