Events
Introduction to childcare
Date
16/07/25, 20/08/25, 11/09/25, 30/09/25, 07/10/25, 14/10/25, 12/11/25, 26/11/25, 02/12/25
Time
9:45am - 3:00pm
Member Price
Free
Organiser
WeCare Wales
Location
Online
The free Introduction to Childcare one-day course, organised by We Care Wales, gives an overview of working in childcare and early years. It introduces core areas you need to start working in childcare, offers an insight into career options and explains what qualities workers need.
Each course has guest speakers and ambassadors who bring to life the reality of working in childcare and early years.
Following completion of the course, We Care Wales will work alongside Careers Wales to support you in your search for employment and training. When you start working in the sector, you will also receive extra support and training from your employer.
The course content includes:
- roles and responsibilities of childcare and early years workers
- overview of job roles and settings
- children’s rights
- wellbeing
- working in child-centred ways
- play
- Welsh language and communication
- health and safety
- infection prevention and control
- safeguarding
- Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) providing specific information on becoming a Childminder
- ambassadors
- employability advice and support from Careers Wales.
To be eligible to attend, you must be aged 18+, live in Wales or on its boundaries and have the right to work in the UK.
The course is being held on the following dates, from 9:45am until 3:00pm:
- Wednesday 16 July 2025
- Wednesday 20 August 2025
- Thursday 11 September 2025
- Tuesday 30 September 2025
- Tuesday 7 October 2025
- Tuesday 14 October 2025
- Wednesday 12 November 2025
- Wednesday 26 November 2025
- Tuesday 2 December 2025
