submitting articles for this site

If you wish to have any news relating to services for children and their families published onto this site please forward items to PAVO via email: info@pavo.org.uk. Preferably send attachments in Word or publisher rather than pdf format.

If you wish to have further information about anything appearing here please do contact PAVO via the HelpDesk email: info@pavo.org.uk or phone: 0845 009 3288

If any of the links to documents, surveys or other websites don't work please do let us know and we will try again.

See our Sister Blog: PAVO Powys Play Partnership -http://powysplaypartnership.blogspot.co.uk/


Wednesday 28 February 2018

ACEs in Practice



The ACE Support Hub is pleased to announce the forthcoming event

South Wales: ACEs in Practice
at:
Newport Centre
1 Kingsway
Newport
NP20 1UH
on
Thursday 29th March 2018
9.30am-3pm

Lunch and Refreshments will be provided

This event is FREE to attend and registration takes place via Eventbrite.


The programme includes:

·        Learn about the work of the ACE Support Hub
·        Explore examples of ACE aware work happening in South Wales 

More details to follow shortly

We welcome colleagues from all sectors working within the Adverse Childhood Experiences agenda to attend.

Any queries please contactACE@wales.nhs.uk



Mae’n bleser gan Hyb Cymorth ACE gyhoeddi’r digwyddiad yma

De Cymru: ACE ar Waith
yn:
Nghanolfan Casnewydd
1 Kingsway
Casnewydd
NP20 1UH
ar
Dydd Iau 29 Mawrth 2018
9.30am-3pm

Darperir Cinio a Lluniaeth

Gellir mynychu’r digwyddiad hwn AM DDIM a gellir cofrestru trwy Eventbrite.


Mae’r rhaglen yn cynnwys:

·        Dysgu am waith yr Hyb Cymorth ACE
·        Archwilio enghreifftiau o waith ymwybyddiaeth ACE sy’n digwydd yng De Cymru 

Mwy o fanylion i ddilyn yn fuan

Mae croeso i gydweithwyr o bob sector sy’n gweithio o fewn yr agenda Profiadau Niweidiol yn ystod Plentyndod fynychu.

Unrhyw ymholiadau cysylltwch agACE@wales.nhs.uk

Help for Home improvements

Powys County Council have just signed up to a nationwide grant scheme called Eco Flex.   If your home (rental or owner-occupied) has an EPC certificate of E,F,G and you spend 10% or more of your income on fuel (or are on benefits) you may be entitled to a free grant for home improvements. 
For further information please email; privatesectorhousing@powys.gov.uk 
Please note, Council or Social Housing tenants are not eligible for this scheme.

Tuesday 27 February 2018

Network dates - come and join us

Dont' forget this is Your network, for you to meet colleagues from all sectors and get updates of information

Monday 12th March at PAVO offices, LLandrindod 9 for 9.30am - 1pm
Tuesday 13th March at Integrated Family Centre, Newtown 1 for 1.30pm - 4pm
Tuesday 27th March at Subud Hall, Brecon 12.30 for 1 - 4pm

Friday 23 February 2018

ACEs - Building resilience course

ACE - Building Resilience in the face of Adverse Childhood Experiences

A one day course offered by Chidlren in Wales, 9th May. It can also be offered as an in house course.
To read more: http://www.childreninwales.org.uk/item/ace-building-resilience-face-adverse-childhood-experiences/

Thursday 22 February 2018

Don't forget to nominate the wonderful volunteers in your organisation!



The European Youth Initiative Fund is open

The aim of the European Youth Initiative Fund (EYIF) is to mobilise young people, promote integration and build positive relationships between displaced youth and host communities in Europe. To do so, the European Youth Forum will provide grants to youth organisations so that they implement projects run with the meaningful involvement of young refugees and asylum-seekers and in cooperation with host communities.

For more information:

http://www.youthforum.org/latest-news/call-open-european-youth-initiative-fund-2018/


Monday 19 February 2018

Do you know about Info Engine - Drop in and find out more


Drop in and chat on 22nd February at the St. John's Centre, Brecon. 3.30pm



New: Food Safety Level 2 - catering (Childcare Providers) Training

A few places left:  New: Food Safety Level 2 - catering (Childcare Providers) Training

Saturday 24th Feb 2018 9.30am – 5pm:
St Johns Family Centre, Brecon

To book your place please contact the Training department with the following detail

Tel. 01597 827 330      Email pwbotu@powys.gov.uk

What do chidlren in the UK spend their money on?

