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Provider Network Event
Summer 2015
Agenda• Welcome and outline of the sessions• Early Years Headcount Portal, Two Year Funding
Checker and EYPP Applications• Common Inspection framework• The Prevent Duty • Safeguarding:
– Learning from serious case reviews– Safer settings networks – feedback
• National roundup• Quality Improvement and Attainment team contacts• Any questions – future training and agenda items.
Provider Network event
Early Years Headcount PortalTwo Year Old Funding checker
EYPP applications
From September 2015 Nottinghamshire will be implementing
two new on-line portals for
PVI providers & schools (EYPP
only)(not childminders, yet)
Parents of 2 year olds
Schools & Childminders• Schools will be set up to be able to apply for EYPP via
the portal from end of September
• They will continue to submit their headcount returns via Erica or S2S
• Childminders will be sent a paper proforma with their headcount instructions on which they can apply for EYPP
PVI providers using Headcount Portal can:
Submit their headcount and amend it at any time until the published ‘lock down’ date.
Carry out an ‘assisted application’ via the DWP eligibility checker for 2 year funding on behalf of a parent who may need support in applying. An instant ‘yes/no’ response will be given to the parent and the setting in the majority of cases*.
Carry out an EYPP application via the DWP eligibility checker for a child by adding the parent/carer details. These applications will be bulk checked by us and the results fed back via portal once a week.
Parents using TYOF Portal can:
Apply for 2 year funding via the DWP eligibility checker and get an instant ‘yes/no’ response in the majority of cases*.
*An instant response is not provided in the case of non economic criteria being checked, e.g. Adoption, LAC, DLA, SEND where we may need to verify the status. Supporting evidence can be uploaded by users of the TYOF portal, if desired. This could speed up processing the application.
Portal Processes for PVIs• Headcount: providers will be set a headcount
‘task’ to add hours to existing children and be able to add new children. A home address will need to be entered for each child.
• EYPP: providers will be able to make an application for each child in their setting. In order to submit the claim the parent/carer details will also need to be submitted as well as those of the child.
EYPP Process
• EYPP: providers will need to enter child details including address.
• EYPP: providers will also need the name, address, date of birth and NI number of at least one parent/carer plus their consent, in order to carry out the check.
• EYPP: more than one parent/carer may be added against a child’s details.
EYPP Process
• EYPP: 53p per funded hour will automatically be added to your headcount claim for each eligible child
• EYPP: the EYPP funding will be paid automatically as part of the balance payment each term.
• EYPP: although it is paid in arrears, providers using the portal will be able to see that they will definitely receive the funding.
EYPP Process
• EYPP: any provider not opting to use the headcount portal will need to submit paper applications to us for manual checking, including childminders.
• EYPP: this will obviously take longer to process than applications via the portal
Headcount Portal screen shots
Providers will receive
an email alerting them
to a new task
Headcount Portal screen shots
Early Childhood Services and you as the provider will be able to see the status of your tasks
Headcount Portal screen shots
When a new task is issued to you, any 3 and 4 year old children highlighted in red will need to have either the parent/carer added or declined for EYPP before submission.
There will be icons for eligibility for EYPP and if a child is claiming funding at two settings where relevant.
TIMELINES
13th JulyProforma issued to providers with the estimate forms requesting NEW and UNIQUE email address per provider
14th AugustClosing date for receipt of proforma
to allow us time to set up the provider accounts
1st September‘Go Live’ date of the 2 year funding
portal for parents
TIMELINES
7th SeptemberAccount details and passwords sent to
providers with the headcount instructions
9th September‘Go Live’ date for provider headcount
portal – providers can access the portal from this date when they have activated
their account.
10th SeptemberAutumn Term Headcount date
Late SeptemberSchools begin to apply for EYPP via
portal
TIMELINES
9th – 13th NovemberEY Data Cleansing (resolving double claimer issues between providers and
with neighbouring authorities)
6th NovemberProvisional ‘lock down’ date
NOTE: no submission = no payment!
