POD-CACHE

S2E09 - Dawn talks outdoor learning, social distancing and mental wellbeing with Emma and Hayley at Dandelions Norfolk!

Hi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk, the award-winning professional membership network available free for those working in Care, Early Years and Education. 
This week Dawn discusses 'the new normal' with Emma and Hayley from Dandelions, a nursery setting which aspires to be the perfect learning environment for children. 
Join Dawn as she finds out how learning outdoors, feeding chickens, napping in a yurt and playing with friends in nature can help children to become rounded learners with better problem solving skills and more independence, as well as supporting better wellbeing. 
If you would like to join CACHE Alumni, the association for professional caregivers, you can find us at www.cachealumni.org.uk.
Membership is free and you'll find lots more examples of best practice, great sector insight and opinion from subject specialists across Care, Education and Early Years as well as discounts and access to other member benefits. 
You can find Dandelions online at https://dandelionsnorfolk.com and should find Emma and Hayley on LinkedIn and Twitter. 
You can follow Dawn on Twitter at @DawnConnieM and on LinkedIn as Dawn Constance Mulvaney and, as always, you can find us on Twitter and Instagram for information and updates about www.cachealumni.org.uk

S2E08 - Dawn talks empowerment with Schnel Hanson from Developing the Inner You

Hi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk, the award-winning professional membership network available free for those working in Care, Early Years and Education. 
This week Dawn talks about empowerment and developing the inner you with Schnel Hanson.  Schnel is a wellbeing and personal development coach and entrepreneur on a mission to help people conquer the world. 
Join Dawn as she learns about change management, coaching and how putting wellbeing first can improve productivity!
If you would like to join CACHE Alumni, the association for professional caregivers, you can find us at www.cachealumni.org.uk.
Membership is free and you'll find lots more examples of best practice, great sector insight and opinion from subject specialists across Care, Education and Early Years as well as discounts and access to other member benefits. 
You can find Schnel and more support online at https://developingtheinneryou.co.uk/about/ or follow her on LinkedIn for more support and information. 
You can follow Dawn on Twitter at @DawnConnieM and on LinkedIn as Dawn Constance Mulvaney and, as always, you can find us on Twitter and Instagram for information and updates about www.cachealumni.org.uk

S2E07 - Dawn learns about Mental Fitness from Nick Bennett - Co-founder of Fika

Hi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk, the award-winning professional membership network available free for those working in Care, Early Years and Education. 
This week Dawn learns mental fitness from Nick Bennett, co-founder of Fika, who believe that working on our mental fitness is just important as our physical. 
Join Dawn as she learns about mental fitness, how short exercises can make a huge difference in the short, medium and long term and how confidence could be the new sixpack! 
If you would like to join CACHE Alumni, the association for professional caregivers, you can find us at www.cachealumni.org.uk.
Membership is free and you'll find lots more examples of best practice, great sector insight and opinion from subject specialists across Care, Education and Early Years as well as discounts and access to other member benefits. 
You can find Fika onlne at http://www.fika.community, on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
You can follow Dawn on Twitter at @DawnConnieM and on LinkedIn as Dawn Constance Mulvaney and, as always, you can find us on Twitter and Instagram for information and updates about www.cachealumni.org.uk

S2E06 - We all have our own Brain Story - Dawn learns about children’s brain development with Dr. Elizabeth Rapa and Dr. Louise Dalton

Hi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk, the free professional membership network for those working in Care, Early Years and Education. 
This week Dawn learns about the Brain Story from Dr. Elizabeth Rapa and Dr. Louise Dalton.
Dr Louise Dalton is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, working at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. She has over 20 years experience in the NHS, working clinically with children, young people and parents.
Dr. Elizabeth Rapa is a senior postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Psychiatry and has worked on a wide range of projects based in the UK and around the globe investigating ways to improve outcomes for children and their parents in situations of adversity.
Louise and Elizabeth talk to Dawn about how we each have our own 'brain story' and explain how this story of our brain's development can help us to understand those around us and support better outcomes for children, families and individuals and how we can embed this knowledge in our everyday interactions and practice. 
If you would like to join CACHE Alumni, the association for professional caregivers, you can find us at www.cachealumni.org.uk.
Membership is free and you'll find lots more examples of best practice, great sector insight and opinion from subject specialists across Care, Education and Early Years as well as discounts and access to other member benefits. 
You can find the Oxford Brain Story website here for support with building brains for lifelong health; http://www.oxfordbrainstory.org
You can follow Dawn on Twitter at @DawnConnieM and on LinkedIn as Dawn Constance Mulvaney for information and updates about www.cachealumni.org.uk

S2E05 - Children’s author Heather Maisner talks to Dawn about children’s stories, learning and imagination.

