Supporting School Age Childcare in Scotland
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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
Policy
Consultations, research, reports and school age childcare statistics
workforce survey
Annual survey of the school-age childcare workforce in Scotland looking at issuesincluding workforce demographics, qualifications, pay and conditions, and job satisfaction
reports
Reports published by SOSCN on school age childcare issues
Local Authority Premises Survey 2025 Results
This survey specifically looks at letting costs charged to school age childcare services by Scottish local authorities for the use of schools, community centres, or other premises within the public sector.
Mothering or smothering? Pastoral power and discourses ofprotection in Scottish school-age-childcare
The aim of this paper is to reflect on gendered discourses that arguably impact diversity during childcare recruitment and retention processes.
consultations
Have a look at SOSCN responses to national and other consultations
A Quality Framework for Early Learning and Childcare, School Aged Childcare and Childminding Services
Social Care: Independent Review of Inspection, Scrutiny and Regulation in Scotland - call for evidence
Quality Framework, Early Learning and Childcare (daycare of children, childminding and out of school
care) Consultation
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