16th-20th NovemberBalance payments prepared and
authorised
23rd November Late claimers processed manually
Some suggestions for use of EYPP include :
• Developing the quality of staff through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Paying to attract staff with higher qualifications • Developing a language lead where language development is an issue • Investing in strategies to develop parental involvement and their capacity to
support their children (home visits, transition groups, information meetings, parenting courses, home learning through projects such as REAL/Early Words Together etc)
• Extra staff for improved ratios, interventions or other identified needs eg EAL worker, Family Support worker, play therapist. Pooling resources with other settings in the area could make this affordable.
• Extra time for staff to observe, analyse and plan for children’s specific needs• Peer to peer time within and between settings to share knowledge of
children and families and to share good practice• Packages of specific language interventions
• Specialist Speech and Language time or training• Talk of the Town approach (The Communication Trust)• Early numeracy project• Early Literacy project• Improve outdoor play for self regulation, learning and resilience (especially
boys)• Forest school provision• Organic food/healthy meals• One- off enhanced experiences for children and parents e.g. hatching
chicks • Specialist resources eg spare walking frame for setting for disabled child• Sustaining placement across holiday for continuity
Advice on the use of the EYPP – check the notts website and Education Endowment Foundation website.
Reflection point
• What are you thinking, hearing, feeling about what you understand about EYPP?
• What questions, concerns, issues, ideas do you have for its use?
FEEDBACK
COMMON INSPECTION FRAMEWORK• One Common Inspection Framework supported by separate handbooks for
each remit.
• The CIF handbooks are consistent wherever possible, but recognise differences between sectors.
• The CIF and all remit handbooks have been published.
• Three handbooks – the Common Inspection Framework; the Early years inspection handbook and Safeguarding compliance handbook’.
• Notification of inspection – preschools and nurseries will have half a days
notice
• No prior notification of inspection for inadequate providers OR priority inspections
Inspection judgements• Effectiveness of leadership and management
– Particular focus on the curriculum– Ambitious vision – the impact of the culture of a setting– Safeguarding – not a graded judgement but inspectors will report on
whether its effective or not– Emphasis on British Values– Use and impact of EYPP
• Quality of teaching, learning and assessment – Assessment – emphasis on securing evidence of all kinds of assessment– Parents – strong focus on parents as source of information and partners
in their child’s learning– Teaching – no preferred approach– Learning – characteristics of effective learning
• Personal development, behaviour and welfare – Keeping safe – Self-awareness and understanding of how to be a successful
learner – Social and emotional elements – Attendance – Behaviour – Keeping healthy – Personal development
• Outcomes for children and learners. – CRITICAL FOCUS – the progress of different groups from their STARTING
points.
Overall effectiveness• Strong focus on teaching
• Safeguarding is key
• Takes account of all four judgements
• All judgements are likely to match
https://www.gov.uk/changes-to-education-inspection-from-september-2015
Fundamental British Values in the EY
They are: democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs – all of which are embedded in the EYFS.
1. Democracy – making decisions together – as cited in PSED. focused on self-confidence and self-awareness ie PSED.
2. Rule of Law – understanding rules matter as cited in PSED
3. Individual Liberty – freedom for all – as cited in PSED and Understanding the World
4. Mutual respect and tolerance: treat others as you want to be treated – as cited in PSED and Understanding the World
A minimum approach, for example having notices on the walls or multi-faith books on the shelves will fall short of ‘actively promoting’.
What is not acceptable is:• actively promoting intolerance of other faiths, cultures and races • failure to challenge gender stereotypes and routinely segregate girls
and boys • isolating children from their wider community • failure to challenge behaviours (whether of staff, children or parents)
that are not in line with the fundamental British values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs
• More information go to www.foundationyears.org.uk
The Prevent DutyDepartmental advice for schools and childcare providers
June 2015
What does it mean for YOU?• Staff are able to identify children vulnerable of
radicalisation and know what to do next.• Protecting children from radicalisation should be seen as
wider safeguarding duty• Promote British values as set through EYFS, ie assist
their personal, social and emotional development and understanding of the world.
