About EYP Status
A career working with young children is extremely rewarding, but also a huge responsibility which you need to be well prepared for.
Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) is a status developed by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) and is just one part of the Government’s commitment to the Every Child Matters Agenda. EYPS provides a clear career path for early years professionals at the same time as ensuring that young children and their families benefit from the best available care and support.
EYPS is awarded to those Early Years Professionals (EYPs) who can demonstrate that they meet a set of national graduate-level standards associated with working with children from birth to five years. The 39 Standards are organised into six areas and apply to all three age groups – babies, toddlers and young children:
• Knowledge and understanding
• Effective practice
• Relationships with children
• Communicating and working in partnership with families and carers
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Professional development
EYPs will be key in raising the quality of early years provision and the Government aims to have an EYP in every children’s centre offering early years provision by 2010 and in every full daycare setting by 2015. If you are interested in furthering your career as well as improving outcomes for young children and their families, get in touch with Tribal today.
Why choose Tribal?
There are various training Pathways to achieving EYPS depending on candidates’ level of experience and Tribal has been approved by CWDC to deliver training within Greater London, the East and South East regions. Tribal has extensive experience as a first class training provider. We are experienced in creating courses to suit specific requirements, allowing learners to take advantage of a very flexible approach to learning.
We can provide a combination of:
■ traditional face-to-face learning in the classroom supplied by our highly experienced team of tutors.
■ distance learning, including e-learning and multimedia learning resources
■ online and phone support from your tutor and personal mentor.
Our courses are highly flexible and completely customisable. We work with local authorities and individuals to create courses that recognise your experience and training needs, reducing duplication of learning and streamlining your training to achieving EYPS.
An initial consultation will identify which pathway you need to follow, and what the course specifically needs to cover to allow you to reach EYP Status quickly.
Upcoming information events
We're holding a number of information events at a selection of our training venues, so please come along to one that's local to you to find out more about EYPS and how it could benefit you and your setting. Our tutors and EYPs will be on hand to advise and answer any questions you may have.
All are welcome, whether you're interested in applying yourself or want to find out whether EYPS training could benefit staff members within your setting. Please email eyps@tribalgroup.com if you're interested in attending any one of the below dates.
Wednesday 21 July (10-11am or 2-3pm): Newham College
Saturday 24 July (10-11am): Crown Complex Centre, West Norwood
Wednesday 28 July (10-11am or 2-3pm): Newham College
Saturday 7 August (11am-1pm) : Amandre Wilson College, Dartford
