Is flying start free?
The Programme comprises of four entitlements which provide: free quality, part-time childcare for 2-3 year olds; • an intensive health visiting service; • access to parenting support; and • support for speech, language and communication development.
What is a Flying Start health visitor?
Flying Start Health Visitors provides an intensive Health Visiting service to all eligible families, and with the assistance of Health Family Support Workers have the capacity to visit families more frequently and provide one to one support in the home.
What is the Flying Start initiative?
Flying Start is a Welsh Government funded Programme and is available in targeted areas supporting all families to give 0-3 year olds a Flying Start in life. The scheme aims to provide intensive support services for children aged 0-3 years old and their families.
Can my child go to Flying Start?
Flying Start helps families with children under 4 years old in disadvantaged areas of Wales. Help available includes: part-time childcare for 2 to 3 year olds. an enhanced Health Visiting service.
Is there free childcare in Wales?
In Wales there are two government funded schemes that offer free childcare for children aged 2, 3 and 4. The Flying Start Scheme provides free childcare to some children aged 2-3, and the childcare offer for Wales provides free childcare for some children aged 3-4.
What do social care Wales do?
We lead on regulating and developing the social care workforce, service improvement, data and research to improve care. Our Strategic Plan sets out our focus for the next five years.
What is the active offer?
An ‘Active Offer’ simply means providing a service in Welsh without someone having to ask for it. The Welsh language should be as visible as the English language. • It means creating a change in culture that takes the responsibility off the service user to ask for a service through the medium of Welsh.
What is team around the family?
What is a Team Around the Family (TAF)? A Team Around the Family (TAF) brings together practitioners from a wide range of different statutory and voluntary agencies to work with a family. The focus is on working with the family in a holistic way using a whole family approach.
Who regulates flying start in Wales?
All Flying Start children must be assessed using a Welsh Government approved assessment tool, currently the Schedule of Growing Skills (SoGS). physical skills, cognitive development, speech and language, and social interaction. The tool enables the health visitor to assess, score and offer feedback in about 30 minutes.
Who qualifies for 30 hours free childcare in Wales?
If you have a 3 or 4 year old, you are entitled to receive government help with childcare costs – a combined total of 30 hours of childcare and early education per week for up to 48 weeks of the year. How the hours are split depends on the provision by your Local Authority.
How do I contact social care Wales?
Contact us
- Registration: 0300 303 3444 (option 1) [email protected].
- Fitness to practise: 0300 303 3444 (option 2) [email protected] If you have a concern about a social care worker, use the raise a concern online form.
- Student finance: 0300 303 3444 (option 3)
- Any other queries: 0300 303 3444 (option 4)
Do carers have to be registered in Wales?
Social care workers All social workers and social care managers must register once they have completed their qualification or they start in their post. All other social care workers must register within 12 months of starting in post.
What is the active offer in Wales?
An ‘Active Offer’ simply means providing a service in Welsh without someone having to ask for it. The Welsh language should be as visible as the English language. It means creating a change in culture that takes the responsibility off the service user to ask for a service through the medium of Welsh.
When was the active offer introduced in Wales?
They will be a valuable source of support and guidance for you in trying to make an ‘Active Offer’. The Welsh Language Strategic Framework ‘More than just words…’ was launched in 2012. Its focus is to provide a framework to strengthen Welsh language services within health, social services and social care.
What can team around the family help with?
What is a Team Around the Family (TAF)? A Team Around the Family (TAF) meeting should take place when a concern identifies the need for a multi-agency response. It provides the opportunity to discuss how additional needs can be met.
Do parents attend TAF meetings?
During the meeting, an “Action Plan” will be agreed between everyone; for example, the Health visitor will make a referral to Speech Therapy by X date. Who will attend: Parent(s) Child/ren (where age-appropriate)
Is Flying Start local or national?
Flying Start is delivered by local authorities and within defined geographical areas. Flying Start outreach arrangements (outreach) were introduced in 2014 in response to concerns that the postcode entitlement to the services was resulting in the exclusion of some children who may be in greatest need of support.