Qualifications help!

[MilkshakeMonkey]

I am chair of my local preschool and have been chucked in the deep end.

A parent has applied to be session supervisor. Lots of experience with kiddies but no qualifications. We have no other applicants and acting session supervisor has said she will only be with us for another 2 years. Any ideas what qualifications she needs? How she gets them? Who pays for them?

I haven't a clue what I'm doing and she is being interviewed on Thursday

You could contact your local college & ask

She will need a level 3 to be a supervisor.
She can do it at college or as an adult apprentice
There may be funding available from the local council
Technically as long as you have someone with a level 3 working only 50% of the rest of hour staff need to be qualified
Personally, I wouldn't employ anyone who is not qualified tonal least a level 3 because I don't want to compromise on the quality of provision
Have you tried advertising

Advertised for 6 months and she's our only applicant!

Local college haven't gotten back to me, so I'm going there tomorrow and refuse to leave until I have some info!!

There are plenty of ways to get a level 3, your local college, online (Try www.thechildcarecompany.com). There may well be funding available but if not, the person can take out a loan (about 2K) with the training provider. She doesn't have to pay anything back until she earns over 20k, which she probably won't, if she stays a pre-school worker. When I say she takes out a loan, the training provider does everything, she just has to sign the form and then do the work.
She will have visits by a tutor to observe her, she will have assignments to do and a level 3 can take between 12 - 18 months.