About
Early Years Wales is a specialist umbrella organisation dedicated to supporting the development and education of pre-school children in Wales by encouraging parents to understand and provide for their needs through high quality pre-school provision and childcare.
Early Years Wales wants to support all pre-school children, their families and Early Years providers to give every child across Wales the best start in life by:
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Supporting early years providers.
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Supporting families to participate in play.
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Widely promoting the work of Early Years Wales.
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Contributing to policy implementation at national and local levels.
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Developing partnerships.
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Maintaining and developing the organisation's governance and management.
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Recruiting and developing staff and volunteers.
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Seeking and managing funding to maintain and expand our services.
Find out more at: https://www.earlyyears.wales/en/about-us.
Quality Assurance
All Early Years and Childcare and Play settings should continually review the quality of their provision. Reflecting on provision and practice is a driver for continuous improvement. Taking part on one of the Cwlwm partner’s quality assurance schemes will help you to self evaluate your service and plan for improvement.
A quality mark will show parents and funders that you aim beyond the National Minimum Standard required for CIW registration and that you aspire to provide a high quality service where parents and families can feel confident in the learning and play opportunities offered.
- Quality for All (QfA)
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New, revised QfA coming in 2022!
Quality for All (QfA) is a quality assurance scheme that fully meets the Welsh Government’s proposed framework for their expectations of a childcare quality assurance scheme in Wales.
It builds on how you reflect on, review and develop your provision at a pace that suits you and your staff team. QfA links to the demands made on you by regulators and local authorities so it can reduce duplication of your work, allowing you to make best use of your resources.
QfA is a quality assurance scheme that fully meets the Welsh Government’s proposed framework for their expectations of a childcare quality assurance scheme in Wales. It builds on how you reflect on, review and develop your provision at a pace that suits you and your staff team. QfA links to the demands made on you by regulators and local authorities so it can reduce duplication of your work, allowing you to make best use of your resources.
The scheme is for members and non-members in a range of childcare settings.
- Childcare Quality Awareness Toolkit
Early Years Wales have designed a Childcare Quality Awareness Toolkit to reflect on the quality measures that must be taken to support infection and prevention control. It is available for members and non-members and is suitable for all types of childcare provisions.
What are the benefits?
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Easy to complete toolkit.
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Professional discussion with an experienced assessor (virtual).
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Address changes made to regulations addressed in the Guidance for childcare and playwork: Coronavirus
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Reflect and recognise the scope of work carried out by competent staff.
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Summary and certificate recognising your work upon completion.
For further information regarding the Quality Assurance programmes, visit: http://www.earlyyears.wales/quality-for-all
Click on the link below to view our list of upcoming courses on our website.
Job vacancies
Our provider job vacancies are updated regularly, click on the link below to view currently available jobs.