Bluebell
16-03-2014, 11:35 AM
Really quick one please - The requirements imposed by LA's for childminders to be able to offer funding has been removed. If Ofsted say childminder is Good or above then ok to offer funding BUT are there still any requirements that the LA can insist on or ask for as a 'best practice' ?
The level 3 safegaurding used to be a requirement for funding and we were told that no longer applied but now we are been told that as a condition of registration for providing funding it IS a requirement! A colleague has had a really shirty e-mail accusing her of putting children at risk by not doing this course and not abiding by the conditions of registration! She has already done the first half of it - the level 2 just not the top-up bit. She is a very conscientious minder who has done lots of additional courses including Domestic violence and awarenes which highlights very similar issues and was much more in-depth than the level 3 so it's not like she is not aware of issues of doesn't care!
Any advice please?
It's the same old story here of you ask for advice from DO or LA and you get conflicting information, a 'I don't know' or 'I'll check and get back to you'
The person who told her she didn't need to do it is now the person getting shirty at her for not having done it so she doesn't seem to know herself!
The level 3 safegaurding used to be a requirement for funding and we were told that no longer applied but now we are been told that as a condition of registration for providing funding it IS a requirement! A colleague has had a really shirty e-mail accusing her of putting children at risk by not doing this course and not abiding by the conditions of registration! She has already done the first half of it - the level 2 just not the top-up bit. She is a very conscientious minder who has done lots of additional courses including Domestic violence and awarenes which highlights very similar issues and was much more in-depth than the level 3 so it's not like she is not aware of issues of doesn't care!
Any advice please?
It's the same old story here of you ask for advice from DO or LA and you get conflicting information, a 'I don't know' or 'I'll check and get back to you'
The person who told her she didn't need to do it is now the person getting shirty at her for not having done it so she doesn't seem to know herself!