Early Years
Cafe Breathe
Our remote Health and Well-being Programme is crafted with adaptability in mind, offering young minds the support to help them grow and feel confident, bringing the social café to the comfort of their home.
The programme takes into account the challenges faced by many young people and is designed to be flexible, encouraging and supportive. Our focus is on promoting self- development and building confidence so that our young people can take the next steps towards further education, employment and positive futures.
Participants receive a Calming Tigers box which they can use for the duration of the course and beyond. All materials, including videos, meditations and learning resources can be accessed on our virtual learning platform.
Café Breathe helps to support young people to explore their health and wellbeing, whilst providing a focus on all aspects of confidence and resilience building to support their journey of growth and self-discovery
Business Administration
You will carry out your qualification from the familiarity of your workplace while being assessed on your daily duties.
You will receive ongoing training to acquire new skills throughout the duration of your qualification. Training will be delivered in person and online through a variety of workshops, webinars and tutorials.
You can choose from a range of units designed to support you and grow your skillset. These units cover a range of subjects including, Microsoft packages, designing documents, working
with others in a business environment, and the option to undertake units in finance, IT and marketing.
On completion of the qualification at SCQF Level 6 you can progress to a HNC/HND in Administration and IT, Business or another related area.
We will support learners to explore their career options, whilst providing a focus on all aspects of business administration and wellbeing, which will support their career progression.
Continuous Professional Learning
Tigers Early Years Academy deliver professional development training suited to your service needs and requirements. Our CPL opportunities will assist in maintaining and improving knowledge and skills.
We advocate to support, guide and encourage knowledge and skills through our Relationship-Led Practice Model. We understand that significant learning and development only happens in the presence of secure, positive relationships.
The Role of Adults in Child-Led Play
This professional development course focuses on the pivotal role that adults play in facilitating and enriching child- led play experiences. Participants will explore the dynamics of child-led play, examining how adult involvement can enhance creativity, learning, and language acquisition. The course emphasises practical strategies for educators, caregivers, and practitioners to support children’s natural instincts and developmental needs.
Human and Collaborative Leadership in Care Settings
This professional development course is designed for childcare and social care professionals seeking to enhance their leadership skills within collaborative care environments. Participants will explore the principles of human- centred leadership, focusing on fostering teamwork, communication, and empathy in care settings.
Attachment Led Practice: Theory into Practice
This course offers an in-depth exploration of Attachment Theory and its application in professional practice, particularly within care and educational settings. Participants will examine the foundational concepts of attachment and learn how to integrate these principles into their work to enhance relationships, support emotional development, and improve outcomes for individuals, particularly children and vulnerable populations.
Bespoke Packages
All courses are available for full staff teams or for individuals. Through consultation we can create a bespoke learning and development package suited to your individual needs or the needs of your organisation.
2025 dates coming soon!
For more information contact yvonnestanley@tigersltd.co.uk or office@tigersltd.co.uk
Calming tigers
At tigers, we are committed to providing and facilitating a range of health and wellbeing initiatives both to our team members and also to our external partners.
We offer a lovingly crafted range of health and wellbeing activities and workshops to schools, businesses, youth groups, early years centres, community groups, day centres, prisons and many more.
Co-Designed to your needs
The session can also be integrated into a co-designed programme, extending over a number of weeks to maximise the positive impact for our client’s organisation.
This ensures we build and deliver a programme that is not only engaging but builds confidence and breaks down potential barriers in a supportive environment.
Wellbeing Support
Our thoughtfully designed activities help to encourage stress reduction, team building and independent learning.
They centre around interweaving aspects of health and wellbeing into a creative programme that would suit learners of any level/ability.
Daring Ventures
In partnership with Dr Suzanne Zeedyk, bringing the science of attachment to everyday life. Our Daring Ventures programme is a series of 5 sessions which brings an understanding of ‘The Science of Attachment’.
