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Simona
Smiley...it sounds like Sue Robb gave the same presentation as we received months ago and where she was unable to answer questions from some very well informed CMs. I provided feedback on that
Did she give you a Power Point presentation?
She did also talk about 2 year olds ...of course she needs to push that agenda
I am not sure who the application has to be sent to...but I would say Ofsted as they will be registering the agency...4 Children is the 'agent' of the DfE and agencies themselves...a middleman who gets lots of funding for doing so.
LAs becoming an agency?...yes she covered that too and made it sound a good choice for cms
at the very same meeting our EY team announced they want to become an agency, have surveyed us and parents and we now await the result
Bunyip....What is an agency?: an Ofsted registered body that will take over the basic function of registering and inspecting CMs via their individual system...although some cms will still be picked for an inspection that only relates to the support received from the agency...NOT...the care provided to children...rather self defeating when safeguarding is top of the agenda
This means a lot of money saved by Ofsted
A group of cms or any other body that offers support and vacancy filling is not registered with Ofsted...they exist and some work very well indeed in keeping independent cms going...some even arrange for training and peer support
The issue of cms being thrown out by an agency or looking to switch to another has been addressed by Ofsted...I am sorry I cannot recall the title of that document but will try to locate it
These are very unclear issues and CMs need to keep raising questions and...surely... Ofsted will ensure these are embedded in a registration framework and the terms offered by an agency to potential members?
Kiddleywinks....some are taking the Social Enterprise route and that may be an acceptable model...there is no rule on which model to follow...that is how I understand it.
There is no clear information so every thing I still an assumption and keeping fingers crossed
I will say this again and make no apology for the repetition...if you have an OBC in your area please feed your concerns there