Creating Career Pathways in West Lothian: Training Parents for Childminding and Hospitality
- cbarrowman4
- Sep 9
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 10
Routes to Work Ltd (RTW) has over two decades of experience and has established itself as a leader in employability support within North Lanarkshire. In addition, RTW has operated in other local authority areas such as West Dunbartonshire and Clackmannanshire, where we have contributed to a collaborative employability sector, and shared our best practices and insights from our Knowledge Transfer Partnership with University of the West of Scotland, Innovate UK and Social Value International. By doing this we hope to enable stronger impacts, engagement and outcomes for the communities that we are serving.
This includes West Lothian, where we will be facilitating training with local partners such as West Lothian Council, Partnership for Parents, West Lothian Local Employability Partnership and The Larder, to support parents in need of support, on pathways such as childminding and hospitality.
What are the details of our training in West Lothian?
Where will it be taking place?
The training will be taking place at the Lanthorn Community Centre on Kenilworth Rise in Livingston.
When will the training be taking place?
Our training routeways begin from Tuesday 23rd of September 2025 and will be running for 4 weeks.
What qualifications will trainees be able to achieve?
Qualifications that can be achieved via these routeways include:
REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene Level 5
Pediatric First Aid
Safeguarding
World Host Customer Service
World Host - Dealing with Conflict
These qualifications are intended to build up confidence and establish viable routeways into childminding and hospitality for those who attend.
Who will be eligible for these routeways?
Our training will be open to groups of parents in West Lothian who are in need of support. Eligible groups include:
Lone parents
Ethnic minority parents
Parents from recovery
How can those interested register their interest?
Those interested can register by contacting Scot Smith on 07857 629 694.
You can check out our LinkedIn post for details too.
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Alternatively, if you would like to discuss opportunities for Routes to Work to support your area, please contact our Impact & Growth Manager Stuart Matson (smatson@routestowork.co.uk)