Lilliput Lodge
Day Nursery

To enquire about any of these courses, and/or to reserve a place, contact us:

via our website	www.lilliputlodge.co.uk
by email	manager@lilliputlodge.co.uk
by telephone	tel 01482 606645

For these or any other related areas of interest to you then please contact either Ray or Ann, if necessary in complete confidence and privacy, on our email address: ray@harvan.co.uk in addition to the general email address:manager@lilliputlodge.co.uk

Ray van Spall MSc, Chartered Fellow CIPD
Director

Our training courses:

How to set up and run a Nursery
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With many years' experience in personnel and consultancy, we have set up and are running courses on "Setting up your own Nursery".

Training course dates for 2005
Friday 1 April
Friday 17 June
Monday 19 September
Monday 21 November

We run additional courses on demand if numbers are sufficient (groups of up to eight people to allow maximum time and support). We are also willing to deliver the course in other areas (costs on demand) if demand is sufficient.

If you are interested in joining a course, see below for details. Please note that our own training function is part of and separate from our Hull Nursery, so we can see items in practice on site, as well as look at other nurseries and our other local Nursery in Hessle (time and numbers permitting).

Setting up a Nursery: course content

1 Setting up a business

2 Where to set up and marketing

3 The type of premises and how you need to be structured

4 Banking choices and possible funding areas

5 OFSTED and other regulatory bodies

6 Equipment and other costs

7 Recruiting staff and employment issues

8 Legal issues and insurance needs

9 The decision to start or stop

10 How Lilliput Lodge can help

The Course

• Usually a full day approx 9:30am to 4:30pm
• Includes all presentation and support material
• Buffet lunch and drinks am and pm
• Parking on site by arrangement
• Discount on consultancy support if you decide to go ahead with a Nursery and you agree for us to assist you
• Utilisation and support from our qualified staff
• Time permitting to view our purpose designed Nurseries in the locality
• Exchange of ideas with others

The Cost

PARTNERSHIPS IN NURSERIES
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In addition to working with others in setting up nurseries the following has also been asked for as well:

One-off recruitment and selection

For those not qualified as the “suitable person “ as required by OFSTED as the manager of the nursery, please contact us to assist with the recruitment and selection of your manager. This can cover advertising, carrying out interviews and assessments, shortlisting and final recruitment.

Consultancy

We can offer half and full days consultancy service to assist you with various issues of personnel and general help. Or we can offer annual telephone help with general nursery/personnel matters.

Nursery Partnerships

We are willing to look at developing links and partnerships with private and public schools or builders etc to offer nursery facilities with and/or part of a general project.

NVQ Training
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We are able to train our own staff to NVQ Levels 2 and 3, adding NVQ Level 4 from April. We may be able to subsidise course fees.

We are also looking to train people to this level who are not yet in employment (ie who are trainees), and we can possibly assist with work experience.

Supervisory and management training
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We have limited places on the following courses held at our Freetown Way, Sykes Street Training Facility (see website map for directions).

The fee for each of these courses is £20 but the Brokerage will pay 75% of this for those in nursery-related fields. Please contact Emma French for details of this on:

Tel 01482 396458  Fax 01482 396468

Communications Types and how to improve	23 February 30 March
Appraisals Theory and practice	02 March
Motivation For staff and organisations	03 February 10 March
Interviewing Skills Ensuring a win-win for both parties	10 February 16 March
Setting Targets and Objectives	17 February 23 March

Courses start at 6pm and finish at 8pm. Light refreshments are included. We have our own car park, and if you wish to use this, just inform us before you come.

Working with Schools
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We are working with schools on extended programmes to ensure that pupils who come to us on a weekly basis achieve a better understanding of the work environment. If the pupils are interested in working in a nursery, the grounding would be of value to achieving (much better than for others of the same age) the entrance criteria of the NVQ Level 2. The overall benefits to personal and shared self-esteem we are told are very high as well.

We would be interested in joint ventures of this nature with other schools and in exploring the possibilities of providing these skills and services on-site in schools.

To enquire about any of these courses, and/or to reserve a place, contact us:

via our website	www.lilliputlodge.co.uk
by email	manager@lilliputlodge.co.uk
by telephone	tel 01482 606645

For these or any other related areas of interest to you then please contact either Ray or Ann if necessary in complete confidence and privacy on our email address: ray@harvan.co.uk in addition to the general email address:manager@lilliputlodge.co.uk

Ray van Spall MSc, Chartered Fellow CIPD
Director