Children aged 15 years spent more than three times that of a seven-year-old, new data have revealed.
Spending data for the financial years 2015 to 2017 show that, on average, 15-year-olds spent £25.00 a week, compared with seven-year-olds, who spent £7.40.
Children aged between 7 and 15 years were asked to keep a diary of everything they spent their money on within a two-week period, from pocket money, gifts or through a job such as a paper round.
The information collected and published as part of Family Spending shows for the first time since 2004 how children behave as consumers.
Read  the full report:

Friday 16 February 2018

Children in Wales - Data Protection - the implications

Wednesday, 14 March 2018
9.30am - 11.00am
Children in Wales, 25 Windsor Place

You are invited to attend a Question & Answer session, co-ordinated by Children in Wales and Wales' Information Commissioner's Office, around the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The GDPR is a European Union directive and its basic objective is to enforce stronger data security and privacy rules, among organisations, when it comes to protecting personal data. The law comes into effect in the UK from 25 May 2018 and ensuring that all the data you collect about individuals and making procedures GDPR-compliant may be a lengthy process.
  
So, to help understand the key elements of the GDPR and to answer any questions that you may have around its practical application, we are delighted to confirm that Bethan Bonsall, Lead Policy Officer at the Information Commissioner's Office, has agreed to attend this seminar. Please make every effort to attend as the session will be worthwhile.
PLACES ARE LIMITED TO 30 DELEGATES so please follow this link to book your place:
Cost:
Members of Children in Wales:                             
FREE OF CHARGE
Non-members: £30

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE
 
Useful contact details:
Information Commissioner's Office
Tel: 029 2067 8400   ico.org.uk  twitter.com/iconews

Wednesday 14 February 2018

CYPF Network meeting Spring 2018

Join us for one of the Spring meetings

Forthcoming Training from Children in Wales

Children in Wales are offering the following training over the coming month.

* Keeping our children safe - for  the designated person for Child Protection

* Inclusion of Disabled Children

* Cultural Awareness in Safeguarding Children

* Introduction to Self Harm and Suicide

* Child Sexual Exploitation

* Youth Homelessness - All I want is a roof over my head.

For these and other courses go to: http://www.childreninwales.org.uk/items/category/open-training/

Tuesday 13 February 2018

An online 'Community of Practice' resource hub to improve educational experiences and outcomes for children and young people in Wales who are in or are leaving care



Towards play sufficiency: making sense of the research Conference 22nd May 2018

Towards play sufficiency: making sense of the research

Members £25 | Non-members £25

Date: 22-05-2018 Location: Glyndŵr University, Wrexham

Organiser: Play Wales and Wrexham Play Team

9.00am - 3.30pm

This conference will share the findings of a wide range of research associated with the play sufficiency duty in Wales. It will explore the role of the adult and the impact of spatial design on children’s play and includes a keynote address from Dr. Wendy Russell, University of Gloucestershire.

The conference will:

Provide insights on how the spatial characteristics of neighbourhoods influence the amount of play observed
Examine what children’s right to play means for planning systems, suggesting ways in which policy could be strengthened to address children’s declining spatial freedom
Discuss findings from two exploratory studies looking at children’s right to play and their perceptions of play in educational settings
Share the results of an evaluation of loose parts play interventions during school play time and the impact on children and school staff.

It will be of particular interest to:

Play sufficiency leads and voluntary play organisations, as well as those involved in: planning, housing, transport, public health, education, social care, community safety and childcare.

Book Now

--------------------------------------------------------

Tuag at ddigonolrwydd chwarae: gwneud synnwyr o'r ymchwil

Aelodau £25 | Ddim yn aelod £25

Dyddiad: 22-05-2018 Lleoliad: Prifysgol Glyndŵr, Wrecsam

Trefnydd: Chwarae Cymru a Thîm Chwarae Wrecsam

9.00am - 3.30pm

Bydd y gynhadledd hon yn rhannu canfyddiadau ystod eang o waith ymchwil sy’n gysylltiedig â’r ddyletswydd digonolrwydd chwarae yng Nghymru.

Bydd yn archwilio rôl yr oedolyn ac effaith dylunio gofodol ar chwarae plant a bydd yn cynnwys araith allweddol gan y Dr. Wendy Russell, o Brifysgol Swydd Gaerloyw.

