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• WHAT IS NEW IN FIRST AID 2017 FULL

Other updates include references to the Prevent Duty guidance, and training for staff on female genital mutilation.

It states, ‘To count in the ratios at Level 3, staff holding an Early Years Educator qualification must also have achieved a suitable Level 2 qualification in English and maths as defined by the Department for Education on the Early Years Qualifications List published on GOV.UK.’ The revised framework also incorporates the new Level 3 qualification requirements, replacing the GCSE-only rule.

The certificates should be displayed in settings or made available to parents and renewed every three years.

WHAT IS NEW IN FIRST AID 2017 FULL

Training for the full PFA should last a minimum of 12 hours, and a minimum of six hours for the emergency PFA. A number of training providers are suggested, including St John Ambulance, the Red Cross and St Andrew’s First Aid. It states that settings are responsible for identifying and selecting a ‘competent’ training provider to deliver their PFA training. Providers can make an exemption if staff are unable to gain a certificate due to disability.Īnnex A of the framework provides further detail of what training has to be completed in order to obtain either a full or emergency PFA certificate (see box, right). Those who started work between 20 June 2016 and 2 April 2017 must hold either of the certificates by 2 July 2017 to be included in ratios. Newly qualified entrants include staff who had been apprentices or long-term students and have gained a Level 2 or 3. The EYFS now says all entrants who completed a Level 2 or 3 qualification on or after 30 June 2016 must have either a full PFA or an emergency PFA certificate. The requirement, originally intended to start in September 2016, has been added to the revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework, effective from 3 April. All newly qualified Level 2 and 3 entrants to the early years workforce must have a paediatric first-aid (PFA) certificate within three months of starting work in order to be included in ratios.