TRAINING

All Training organised and delivered by Cork County Childcare Committee is advertised to every DCEDIY notified service in Cork County through our weekly "This Week In Childcare" e-bulletin. *** Please Note - this training is only available if you or your employer has a SERVICE Reference Number***If you are an employer with a DCEDIY Reference Number and wish an employee to attend, please contact us on 022 23880. If you are an employee in a service with a DCEDIY Reference Number and one of the courses listed below interests you, please request your employer to contact us directly to secure a place.

Paediatric First Aid Training

Paediatric First Aid training takes place throughout the year in various venues in Cork County. Contact training@corkchildcare.ie for upcoming dates.

Always Children First:

Child Safeguarding Awareness Training

This accredited training course looks at what constitutes child abuse, roles and responsibilities in reporting child protection and welfare concerns, child protection policy and safe work practices. Each participant must complete the "Children First E-learning Programme" available here on the Tusla Website prior to attending the course. Contact training@corkchildcare.ie for upcoming dates.

Training For Childcare Educators

Contact training@corkchildcare.ie for upcoming training dates and general training enquiries.

Manual Handling Training

All Childcare staff are required to have Manual Handling training - 3 year certification. Contact training@corkchildcare.ie for upcoming dates.

Food Hygiene

This course is aimed at cooks and food handlers in the Early Years setting. Certification is valid for 3 years. Contact training@corkchildcare.ie for upcoming dates.

National Siolta Aistear Initiative Introduction and Awareness Raising Workshop

Contact training@corkchildcare.ie for upcoming training dates.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Training

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This course supports educators to engage with the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) Guidelines. It aims to foster awareness about DEI and to encourage and support those working in the sector to actively advocate for inclusion for all children and their families within ECCE settings. It will explore key issues in DEI, and promote good practice in terms of supporting DEI in early childhood education and care settings. It will also support educators in developing an inclusion policy for their setting. Contact training@corkchildcare.ie for upcoming dates.

GDPR & Data Protection Awareness Training

This online session will cover an introduction to the key terms in GDPR, What is personal data and what does processing mean, Legal requirements under GDPR, Lawful basis for processing, Rights of a Data Subject, What is a data breach and Case Study. Contact training@corkchildcare.ie for upcoming training dates.

Fire Safety Training

All providers of children’s services must take all reasonable precautions to prevent fires and, in the case of a fire, protect the safety of the employees and children on the premises as much as is reasonably possible. Contact training@corkchildcare.ie for upcoming training dates.