Bydd y gynhadledd yn:

Cynnig cipolwg ar sut y mae nodweddion gofodol cymdogaethau’n dylanwadu ar y lefel o chwarae a welir
Archwilio’r hyn y mae hawl plant i chwarae’n ei olygu ar gyfer systemau cynllunio, ac awgrymu ffyrdd y gellid atgyfnerthu polisi er mwyn mynd i’r afael â’r dirwyiad mewn rhyddid gofodol i blant
Trafod canfyddiadau dwy astudiaeth ymchwiliol sy’n edrych ar hawl plant i chwarae a’u canfyddiadau o chwarae mewn lleoliadau addysgol
Rhannu canlyniadau gwerthusiad o ymyriadau chwarae rhannau rhydd yn ystod amser chwarae ysgol a’r effaith ar y plant a staff yr ysgol.


Bydd o ddiddordeb penodol i:

Swyddogion arweiniol digonolrwydd cyfleodd chwarae a mudiadau chwarae gwirfoddol, yn ogystal â phobl sydd ynghlwm â: cynllunio, tai, trafnidiaeth, iechyd y cyhoedd, addysg, gofal cymdeithasol, diogelwch cymunedol a gofal plant.

Archebu

Call for evidence - Young Adult Carers

Support for Young Adult Carers in Wales – a Call for Evidence

 From the Learning and Work Institute

We are currently gathering evidence of the support available for young adult carers in Wales.

Young adult carers are young people aged 16-24 who provide unpaid care to someone, usually a member of their family, on a regular basis. Young adult carers may have specific needs as they transition from school to further education, employment and training.

This research is an important step towards better understanding the needs of young adult carers in Wales and the support currently available to them. The resulting report will provide recommendations for improving policy and practice in this area.

Who Should Respond?

We are seeking responses from organisations directly involved with supporting young adult carers in Wales, including (but not limited to):


  • A carers service
  • A college
  • A training provider
  • A HE institution
  • An employer
  • A support service
  • A local authority
  • A charitable/voluntary organisation

The questions are routed depending on what kind of organisation you belong to.
Please take note of this if you are completing the word document version of the call for evidence.

Why take part?

This is a great opportunity to contribute to policy and practice concerning young adult carers in Wales. In doing so, you are ensuring the right support is in place to help young adult carers’ overcome barriers to progression into employment and further education.

Please respond to our online call for evidence by Wednesday 28th February 2018.

For more information please contactcalvin.lees@learningandwork.org.uk.


Wednesday 7 February 2018

Review of Health and Social Care and Childcare Qualifications

   
Translate message
Turn off for: Welsh

Rhwng mis Medi 2015 a mis Mawrth 2016, cynhaliodd Cymwysterau Cymru adolygiad o gymwysterau yn y sector Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol a Gofal Plant. Un o argymhellion yr Adolygiad oedd datblygu cyfres newydd o gymwysterau Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol a Gofal Plant yng Nghymru.  Dechreuwyd ar y gwaith o greu meini prawf cymeradwyo newydd ar gyfer y cymwysterau newydd ym mis Medi 2017.  Fel rhan o'r gwaith datblygu hwn, rydym yn ymgysylltu ag arbenigwyr o'r sector i ofyn am eu hadborth ar ein cynigion. Byddwn yn gwneud hyn drwy gyfres o ddigwyddiadau Cymru gyfan i ymarferwyr, cyflogwyr, darparwyr hyfforddiant, athrawon a darlithwyr, a byddwn yn rhannu agweddau ar y meini prawf cymeradwyo.   Ym mis Chwefror 2018, byddwn yn cynnal digwyddiadau sy'n canolbwyntio ar y cymwysterau canlynol:
(Lefel 4) Arwain a Rheoli Gofal, Dysgu, Datblygiad a Chwarae Plant: Egwyddorion, Damcaniaethau a Chyd-destunau.
(Lefel 4) Gofal, Dysgu, Datblygiad a Chwarae Plant gydag Arbenigedd. 
(Lefel 5) Arwain a Rheoli Gofal, Dysgu, Datblygiad a Chwarae Plant: Ymarfer. 
Byddwn hefyd yn gofyn i'r rhai sy'n mynychu ystyried y cymorth a'r adnoddau sydd eu hangen i gyflwyno'r cymwysterau o fis Medi 2019.  Yna byddwn yn defnyddio'r adborth o'r sesiynau i gryfhau'r Meini Prawf Cymeradwyo yn barod i'w cyhoeddi ym mis Mawrth 2018.
Darperir manylion ynghylch sut i gadw lle yn y digwyddiadau hyn yn y ddolen ganlynol:


