so where would go to training

[karen2010]

I am talking nanny
night nanny stuff

local colleges?
where would get you child 1st aid done?

What do employers think?
thanks

First Aid - St.Johns or Red Cross

General childcare theory & placements - any local college running the Diploma course.

Night Nanny - read books, I'm not sure a course really helps that much except for giving you a piece of paper to show people.

so any first aid course will do

thanks for that

diploma thingy i know is new which why i did not look into doing it this year
but will have a look for next year

thanks
nick

No. There are special Early Years First Aid courses run. They are typically around 12 hours in length (can be shorter, though I find it better spread over 2 days). If you haven't done a course before... go for the 12 hour course. If just updating then a shorter course is possible (check it still meets Ofsted requirements for registration, should you be needing to be Ofsted registered in the next 3 years).

St.Johns Early Years First Aid

Diploma has been around in various forms for many many years. They just change the course content from time to time, thus you get it being called different names. I did the CACHE Diploma in Nursery Nursing (NNEB). That is no longer run... but whatever CACHE has currently will be similar. Go straight onto a Level 3 course... avoid lower levels. I started doing it as an evening class whilst also working... that is very hard to do... ended up doing it as a full-time college course over 2 years. This is the course which has the practical placements. By doing that course rather than a Home Based course, you will gain some knowledge of other childcare settings (such as nursery, pre-school, childminder) and thus would be suitable to go in as a temp into nursery environment.

Thing to keep in mind with regard to qualifications is can it be used in other jobs... so if you changed from nannying to working in a nursery, is the qualification still accepted.

thanks
nick