Carlow CCC would like to advise you that we provide a Jobs Board service for all early years and school age childcare services in our county.
If you are recruiting, we can share your advertisement on our Facebook page and our Website News section.
Please contact the office on 059 9140244 or send your recruitment advertisement to nicola@carlowccc.ie
Follow the link below
Applications will be open from January 29th – February 19th 2021. Applications cannot be submitted outside this application window. All applications must be submitted on the HIVE.
There is €8.3 million in funding available under this grant to support childcare services to become compliant with Fire Safety Regulations and Standards.
Applications are open for amounts between €1000 and €10,000 to contribute to the costs of works or the purchase of equipment required by a service to receive a Fire Safety Certificate. This certificate is a mandatory requirement of the statutory regulation process undertaken by Tusla, the independent regulator of the sector.
To be eligible for funding, works must be identified as being required in a fire safety assessment report which has been completed since June 2019 by a competent person. The fire safety assessment must be provided with the application for funding.
The eligible competent persons are as follows:
If you do not have a Fire Safety Certificate and intend to apply for a grant under the 2021 Capital Programme, please ensure that you have obtained a fire safety assessment before the closing date of the application window or your application will not be eligible.
The fire safety assessment may be dated at any time after 1 June 2019 – although, if material works have been carried out in your service since the fire safety assessment was obtained, you will have to provide an updated assessment.
For further information on the programme rules and how to apply for this grant please read the Applicant Guidelines and the Technical Guidelines.
The following payments will be made to providers this week:
Services that have a declined Force Majeure application and/or services who have been contacted by Pobal to submit a Force Majeure application/additional information, and have not yet submitted it, will have had their contracts placed on hold and will not receive a payment this week.
Please note all recoupment/repayment have been temporarily paused until further notice.
Further information in relation to payments for the period 1 February to 5 March is available here.
Early Years Team
The Early Years Hive and the National Childcare Scheme website will be unavailable on Thursday, 28th January for a maximum of 4 hours between 5pm and 9pm due to scheduled maintenance.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your cooperation.
Further to our related earlier email, we are writing to you again this afternoon to provide you with a new set of Provider FAQs relating to new funding arrangements for early learning and care services from 1 February to 5 March.
Kind regards
Early Years Comms Team
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
New funding arrangements for early learning and care services from 1 February to 5 March
Following Cabinet approval yesterday (26 January) for the continuation of additional measures under full Level 5 restrictions, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., has announced new funding measures to support the early learning and childcare sector up to 5 March.
The Minister has also confirmed that the pre-school (ECCE) programme will continue to be suspended during these extended restrictions. Other early learning and childcare services can remain open for children whose parents work in an essential service and for vulnerable children.
The new funding arrangements are as follows:
Central to the funding arrangements is the enhanced EWSS, which early learning and childcare providers continue to be eligible to access without having to demonstrate reduction in turnover as other employers do. The enhanced EWSS is estimated to cover 80% of payroll costs or 50% of full operating costs of these services.
In designing these funding supports, Minister O’Gorman engaged with the Early Learning and Childcare COVID-19 Advisory Group.
These funding arrangements will apply up to 5 March in line with the Government’s announcement and reflect the unique challenges and demands facing the sector.
We are finalising detailed FAQs on these new funding arrangement and will send them to you later today.
Details of the funding arrangement for the period 1 February to 5 March 2021.
The funding arrangements described below is designed to ensure that the significant public money which is being invested in services at this time is structured in a fair and balanced way.
Central to these funding arrangements is the enhanced Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme, which early learning and childcare providers continue to be eligible to access, without having to demonstrate reduction in turnover as other employers do. All providers are encouraged to avail of this scheme which significantly contributes to payroll costs, covering at least 80% of average wage costs in most instances.
i. Open Services (Non-ECCE only, for children whose parents are essential workers and vulnerable children
Standard funding:
Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS);
+ 70% of the value of ECCE funding
+ 100% of NCS, CCSP, TEC, AIM funding
Enhanced funding:
Remaining 30% of the value of ECCE funding
+ Covid-19 Support Payment (CSP)*
* for services with high degrees of reliance on parental fees
Enhanced funding is conditional on commitments to: waive fees for non-participating children; hold children’s places; retain staff
ii. Closed Services, DCEDIY-approved closure (i.e. ECCE only or closed due to Force Majeure)
Standard funding:
EWSS
Enhanced funding:
+ 70% of the value of ECCE funding
+ 100% funding NCS, CCSP, TEC and AIM;
+ Covid-19 Support Payment (CSP)*
*for services with high degrees of reliance on parental fees
Enhanced funding is conditional on commitments to: waive all fees; hold children’s places; retain staff; engage with ECCE children not attending the service
iii. Closed Services, HSE-directed on public health grounds
Standard funding:
Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS);
+ 70% of the value of ECCE funding
+ 100% of NCS, CCSP, TEC, AIM funding
Enhanced funding:
Remaining 30% of the value of ECCE funding
+ Covid-19 Support Payment (CSP)*
* for services with high degrees of reliance on parental fees
Enhanced funding is conditional on commitments to: waive all fees; hold children’s places; retain staff
iv. Closed Services not DCEDIY-approved or HSE-directed
Standard funding:
EWSS
Regards,
DCEDIY
Carlow CCC are happy to announce that the one year Level 7 Bachelor of Arts in Applied Early Childhood Education & Care will commence in IT Carlow in September 2021. This programme will be part funded again in 2021/22 by Carlow Kilkenny Skillnet.
This is an excellent opportunity for those working in the Early Years sector in Co. Carlow to upskill to degree level.
Application Form Level 7 Bachelor of Arts in Applied Early Childhood Education and Care 2021
The following Childminding resources on the First 5 website have been updated and are available under the Childminding Section:
See below Link :