Hi,

As a childminder who has after school children only....do I need do courses such as prevent duty, can I just have the information listed under my policies, if I have to do the online course does anyone know if I can do it for free or do I need to do it through MM for a fee? Many Thanks

It's important to keep up-to-date with latest safeguarding information :D

Hi,

As a childminder who has after school children only....do I need do courses such as prevent duty, can I just have the information listed under my policies, if I have to do the online course does anyone know if I can do it for free or do I need to do it through MM for a fee? Many Thanks

My LA still provide a lot of free online courses. Contact your ey team and ask.

You can read up about Prevent by yourself- no need for a course.
No one 'needs' to do a Prevent course, it is not a statutory qualification or training. But you need to be aware.
I think these links pretty much cover it, add a little paragraph to your safeguarding policy and that is it:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/files/2015/06/prevent-duty-departmental-advice.pdf

https://www.**************/news-and-views/news/archive/2015-news/june-2015/prevent-duty-law-from-1-july/

https://www.**************/working-in-childcare/spotlight-on/british-values/

Fundamental British Values in the Early Years | From pregnancy to children aged 5 (http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/2015/03/fundamental-british-values-in-the-early-years/)

Editted- urggh, those starred out ones are just from pacey website, search 'prevent' and 'British values'.

There is a free training module on the following website:

course.ncalt.com and follow links to the Channel General Awareness module

engine (http://course.ncalt.com/Channel_General_Awareness/01/index.html)

Hope you find it helpful!

Thanks for the info everyone, much appreciated x