Yn dilyn y gwaith ymgysylltu a wnaed gan Cymwysterau Cymru, bydd y corff dyfarnu sef Consortiwm o City & Guilds London Institute a CBAC yn gwneud rhagor o waith ymgysylltu o ran y trefniadau asesu, beth fydd cynnwys pwnc llawn y cymhwyster ac unrhyw ystyriaethau eraill o ran ei gyflwyno. Bydd y Consortiwm yn rhoi gwybod i'r rhanddeiliad am y digwyddiadau ymgysylltu hyn maes o law.

______________________________________________________________________________

Between September 2015 and March 2016, Qualifications Wales conducted a review of qualifications in the Health & Social Care and Childcare sector. One of the recommendations of the Review was to develop a new suite of Health & Social Care and Childcare qualifications for Wales.  Work on creating the new approval criteria for the new qualifications began in September 2017.  As part of this development work, we are engaging with experts from the sector to ask for their feedback on our proposals.  We will be doing this via a series of Wales wide events for practitioners, employers, training providers, teachers and lecturers, in which we will be sharing aspects of the approval criteria.  In February 2018, we will be holding events focusing on the following qualifications:
(Level 4) Leadership and Management of Children’s Care, Learning Development and Play: Principles, Theories and Contexts.
(Level 4) Children’s Care, Learning Development and Play with Specialism. 
(Level 5) Leadership and Management of Children’s Care, Learning Development and Play: Practice. 
We will also be asking attendees to consider the support and resources needed to deliver the qualifications from September 2019.  We will then use the feedback from the sessions to strengthen the Approval Criteria ready to be published in March 2018.
Details of how to book onto these events are provided in the following link:
Following the engagement carried out by Qualifications Wales, the awarding body Consortium of City & Guilds London Institute and WJEC will carry out further engagement in regard to what the assessment should look like, what the full subject content of the qualification should be and any other deliverability considerations. The Consortium will communicate these engagement events to stakeholder in due course.

Tuesday 6 February 2018

Half Day Mental Health Awareness Training




To book email pwbotu@powys.gov.uk or telephone 01597 827 333

20th February 2018, Committee Room A, The Gwalia, Llandrindod Wells LD1 6AA 9.30am – 12.30pm

Aim
This is an awareness raising programme for staff that may come in contact with people who have mental health problems.
Understand  the main models of mental health

Key Learning Outcomes
An understanding of key issues connected to race, culture and mental health
Knowledge of the causes and symptoms of a range of mental health problems; and treatment and support options that relate to these
Awareness of common prejudices and assumptions associated with mental health



Training Unit
Powys County Council
01597 827 333

Monday 5 February 2018

A survey for ALN and educational Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018


Arolwg gwaelodlin ar gyfer Deddf Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol a’r Tribiwnlys Addysg (Cymru) 2018

Mae arolwg wedi’i gomisiynu gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn casglu barn gan weithwyr proffesiynol sydd yn ymwneud â chefnogi plant a phobl ifanc ag Anghenion Addysgol Arbennig (AAA) ac Anawsterau ac Anableddau Dysgu (AAD).
Mae’r arolwg wedi’i dargedu at gydlynwyr anghenion addysgol arbennig (SENCos) mewn ysgolion a gweithwyr proffesiynol sydd ymwneud â phrosesau AAA/AAD mewn colegau addysg bellach, awdurdodau lleol a byrddau iechyd lleol.
Cynhelir yr arolwg gan Arad a Phrifysgol De Cymru ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru.

Mae’r ddolen i’r holiadur hefyd yn cael ei ddosbarthu gan Arad drwy e-bost uniongyrchol. Bydd yr arolwg ar agor tan 26ain o Chwefror 2018.
 Baseline survey for the Additional Learning Needs and Educational Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018

A Welsh Government commissioned survey is currently gathering the views of professionals involved in supportingchildren and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LDD).

The survey is aimed at special educational needs co-ordinators in schools (SENCos) and professionals involved in SEN/LDD processes in further education colleges, local authorities and local health boards.

The survey is being conducted by Arad Research and the University of South Wales on behalf of the Welsh Government.

The link to the questionnaire is also being circulated by Arad directly through email. The survey will be open until 26th February 2018.