• Focus on 4 key themes:– Risk Assessment – observe and report any safeguarding concern– Working in partnership – follow NSCB policy and practices– Staff training – Designated Person as a minimum– IT policies – primarily relates to schools
The Prevent Duty – next steps
• Read the government document available from gov.uk
• Access the British Values training on TADO
• Contact [email protected] 0115 854 6440 if necessary
• Await further local guidance and training
BREAK
Learning from Serious Case Reviews for Early
Years Settings
Safeguarding - Managing allegations and concerns
Nottinghamshire County Council
Aim• Reinforce information on managing allegations
and concerns about those working with children processes (LADO)
• Provide information & learning from Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board Serious Case Review (SCR)
The Managing Allegations Procedures Statutory Guidance:
The scope:
• Not limited to allegations involving significant harm or the risk of significant harm
• Applies to those who work (or volunteers) with children
Criteria: Information to indicate the adult may have:
• Behaved in a way that has harmed or may have harmed a child;• Possibly committed a criminal offence against or related to a child
or;• Behaved in a way that indicates that he/she may not be suitable to
work with children
Even apparently less serious allegations should be followed up and examined objectively and independently.
EnquiriesThree strands:
• Police investigation of a possible criminal offence
• Enquiries by children’s social care – child in need of service or of protection
• Consideration by an employer of disciplinary action / regulatory considerations
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) Serious Case Review (SCR) 2013
Case summary:
A relatively new nursery (2006) was graded “good” by Ofsted and then in March 2009 “satisfactory”. It was linked to a community project and governed by a committee.
A 20 year old male nursery worker, the son of the ex-nursery manager, joined a Birmingham nursery on student placement in April 2008 (through his mother’s contacts) eventually becoming a permanent member of staff. He was accused of on-line grooming of a 13 year old from resulting in a Police investigation. He was found to have many indecent images of children on his computer including a recording of a serious sexual assault on a child at the nursery.
He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment (13 ½ years on appeal) after admitting two charges of rape, sixteen counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, twenty-five of making indecent images and three of distributing images.
BSCB conducted a serious case review which identified a number of themes and learning and made a number of recommendations.
Failures:
Across the nursery, FE College, Ofsted and the Local Authority Children’s Social Care and LADO
BSCB SCR themes (1)• Robust and safe recruitment
– Placement found via mother• Consider impact on objectivity of staff and how to safeguard
– Recruiting from within the local community• Importance of qualification and reference checks beyond a reliance
on the DBS• The perpetrator started work before qualification seen• Gives a message that abuse won’t be tolerated • An external inhibitor to abusive behaviour
• Importance of team culture– Factions and cliques discouraged– Equal power and authority
• Safer working practices– i.e. access to phone
• Another clear message and external inhibitor– Effective supervision for staff– Layout of the premises
BSCB SCR themes (2)• Governance issues
– The importance of those with responsibility having safeguarding knowledge i.e. committees
• Importance of professional boundaries– Facebook relationships between parents and staff not appropriate
• Responding to staff & others concerns – should be followed up• Students – importance of quality supervision, support & listening to
their views if identifying concerning practice• Concerns about ‘special relationships’ should be scrutinised by
agencies• Consulting with the LADO where there are concerns• Increase the visibility of the Early years development workers (or
other professionals - could include health visitors) • The need for staff knowledge and understanding of sex offender
behaviour (i.e Finklehore (1984) model) and signs and symptoms of sexual abuse (Finklehor: four preconiditons – motivation to abuse, overcoming internal and external inhibitors and overcoming child’s resistance)
Plymouth SCR Nursery Z: summary
• Operate safer recruitment procedures, including value based interviewing– Emotionally vulnerable member of staff
• Have effective policies and procedures in place which are communicatedto staff, including child protection and intimate care
• Encourage open discussions amongst the staff group about good andpoor practice and facilitate constructive challenge of each other – Cliques & illusions of power
• Ensure that safeguarding is openly discussed and staff are aware of thepossibility that abuse might happen within their workplace
• Have effective whistle blowing procedures• Have safeguards in place where boundaries may be blurred through
friendship networks amongst staff and parents• Encourage communication and contact with parents and ensure they are
kept well informed about their child’s day to day experiences– Prospectus
• Importance of strong governance• Importance of the link between Ofsted and Early Years Service• Need for a positive relationship with Children’s Social Care and the LADO
OFSTED and the LADO• OFSTED will consult with the LADO over an allegation or
concern and agree who will lead and the timing of any OFSTED visit.
