Our Services
What we offer
Altram Services
By becoming a member of Altram you can avail of the following services
- Regional support service for Irish-medium early years groups
- Early years specialist service (monthly for PSEP settings)
- Pre and Post inspection support
- Training events focusing on improving provision and outcomes for children, including: curricular and language themes; immersion methodology, additional needs, planning, observation & assessment.
- Curricular and language planning support for new naíscoileanna/staff
- Annual regional events
- Support for new naíscoileanna
- Safeguarding & Designated Officer training
- Bespoke workshops catering for specific needs of settings
- Support and advice to management committees and access to management clinics and other events.
- Irish language early years resources and parental support materials
If you are interested in being a member of Altram, you need complete our membership form.
Early Years Specialist
Altram’s Early Years Specialists deliver and coordinate support services to over 60 Irish-medium early years settings in the North. This is provided through onsite visits, cluster training, networking events and by developing Irish immersion support materials that guides the delivery of early immersion play and language programme.
Management Support
Altram supports the provision of high-quality Irish-medium early education by building capacity in and offering advice to management committees. This includes guidance regarding training, recruitment procedures and legislative requirements. Information regarding funding opportunities and the Preschool Education Programme (PSEP) is circulated regularly.
Access NI Services
Altram is a registered body with Access NI and therefore offers vetting and recruitment guidance for Irish medium early years staff and volunteers. Our Access NI disclosure service ensures that our sector's workforce is compliant with regional safeguarding protocols relating to recruitment and selection of staff. This process is a legislative requirement.
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Membership
Membership Benefits
By becoming a member of Altram’s early years practitioner network, you can avail of direct on-site support for your setting, access to bespoke sector specific training, support via digital platforms as well as access to resources. It will also provide access to management committee support.
To find out more please visit our Early Years Specialist section.
What we offer
Early Years Specialist Services
The Early Years Specialist team promotes high quality provision and high level outcomes for children by:
- Delivering early years specialist support and targeted outreach early years support and advice where and as required
- Providing early years advice to support compliance with DHSSPS’s Minimum Standards for Day Care and Childminding for Children Under Age 12. Click here for a copy of the minimum standards: Minimum-Standards-2012 and here for a copy of the guidelines for implementation Implementation-Guidance-Version-3-Childminding-October-2016
- Providing early years training and networking opportunities for staff in Irish-medium early years groups in the area, including specific cluster days and in-service training
- Providing child protection and designated officer training in conjunction with the Trust and Volunteer Now
- Encouraging Irish language early years groups to interact with SureStart in their areas, including the P2YO
- Engaging with different services i.e dental health, speech therapy, health visitors
- Identifying training needs and directing naíscoileanna to relevant agencies
If you are interested in being a member of Altram, you need complete our membership form.
What we offer
Management Support Services
The Early Years Specialist team promotes high quality provision and high level outcomes for children by:
- Delivering early years specialist support and targeted outreach early years support and advice where and as required
- Providing early years advice to support compliance with DHSSPS’s Minimum Standards for Day Care and Childminding for Children Under Age 12. Click here for a copy of the minimum standards: Minimum-Standards-2012 and here for a copy of the guidelines for implementation Implementation-Guidance-Version-3-Childminding-October-2016
- Providing early years training and networking opportunities for staff in Irish-medium early years groups in the area, including specific cluster days and in-service training
- Providing child protection and designated officer training in conjunction with the Trust and Volunteer Now
- Encouraging Irish language early years groups to interact with SureStart in their areas, including the P2YO
- Engaging with different services i.e dental health, speech therapy, health visitors
- Identifying training needs and directing naíscoileanna to relevant agencies
If you are interested in being a member of Altram, you need complete our membership form.
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