Hi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk, the free professional membership network for those working in Care, Early Years and Education. 
This week Dawn was lucky enough to get time with children's author, Heather Maisner, author of the Dinosaur Douglas books (http://www.dinosaurdouglas.com) to talk about storytelling, how children learn and the importance of being able to build and model worlds of our own through imagination play. 
Heather has kindly offered a discount on her books to listeners, with 15% off the usual cover price of the £5.99 books here; http://heathermaisner.com/specialdiscount.php
At the end of this episode, as an extra special treat, Heather reads her book 'Dinosaur Douglas and the Yucky, Mucky Fingers' - a children's book about germs and the importance of handwashing to stop the spread of disease. 
If you would like to join CACHE Alumni, the association for professional caregivers, you can find us at www.cachealumni.org.uk.
Membership is free and you'll find lots more examples of best practice, great sector insight and opinion from subject specialists across Care, Education and Early Years. 
You can follow Dawn on Twitter at @DawnConnieM and on LinkedIn as Dawn Constance Mulvaney for information and updates about CACHEAlumni.org.uk.
Until next time.... Take care

S2E04 - Dawn talks to Dr Shawna Lee and Andrew Freeman about child development, parenting and coregulation

Hi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk, the free professional membership network for those working in Care, Early Years and Education. 
This week Dawn talked to Dr Shawna Lee and Andrew Freeman about child development, parenting and coregulation.  
Parenting is a difficult job and, for practitioners, can be frustrating. Strategies that work well in a classroom may not work at home and feelings can 'run high'.
Andrew and Shawna talk about the things that parents (and the practitioners who may be supporting them) may wish to consider when planning childcare activities and talk Dawn through the ways that different approaches might affect a parent/child relationship. 
If you would like to join CACHE Alumni, the association for professional caregivers, you can find us at www.cachealumni.org.uk.
Membership is free and you'll find lots more examples of best practice, great sector insight and opinion from subject specialists across Care, Education and Early Years. 
You can find out more about the Triple P and PECE programmes at the TripleP website; https://www.triplep.net/glo-en/find-out-about-triple-p/triple-p-in-a-nutshell/ or, for PECE, https://www.triplep.net/glo-en/find-out-about-triple-p/news/positive-early-childhood-education-pece-hits-the-ground-running/
You can follow Dawn on Twitter at @DawnConnieM and on LinkedIn as Dawn Constance Mulvaney for information and updates about CACHEAlumni.org.uk.
Until next time.... Take care

S2E03 - POD-CACHE Hows - How we made our podcast

Hi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk, the free professional membership network for those working in Care, Early Years and Education. 
This week's episode is a little bit different and our first 'one voice' episode.  It's also a lot shorter than our usual pieces of portable CPD!  
In these unexpected and extraordinary circumstances, you might be looking for ways to share your sector knowledge, support colleagues or provide information to learners that they can listen to when they're 'feeling it'.  We know that many people are overwhelmed and that the idea of speaking to a live and remote audience of learners can be scary, so lots of people are looking to podcasts to help share what they know (or what their audience need to know!)
We've recorded a short podcast about how we set up Pod-CACHE, for free, with no technical know-how and a mobile phone, so that you can try setting up your own, whether you're looking for a way to share with learners who will access your private podcast via a link or password, or you'd like to share your expertise and grow an audience. 
If you would like to join CACHE Alumni, the association for professional caregivers, you can find us at www.cachealumni.org.uk.
Membership is free and you'll find lots more examples of best practice, great sector insight and opinion from subject specialists across Care, Education and Early Years. 
You can follow Dawn on Twitter at @DawnConnieM and on LinkedIn as Dawn Constance Mulvaney for information and updates about CACHEAlumni.org.uk.
Until next time.... Take care.

