Practitioners

This page is for childcare providers to search and book on to courses available to them.

For more information or to search for a course please see the Childcare Provider Course bookings page (internal link)

The Early Years Portal will enable you to submit required details for children attending your setting quickly and easily and also enable you to perform instant checks of eligibility for 2 year old funding.

For more information please see the Rochdale Early Years Provider Portal page (external link)

The parenting practitioners will be delivering a series of Webster Stratton Incredible Years Awareness sessions across the borough for all frontline practitioners working with children and families in Rochdale. This session will provide an overview of the Incredible Years course, it’s content,  format, outcomes and the referral process.

Places are limited. Any frontline practitioners working with children and families in Rochdale can book a place on this 2 hour training.

To book on this course please contact Nina Sloan on 01706 927825 or email: nina.sloan@rochdale.gov.uk.

The Safe After School campaign is a new campaign launched to support parents with advice and guidance on out of school activities.

For further information please see the Safe After School campaign page (internal link)

Information for childcare providers and Early Years education settings regarding the different funding streams available.

For further information please see the Funding for providers to support inclusion and disability page (internal link)

Tax Free Childcare is a government scheme to help working families with their childcare costs. As a childcare professional you can sign up online for Tax Free Childcare, allowing parents to pay for childcare directly in to your bank account.

For further information please see the Childcare Providers - Sign up to receive Tax Free Childcare payments page (internal link)

• Early years and childcare statutory guidance June 2018 (545KB pdf)
• Early years entitlement - Operational guide (2MB pdf)
• Early years entitlement - Local authority funding of providers operational guide 2018 to 2019 (459KB pdf)

The Early Help Locality Team is a service working with children and young people to offer family support. It will help your child receive the right support at an early stage before their needs increase.

For further information please see the Early Help Locality Team page (internal link)

The primary focus of the Supported Day Care Scheme is to ensure that the child's wellbeing and safety are maintained.

For further information please see the Supported Day Care Scheme page (internal link)

If you need help registering as a childcare provision, or would like to advertise your service on this directory, please contact Rochdale Family Information Service on 01706 719900 or email family.info@rochdale.gov.uk

This is an exciting development that will make a real difference to children and young people who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

For further information please see the Greater Manchester Crisis Care Pathway page (internal link).

An essential framework for communities who are supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children, young people and families.

For further information please see the website (external link) 

For further information on what is the i-Thrive framework please see the document (external link).

• Pathways for Practitioners
• Rochdale Childrens Social Care
• Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board (RBSCB)
• Supporting Families Offer / Continuum
• School Inclusion team
• EHC Assessment and Review team
• HMRC Online Tax and Business Training for childminders
• Team for Physical Disabilites (Rochdale Additional Needs Service)
• Area Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCO) team - Early Years
• Early Years Training team
• Bookstart
• Cool Milk for Childcare Providers
• M24 Arts Ltd - Play resource centre
• Coram Family and Childcare
• National Day Nurseries Association
• Pre-School Learning Alliance
• Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY)
• OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education)