i got a smilar file anyhow - only keep blank aperwork in it - ob sheets etc as easier to find then lol
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i got a smilar file anyhow - only keep blank aperwork in it - ob sheets etc as easier to find then lol
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I think it all boils down to where you keep your box.
If it is in the hall by the front door where anyone could grab it when you open the door then yes, it is not suitable storage! If it is in your bedroom behind wardrobe doors then it is fine.
I think ICP course tutors occasionally go OTT
Pauline x
This thread has reminded me to fix mine!
Its a metal lockable one, but i stood on it once when i was trying to reach something (only 5ft 3 so need a bit of help!) and now its bent out of place a little so the lock doesn't click down. Need DP to push it back.
Nobody has tried to steal it so far....they would have to go in to the playroom -that is a task in itself some days- then know where to look for it.
What do we need to keep in the "lockable" container and what can we keep on the shelves?
The NCMA file is flimsy and it has Childminder written all over it. Literally. Like labeling something TOP SECRET to stop people looking. I use mine for blank forms etc but thats all.
Well I have only just got the NCMA box, which is lockable with a padlock and that will have to do tbh. What's the most terrible thing that can happen - if I get burgled are they really going to run off with a blinking purple plastic box rather than all my wordly goods????? No-one who comes into my home are in the least bit interested in stuff about the kids I mind, so they're not going to rifle through it and I'm here anyway. I keep saying the same thing I WANT TO LOOK AFTER CHILDREN - I am not a teacher, I am not an admin assistant and my home is NOT a flipping multi-national company with lockable metal files all over the place. I look after children in my home. Ofsted need to get a grip.
The more people I meet the more I love my dog
But.....I will have it in a locked box, my house
all my paperwork is kept in box files when child leaves or lever arch when still in my setting then they are kept on a shelf in my office,ofsted have never queried this
We had a laugh on our ICP how the boxes were lockable, but could be unfolded. But we were assured that these were Ofsted approved. My inspector never mentioned anything about it, and I got it out in front of her to demonstrate my confidentiality. I am not about to get a safe hidden behind some posed oil painting portrait of myself set into my cavity wall!
Live & let live
just reading all the repies that were posted whilst I was typing.....made me giggle, so to round of what has beeen a pretty s**t day for my, I'm gonna go to bed on that note. thanks for the laugh people, night night. xxxx
Live & let live
My sparkly new white NCMA box came with a padlock so whats the problem ?? it's kept locked lol
Well I can assure everyone that my box is firmly secured!
So glad i read this, i am giggling away happily lol
ha ha ha I have heard that in my area if you get burgled the first thing that the burgler will check is your fridge and your freezer Lots of Poles live here and they all think Poles keep money in the FRIDGE....
I got that metal lockable box from WHSmiths and was actually going to screw it into my wardrobe...
I eventually was given a wooden, lockable file cabinet and I already find it usefull!
I think if you're confident you could challenge the Ofsted Inspector to show you where it mentions in the Statutory Framework that confidential information has to be kept in a locked filing cabinet - page 39 says that "there should be a suitable, secure area for the storage of confidential information" - no mention of locked, so I would argue that as long as whereever you kept it was suitable and secure ie your NCMA box in a high cupboard out of sight of visitors then that should be fine, if your visitors tend to rummage in your cupboards then you may have to rethink!
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