S2E02 - Special Episode - Young Adult Carers tell their stories

Hi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk, the free professional membership network for those working in Care, Early Years and Education. 
This week's episode is a little different.  Instead of an interview, Dawn attended an event in Newcastle, where Young Adult Carers shared their stories and talked frankly and passionately about the difficult and isolating role of caring for friends or family. 
This episode might be difficult listening for some of our audience and we urge caution when listening.  Please look after yourself and take a break if you need to.  We equally believe that it's important to understand the real challenges faced by those we support as social workers, teachers, health workers and members of a community, so we'll be releasing this series over a few different episodes, to allow the speakers to tell their story uncut. 
If you're affected by any of the issues raised in this episode, please contact your local carers' association.  Newcastle Carers are the (incredible) organisation who support the carers you hear here, but each local authority should be able to signpost to local support. 
If you would like to join CACHE Alumni, the association for professional caregivers, you can find us at www.cachealumni.org.uk.
Membership is free and you'll find lots more examples of best practice, great sector insight and opinion from subject specialists across Care, Education and Early Years. 
You can find Newcastle carers online at https://www.newcastlecarers.org.uk and on Twitter as @NCLCarers. 
You can follow Dawn on Twitter at @DawnConnieM and on LinkedIn as Dawn Constance Mulvaney for information and updates about CACHEAlumni.org.uk.
Dawn is planning to take part it the Great North Swim in June, to raise money for Newcastle Carers.  You can sponsor her two-mile open water swim here; https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/stayingafloat
Until next time.... Take care.

S2E01 - Dawn talks food and nutrition with Louise Mercieca

Hi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk, the free professional membership network for those working in Care, Early Years and Education. 
In this episode, Dawn talks to Louise Mercieca - author, presenter on the Early Years TV Food Channel and owner of The Health Kick. Louise is a Nutritional Therapist with experience as a personal trainer.  
Louise and Dawn talk about some of the common myths around food, how calories aren't everything and the difference between real and 'fake' food.  Louise also gives her professional opinion on the links between food and behaviour and how changing our relationship with food can be beneficial to our overall wellbeing, as well as our waistline. 
If you would like to join CACHE Alumni, the association for professional caregivers, you can find us at www.cachealumni.org.uk.
Membership is free and you'll find lots more examples of best practice, great sector insight and opinion from subject specialists across Care, Education and Early Years. 
You can find Louise online at https://www.thehealthkick.co.uk for support for grown-ups and https://www.earlyyearsfood.tv for children's food support. You can find her on Twitter as @LouiseMercieca1. 
You can follow Dawn on Twitter at @DawnConnieM and on LinkedIn as Dawn Constance Mulvaney for information and updates about CACHEAlumni.org.uk.
Until next time.... Take care.
Louise is a subject specialist and the opinions she shares are her own, not necessarily representative of the opinions held by CACHE or NCFE. 

S1E13 - Dawn talks to Emily Rolen, founder of The Nanny Collaborative, about common challenges and the support available for Nannies and Home-Based childcare workers

Hi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk, the free professional membership network for those working in Care, Early Years and Education. 
In this episode, Dawn talks to Emily Rolen, a professional Nanny and Nanny Advocate who founded The Nanny Collaborative, which is an online 'break room' for Nannies to find support and share experiences with colleagues. 
Emily and Dawn talk about some of the common challenges for Nannies entering the profession, how important it can be to find a community to offer support and the different ways to find support online and in person. 
If you would like to join CACHE Alumni, the association for professional caregivers, you can find us at www.cachealumni.org.uk.
Membership is free and you'll find lots more examples of best practice, great sector insight and opinion from subject specialists across Care, Education and Early Years. 
 
You can find Emily online on Facebook and, if you're a Nanny, within the Nanny Collaborative at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1572538656382109/ and can follow Dawn on Twitter at @DawnConnieM and on LinkedIn as Dawn Constance Mulvaney for more information on CACHEAlumni.org.uk
Dawn will be at The Nanny Hub at The Nursery World Show in London on 7th and 8th of February, giving advice and support to Nannies looking for career development and support with navigating the career opportunities ahead!  Tickets are free and can be ordered at https://www.nurseryworldshow.com/london/the-nannyhub
We hope to see you there!
Until next time.... Take care.