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Wednesday 22 February 2017
1. Free Entitlement Spring term actuals payments –
advance notice
For all submissions
that met the deadline, please be advised that you can expect your Spring term
Free Entitlement actual payments week
commencing 27 February 2017.
Don’t forget you can
log back on to the Online Provider Portal to view a summary of payments
expected. Please follow the ‘How To Help Guide’ available on www.westsussex.gov.uk/ecsportal Provider Portal - Help and
Guidance page.
If you have any
queries, please contact the Family Information Service Specialist Team on
01243 777807 or email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk.
2. Free Entitlement Summer Term Estimates – now open
The Online Provider
Portal (OPP) will open on 22 February 2017
for you to submit summer term estimates for Free Entitlement 2, 3 and 4
Year Olds. The deadline for estimate submissions is 17 March 2017.
It’s quick
and easy! Please follow the guidance titled ‘How to submit estimates’ available
here.
Remember we
need the total number of FE hours
expected to be claimed in Headcount week
only. Our system will automatically calculate the estimated total number
of FE hours for the term.
Headcount
day for summer term is: Thursday 11 May 2017.
You must
ensure that you have submitted your claim for funded 2, 3 and 4 year olds
through the OPP by the deadline. Failure to do so will mean payments will not
be made until after headcount has been processed. Please see the attached
document ‘Important Information - FE Summer 17 term Estimates’ for further
information.
Please do not submit your actual data at this
time. If you do, this information will be overwritten and lost. We only require
estimate information at present and we will request your actuals data in due
course.
If
you have any questions, please contact the Family Information Service
specialist team on 01243 777807 or email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk
Attachments: Important information FE Summer 17 term estimates.pdf
3. Inclusion Funding – Spring Term Claims
For
those settings that have had Inclusion Funding agreed for the Spring Term, the Online
Provider Portal (OPP) will be open for claim submissions on Monday 6 March and
will remain open until Friday 17 March.
Please
ensure that you refer to the ‘How to claim child-level funding’ guidance prior
to submitting your claim. The guidance can be found here
(then
click on the Help and Guidance PDF).
For those settings
that were sent an Inclusion Funding Claim form, please return these by Friday
17 March so that your claim can be processed.
4. Staff Module – Frequently Asked Questions
The
Workforce Development team have compiled a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’
document to collate answers to the most common queries settings have about the
Staff Module. We hope these will help to support your use of the Staff Module.
The document will be available on the WSCC webpages in the future, so please
check for further updates.
If you
would like to submit a question to be added to the document or provide feedback
on your experience using the Staff Module, please email Workforce.Development@westsussex.gov.uk.
As we come
to the close of the financial year, please take this opportunity to ensure your
staff lists are up to date via the Staff Module. During April, we estimate that
it will take up to 21 working days to process your staff changes. An update in
February / March will support the calculation of rates and processing Training
Subscription Scheme applications in April allowing you to make the best use of
your new subscription and access to courses.
Please
find the Provider Portal and the ‘Provider Portal -help and guidance’ document here
Attachments: Staff Module FAQ.pdf
5. Additional Child Protection Refresher Courses
We are pleased to announce that we have booked
some additional Child Protection Refresher Training due to high demand. All
waitlisters have been contacted and we still have spaces on the following two
courses:
- ST063S – IN Child Protection
Refresher – Wednesday 14 March 2017 – 9:30am – 12:30pm – Pavillions in the
Park, Horsham.
- ST063S – IN Child Protection
Refresher – Tuesday 28 March 2017 – 9:30am – 12:30pm – Chichester College,
Chichester.
Course overviews for all courses are available here.
If you would like to book a place on this
course you can do so via the online portal at www.westsussex.gov.uk/ecsportal or contact the Family Information Service on
01243 777807 quoting the course code and your training subscription number.
6. Scheduled Expression of Interest Courses
The following three Expression of Interest
Courses have been scheduled:
-
EY100S Specific Areas of
Learning and Development: Wednesday 29 March and Wednesday 5 April, 9:30am –
3:30pm – Chichester College, Chichester.
-
EY013S Monitoring
Children’s Progress – Leaders Course: Monday 6 and 13 March, 9:30am – 3:30pm
– Field Place, Worthing.
-
EY150S Policies and
Procedures: Wednesday 22 March, 9:30am – 3:30pm – The Charmandean Ceantre,
Worthing.
-
BR017N Provider Portal Workshop: Friday 17 March, 1.00pm - 3.00pm - Littlehampton Children and Family Centre, Littlehampton
-
BR017N Provider Portal Workshop: Monday 20th March, 1.00pm - 3.00pm - Bewbush Children and Family Centre, Crawley
Course overviews are available here.
As part of the Portal Portal Workshops, we are able to assist with any specific queries you may have. If you have something you would like to discuss, please bring along your portal log in details.
If you would like to book a place on these courses you can do so via the online portal at www.westsussex.gov.uk/ecsportal or contact the Family Information Service on
01243 777807 quoting the course code and your training subscription number.
7. Child Protection and Safeguarding Training Pathways
The website below advises which Child
Protection and Safeguarding Training Pathways Early Years and Childcare
Practitioners should be following.
The information is available at: http://www2.westsussex.gov.uk/early_years_and_childcare/stat-cp.pdf
8. Purchase Left at Business Conference
An attendee at the recent Business Conference purchased a product from the toy stall. It was due to be collected by the attendee at the end of the day, but unfortunately it was left behind. If you think this was you, please contact the Family Information Service on 01243 777807 and ask to speak to the Specialist Team.
9. West Sussex Safeguarding Children's Board Survey
It is important for the West Sussex Safeguarding
Children’s Board to understand the current knowledge and skills of the
workforce in identifying and tackling neglect.
In order to do this please click on the link below to
carry out a short questionnaire which should take you no more than 10 minutes to complete.
https://haveyoursay.westsussex.gov.uk/care-wellbeing-education/b8a8caa1
Your response will be used to plan the most effective way
to provide information and training to the workforce around this type of abuse.
We value your input into this piece of work and value
your feedback.
The closing date for completion is Friday 17th March.
Upcoming Key Dates
Date What's Happening?
W/C 27/02/17 SI001N INCO/SENCO Networks start
17/03/17 Summer Term FE Estimate Deadline
Previously on the Weekly Broadcast
Forgotten to action a broadcast item? You can’t remember which Broadcast the information was in? Below is a list of headlines from the previous 4 weeks' Weekly Broadcasts. If you would like a copy of a previous broadcast please click on the hyperlinks below.
Wednesday 15 February 2017
- Are you ready for September 2017?
- Safer Recruitment for Settings Training
- Guidance on infection control in schools and other childcare settings
- FREE Learn, Explore, Debate (LED) Events
Wednesday 6 February 2017
- Bruising in children who are not 'Independently Mobile'
Wednesday 1 February 2017
- Important information about Early Years Funding (FE Providers Only)
- Minding the Gap Conference
- PHE Immunisation Newsletter January 2017
- Premises available for an Early Years setting
Wednesday 25 January 2017
- Final reminder to all Free Entitlement providers - Early Years Census 2017, mandatory return
- Final Reminder - Free Entitlement Spring term actuals – deadline Thursday 26 January
- Tax Free Childcare – Have you received your invitation?
- 30 hours FREE Training - Use them or lose them!
- School Recruitment Fair: Give children the best start in life
- The Affordable Warmth Scheme
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