• OFSTED may attend strategy meetings• Updates between OFSTED and the LADO
Providers and OFSTED
• Providers to send notifiable incident forms to OFSTED as appropriate
The LADO and the Early Childhood & Early Help Locality Service (ECEHLS)
• The LADO will liaise with the ECEHLS– discuss concerns– agree an approach where appropriate and – share intelligence
OFSTED and the ECEHLS• There needs to be an understanding of when to refer or
share intelligence with OFSTED
Summary - effective working• Robust assessment / investigation / disciplinary• Supportive and fair process (inc. for the person
of concern)• Good communication with all (inc. with person of
concern)• Clear record keeping including decision making• Timely process• Maintain confidentiality• Escalation if the process isn’t progressing
Employer & HR Involvement
• Both may liaise with the LADO
• HR supports the employer in managing the situation
• Liaise with Trades Union officials
• Keep a link with the employee and facilitate support
• Advise the employer according to HR procedures
• Both usually attend the Strategy Meeting
• Represent on formal disciplinary hearings
• Advise on process and the wider potential implications of decisions.
ResourcesBirmingham Safeguarding Children Board SCR http://www.lscbbirmingham.org.uk/images/BSCB2010-11-3.pdf
Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board (NSCB) http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/caring/protecting-and-safeguarding/nscb/
includes links to training events.
Plymouth safeguarding Children Boardhttp://www.plymouth.gov.uk/serious_case_review_nursery_z.pdf
NSCB Managing Allegations Procedureshttp://nottinghamshirescb.proceduresonline.com/chapters/p_man_alleg_concerns.html
Contact details Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) Officers:
For Nurseries, Pre-schools, Schools and FE Colleges: Cheryl Stollery Safeguarding Children in Education Officer (SCEIO)
For all other organisations:Helen AthertonLADO Allegations Officer
01623 433169
For strategic or escalation:Terri JohnsonService Manager Safeguarding (strategic) & LADO0115 9773921
Safer Settings NetworksLocality practice support network for Designated Person to possibly share: • Supervision models• What’s new in safeguarding, ie making sense of policy changes,
such as the Prevent Duty• Managing allegations• Compliance with NSCB policies and procedures• Record keeping and/file audits• Whole family approach• Whistle blowing• Report-writing• Attendance at a case conferences/TAC meetings• Analysis of referral data to SPA/EHU/MASH• Reflections on/from training and implications for practice.
Reflections
• Feedback on:– Purpose– Size– Geography– Frequency– Membership– Pilot areas?
National Roundup • New SEND code of practice – Sept 15 – now embedded,
supported through SENCO networks/training;• F2 Baseline assessments – (on entry to reception as baseline
whereas EYFSP at the end) rolled out Sept15, statutory by Sept 16 when it will replace EYFSP.
• Integrated Review – gradual implementation Sept 15. Brings together EY progress check at 2 and Healthy Child Programme ASQ3.
• Increased hours for 3 & 4 year olds. – upto 30 hours. Some LA pilots from 2016, with full roll out by 2017.
• Govt committed to increasing average funding rates to providers. ‘Call for evidence: Cost of Childcare Review’ is now live on the gov.uk website – closing at 5pm on 10th August 2015 – please contribute!.
Any questions/future agenda items?
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND ATTAINMENT TEAM
West: 01623 4333326 Ashfield : EYST: [email protected] (1.0) and [email protected] (0.5)
Mansfield: EYST: [email protected] (1.0) and [email protected] (0.5) EYQIA: Julie.Gray @nottscc.gov.uk (1.0)North: 01623 520520
Bassetlaw : EYST: [email protected] (1.0) and [email protected] (1.0) (across Bass and N&S)
N&S: EYST: [email protected] (1.0) and [email protected] (0.7) across Newark and Sherwood with 0.1 in South
EYQIA: Julie Maddison (1.0)
South: 0115 854344Broxtowe : EYST: [email protected] (1.0)
Gedling: EYST: [email protected] (1.0) Rushcliffe : EYST: [email protected] (1.0) EYQIA: Ang Julian (1.0), Julie Whaley (0.5)
