COJAC childcare services provide out-of-school care and during school holidays for children with additional support needs only. Activities are provided in a safe, caring environment offering a range of stimulating and restful activities for school-age children.
We provide high staff-to-child ratios, ensuring the needs of the individual child are met, and we put the child at the centre of what we do.
We provide out-of-school care, school holiday care and in-service days for children from Primary 1 up to 18 years.
Note, we have a four-year waiting list.
Afterschool Club
Available Monday to Friday from 3pm till 6pm during school term time and full day service during in-service and/or local election days. Children are dropped off at COJAC by Education and/or Social Work transport and collected by parents/carers by 6pm.
Holiday Club
Our Holiday Club playscheme is on during school holidays (Monday to Friday) excluding bank holidays. During the Holiday Club, as well as making use of the resources in the COJAC Centre, we provide engaging activities and trips outside of the centre using local authority mini bus transport kindly funded by Glasgow City Council. Some of these trips can include:
- Trips to local parks such as Calderglen, Kelvingrove, Overton and Glasgow Green
- Five Sisters Zoo, Livingston and Blair Drummond Safari Park, Stirling
- Visits to the seaside
- Exploring the tall ship and the Riverside Museum
- Cinema visits
- Bowling
- Barbecues
Facilities in The Centre
The Centre has a number of resources:
- Arts & Crafts Room
- Sensory Room
- Sensory Garden
- Accessible Inclusive Outdoor Play Area
A positive difference
We aim to make a positive difference in children and young people’s lives using the “Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) framework and following the Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurturing, Active and Respected, Responsible and Included wellbeing indicators. We also follow the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Qualifications and Staff
Our service is registered with the Care Inspectorate and all care staff are qualified at a minimum of SVQ Level 2 and are all members of the Social Work Services Council which ensures all our staff are undertaking qualifications relevant to their role within the service.
All staff and volunteers within the centre are members of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme.
As an independent local registered Scottish Incorporated Charity, we are monitored by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. We are managed by a voluntary board comprising parents/ carers of the service. We are a non-profit making organisation and all funds raised go back into service delivery. Our voluntary board ensure the involvement of and participation of service users and their families in service delivery.
Or more information on the service:
Address: 146 Castlemilk Drive, Glasgow, G45 9UB
Phone Number: 0141 634 1002
Email: cojac@cojaccentre.co.uk
Twitter: @cojactweets
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