Chloe started volunteering with North Halifax Partnership to gain experience in a daycare setting with the aim of gaining employment in the Early Years Sector.
Chloe volunteered with North Halifax Partnership for six months at Kevin Pearce Children’s Centre, before being placed in the daycare team as a Daycare Assistant.
Read Chloe’s story…
Chloe had previously studied childcare when leaving school, but did not complete the qualification due to a change in circumstances and began working an office-based job. Chloe applied for an Early Years Practitioner post within one of our centres but was advised to gain some additional experience through the support North Halifax Partnership offers. This gave Chloe the confidence and skills to take this next step of her journey and start her new venture in Early Years.
Progression timeline
· Volunteered at Kevin Pearce Children’s Centre as a Daycare Assistant for 6 months.
· Joined the sessional workers list and covered regular hours for 4 months.
· Secured a permanent Early Years Practitioner post at Innovations Children’s Centre.
“I enjoyed volunteering because it gave me a true insight into the role I wanted to get into. The team at Kevin Pearce made me feel so welcome and I felt I was a member of the team. They taught me so much.”
“It was a really good experience and helped me get the post I wanted. Without this experience I don’t think I would have been successful. I feel like I have improved how I communicate with different people. I have also learnt how to adapt activities for children effectively.”
– Chloe, Volunteer
“Chloe started to volunteer in the Mini Movers room one day a week. From the get go she was confident and fit right in with the babies routines and was capable of doing all the tasks asked of her.
She was part of the team and took part in tuff tray challenges and providing creative and sensory opportunities to a high standard.
Chloe was flexible and was able to work when needed to cover in the Early Years Unit following the routine of the older children.”
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We are excited to share that we will be taking part in the Baby Week Initiative in partnership with Calderdale Council. The week will highlight all the services we have on offer, from antenatal clinics and getting ready for baby sessions, to baby and toddler groups, family learning and family support work.
We will also be providing additional activities such as Boogie Babies sessions and Artsy Adventures sessions. Calderdale Council are also planning a portal up and running that will detail all services and activities running that week for families to access, so keep your eyes peeled!
Meet Chloe Machon, our Advanced Family Learning Administrator (Maternity Cover).
“I oversee the planning, organising and delivery of our Family Learning
programme that is the Adult and Family courses we offer here at North
Halifax Partnership, including various courses such as Baby Massage,
Messy Play, Accredited First Aid courses, Childcare courses and many more.”
The role involves:
Planning each quarter with what has been popular or requested by
the families whom we work with.
Allocating tenders and liaising with external trainers who provide the
sessions for us if not internally staffed.
Booking all the venues for the courses to take place.
Receiving of all bookings and inputting them onto the system, then 2 weeks prior to the courses started allocating to families and informing them of their place.
Creating and collating the Family Learning Packs which some of you will be familiar with, these have all the paperwork for each course including registers, evaluation forms, photo consent and everything else required for each course.
Finally collating and reporting at the end of each quarter to evidence the impact that the Family Learning courses have on those families we reach.
Process of courses:
Planning of all the family learning course complete and ready to be shared in the newsletter in the run up to the beginning of each quarter.
Bookings are then taken up to 2 weeks prior to start date of the course.
Allocation of course takes place 2 weeks prior, and the course is then removed from the family learning booking form.
Parent/carers informed if they have been given a place or put on a waiting list.
A text reminder is sent to those families 3 days prior to start date, and register sent to Family Learning Leads in centres.
The Family Learning Lead then meets the trainer and goes through the pack with them completing all paperwork.
Once all sessions complete the FL Lead will input the attendances and return the pack back to KP in the drop.
“So if you have any ideas or feedback from parents /carers about things they would like to have running feel free to give me a call or drop me an email.”
Chloe Machon
Advanced Family Learning Administrator (Maternity Cover)
We are currently undergoing a transitional period as we prepare for a rebrand. Our Children’s Centres will now be known as Family Hubs, but they will continue to be operated by North Halifax Partnership. You will start to notice some changes and work in progress as we make these developments. We appreciate your understanding during this time and look forward to continuing to support our community through this exciting change!