We will explore different theories, concepts and ideas on how ‘Attachment’ is fundamentally core to how we live our everyday lives - whether that’s at work, at home or just walking down the street.
Topics we will explore: ‘Concepts of Attachment.
Rupture-Repair Cycle
What happens when things go wrong in relationships? The Rupture-Repair Cycle helps us to see that all relationships have messy moments and that we don’t need to be afraid of them. Resilience is built by going from rupture to repair.
Emotional Regulation
How do we comfort ourselves in the midst of big emotions? Understanding the biological basis of emotional
states is very helpful in conducting healthy relationships, because we are better able to take care of ourselves and others.
Attachment Styles
Understanding your own attachment style helps you identify where you experience anxiety in relationships.
That anxiety impacts on our capacity to trust, the way we behave and the way we make sense of others’ behaviour.
Emotional Boundaries
What are boundaries and why are they challenging? Having healthy boundaries makes relationships easier and more straightforward. However, they can be surprisingly hard to set. Recognising the connection between adult anxieties and childhood attachment experiences is a very helpful start.
What happens when things go wrong in relationships? The Rupture-Repair Cycle helps us to see that all relationships have messy moments and that we don’t need to be afraid of them. Resilience is built by going from rupture to repair.
Containment
How do we hold (contain) the emotional impact of life experiences for others to become a ‘secure base’ and a source of emotional co-regulation, at the same time as managing our own self-care and emotional wellness.
Early Learning and Childcare
Tigers Early Years Academy deliver Skills for Work Early Learning and Childcare at SCQF Level 4 and SCQF Level 5 during 4th, 5th, 6th year while learners are registered at school.
This is an introductory qualification that develops the skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed for work in the early learning and childcare, education and care sectors. This qualification is suitable for learners who may want to follow a career into care, early years or social care. We advocate to support, guide and encourage knowledge and skills through our Relationship-Led Practice Model. We understand that significant learning and development only happens in the presence of secure, positive relationships.
Learners will be provided with the opportunity to experience simulated and real-life working environments through setting visits, visiting speakers, employer talks, role play and other practical activities.
Qualification
Skills for Work Early Learning and Childcare National 4 or National 5
Enhanced Apprenticeships in Play & Attachment
An Enhanced Apprenticeship gives you access to leaders within the early years community, opportunities to visit other facilities and be part of making Scotland the best place for our children to grow up!
The Modern Apprenticeship in SSCYP at SCQF Level 7 or 9 allows you to gain key industry knowledge and a recognised qualification. You will carry this out within your workplace whilst working with an experienced assessor, following a plan, based on your current knowledge and agreed units.
You will attend bespoke training workshops delivered by our Resident Trainers on a range of topics to expand your learning and enrich your everyday practice. There will also be opportunities to visit other care and early years services and experience other practices, all to help you understand the ways children play, learn and grow.
Workshops
Equality and Inclusion
UNCRC
Safeguarding
Attachment Theory
Compassionate Leadership
Working with Multiple Services
Play Based Learning
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Fast Facts
Who is the course for?
Level 7 – Aged 16+, employed in a care or early years setting
Level 9 – For those in, or moving into, a leadership role in a care or early years setting
How much is the course?
No cost, fully funded by SDS
Career Paths?
Completion of above SVQ’s can offer you opportunities within Early Years, Care, Social Care, Education, Health and family support sectors.
Early Years
Our Foundation Apprenticeships will help you jump from the classroom to the workplace allowing you to get all the experience you need.
You will move away from the traditional classroom, focusing on practical experience and learning through play, with tigers group’s working nursery, Lullaby Lane, plus connection visits from experienced early years practitioners to offer insights and perception of the sector.
Learn how children develop, learn, and play, as well as emerging industry topics such as child protection, brain development, and attachment theory, to stay on top of the game.
Move forward to college, university, a job, or modern apprenticeship and pursue a career in Social Services, Teaching, Medicine, Youth Work, Health Care and more.
