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Warwick Community Playschool

Contact the playschool on 01933 279266 or office@warwickplayschool.co.uk​

​Jo

Level 7 Practitioner​

Playschool Manager, Designated Lead for Safeguarding

​Hi, I'm Jo and I'm the proud Manager of Warwick Playschool.  I have 17 years experience, with 10 of those at Warwick.  I have worked my way up to manager from being an apprentice and a children's holiday rep.  I am responsible for the day to day running of the playschool, so I'm usually found in the office!

Qualifications

• Masters in Early Childhood
  
• Early Years Teacher Status
  
• BA (Hons) Early Years
  
• Foundation Degree Early Years
• Level 3 Playwork
  
• Level 3 Children's Care, Learning and Development
  

Training and Professional Development

• Paediatric First Aid
  
• Special Educational Needs Coordinator
  
• Protective Behaviours
  
• Five to Thrive
• Makaton
  
• Solihull Approach and Facilitator​
  
• Food Hygiene
  
• Theraplay© Level One
  
• Baby Room Project
  
• ​Kinetic Letters
  
• ​Reflective Practice
  
• Emotion Potions
  
• Listening to Young Children 
  
• Helping children with ASD
  
• How to identify play difficulties
  
• Positive behaviour management 
  
• Supporting children with S&L difficulties
  
• Progress check at two
  
• English as an Additional Language
  
• Risk Taking 
  
• In the moment Planning
  
• Deaf awareness
  
• Early Child Development and Child Development​
• Food Allergies
  
• Nurtrion
  
• HACCP
  
• ​Safer Childcare
  

​Training I am Working Towards

• Level 3 Forest School Leader
• Wildflower Developmental Play (inc. Baby Massage)
  
• Fourth Trimester Support
  
• ​Womb to World
  
• Gentle Sleep Consultancy​
• Child led Potty Training
• Terrific Two's
  
• Baby and Toddler Reflexology
  
• ​Aromatherapy for Well-Being
  
• Yogaroos
  
• ​Little Yogis (SEND)
  
• ​Facilitating Meditation
  
• ​Facilitating a Mother Circle
  
• ​An Introduction to Mother and Baby Reiki
  
• Fussy Eaters
  
• ​Recognising Birth Trauma
  
• Level 4 Assessor Coach
  
• Level 4 SENCO
  
• SENCOmail
  
• Working within the Revised EYFS 2021​

Safeguarding Training and Professional Development

• Designated Lead for Safeguarding
• ​EHA Lead Practitioner
  
• ​Working Together to Safeguard Children
  
• Effective referrals
  
• Neglect
  
• Disguised compliance
  
• Early Help Builds Stronger Families
  
• Collaborative Working
  
• E-Safety
  
• Information Sharing Level 2
  
• Supervision and Appraisal
  
• Safeguarding Children in Education
  
• Think Safe, Be Safe, Stay Safe
  
• Awareness of Forced Marriage
  
• Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect
  
• Awareness of Domestic Violence
  
• Working with Disabled Children
  
• Understanding Pathways to Extremism
  
• Child Poverty
  
• FGM, Forced Marriage and Spirit based violence
  
• Female Genital Mutilation 
  
• Channel Awareness 
  
• Child Sexual Exploitation
  
• Home Office Prevent Duty
  
• ​Fabricated Illness
  
• ​Gang Related Issues and County Lines
  
• Safeguarding Level 1, 2 and 3
  
• ​Infant Mental Health (IMHOL)
  
• Thresholds and Pathways
  
• Practice Review
  
• LGBTQ
  
• Radicalisation
  
• Managing Conflict
  
• Safer Recuitment
  
• Safe Sleeping
  
• Awareness of Self Harm
• Sexual Health
  
• Suicidal Thoughts
  
• Supporting Teenagers and Young People
  
• Toxic Trio
• Working with Children with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
  
• ​Level 2 Mental Health