Supporting School Age Childcare in Scotland
Become one of our members and access training, discounts, and join up with other services.
What we do
We have a range on in-person school age childcare specific training and offer a bespoke consultancy service to help keep your childcare service in good health.
We have various templates, toolkits, and sample policies to help you manage your service and meet its regulatory requirements.
As the national intermediary organisation in Scotland for school-age childcare, we are involved in advocacy work on behalf of the sector and provide expert opinion and offer views, on proposals, issues or policies affecting the sector.
School Age Childcare Specific Training
GIRFEC and Personal Plans
Play in School Age Childcare
Medication Management
Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma Informed Practice
events
check here for forthcomign and past events
National Conference 2026
Listening, learning, and leading for children with additional support needs in school age childcare
Professional Development Book Club
Join up with your colleagues in the school age childcare sector from across the country, to read, learn, network and develop
previous events
Archive of our previous events
Looking back at the past 30+ years of SOSCN - Membership Online Catch-Up
Thursday 19th June, 10am - 11am
Free event hosted on Zoom
Quality Improvement Framework for Early Learning and Childcare Sectors
Join this online session to hear more about the new Quality Improvement Framework for Early Learning and Childcare
Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma Informed Practice
In-person Training considering the impact of trauma and ACEs, and how to approach distressing behaviours with an empathetic and compassionate approach
SOSCN Conference 2024
Reaching Out! Growing your community presence. Wednesday 18th September 2024 - FULLY BOOKED
Induction Training
In-person training this August looking at the important knowledge and skills required to help new staff to school age childcare hit the ground running
Support to Pay for Childcare
Find out what support is available to parents to pay for childcare, and what other benefits they may be entitled to.
Online Membership Catch-up
Grab a cuppa and join us for a catch-up. An opportunity to hear what we have been up to and our plans for the coming months
Building Resilience Event
This June, SOSCN will be hosting a training session on Building resilience through active play and sport
Jim Taylor Knows Autism - Session 2
Supporting transitions in School Age Childcare for children with autism
In-Person Play Training
An understanding of play for members of staff and volunteers who may have recently joined the school age childcare sector
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