Children’s Centres
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Ofsted/childrens Centres
by Guest- 5 replies
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Hi Just wondering if anyone who works in a childrens centre as had a Ofsted visit yet. We have been told we could rexpect a visit early in the new year and are not too sure what to expect? We are doing the usual preparations (Core offer, EYFS, Safeguarding etc)Any advice would be welcome, thanks, unsworth.
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Now we have a new PM, what do you think the future will be for the Surestart children' centre? Love to hear from you all Kate
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Family Support Worker
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Hi - still panicking about my interviews at the end of this week and trying to gain as much info as poss. Just wondering whether any other FSW's are employed by Action for Children? and if so how are you 'managed' within the Children's Centre - do you have a line manager within easy reach?
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Parent Panel
by Guest- 9 replies
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Hi Absolutely new territory to me but can any of you experts out there inform me of the role of a Parent Panel (based in a Children's Centre)? Also who is actually on the Panel - is it made up entirely of all parents or other representatives? Have googled but it comes up with all sorts of types Parent Panels and nothing too specific. I eagerly await your responses. Thank you
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The Governments inquiry into the impact and effectiveness of Children's Centres has been published. You can read it here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/c...h/130/13003.htm
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Presentation Help!
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Hi i'm new to this site and am really hoping someone here might be able to help. I am the manager of a day nursery and have just got through to stage two of a tender application to work in partnership with a new childrens centre opening locally. As part of this stage I have to carry out a 15 minute presentation on the following topic "How do you ensure that children are involved in the delivery of the Every Child Matters outcomes?" with emphasis on: - how views are noted - inclusion of views from children in venerable groups Not sure where to start and only have til tuesday! Its a panel of 5 people I have to present my info to. Any ad…
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I was wondering if anyone has experience of setting up a multi agency meeting after receiving a CAF and been appointed as the lead professional. I have set a meeting date and plan to contact all the professionals who are involved with the CAF. I have contacted the parent and will be visiting them next week. I have attended 'core conference meetings' beofre, in these meetings they have a chair person and someone to take the minutes, each person also has a reserved name place and each take it in turns to talk about the child/family. The chair person is able to bring the meeting back on track and keep to the focus if it wanders off. Is this the same way a multi agency meeti…
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Planning For Sessions In Childrens Centre 1 2
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how do you plan for sessions such as messy play, stay and play and story time in your children centre? Also do you have individual files for each child that visits the centre? It is our plan to do this starting in new year I think its a good idea but quite a task!!! Does anyone else do this and what info do you put in the file. We are keeping ours very simple- a photo of the child,personal details, childs likes/dislikes.
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Safeguarding Statement
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I'm trying to find a safeguarding statement that we can have on our display board for parents. we have a policy but i have been asked to summarise such a detailed thing into a few lines...
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Job Interview Help Please!
by Guest- 1 follower
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Hi everyone, not sure if this is the right place to put this topic!! I have an interview in 3 weeks time for a learning development manager in a children's centre. It is my dream job and I really really want to be successful! I am currently a Foundation Stage coordinator in a primary school so this would be a big change. I'm just wondering if anyone has any ideas about what questions I may be asked or any reading I can do over half term to study for my interview?? Thanks in advance!!
