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TRAINING AND THE NEW ACT BARBARA REID JOAN ROSE

TRAINING AND THE NEW ACT BARBARA REID JOAN ROSE. LESSONS FROM THE PAST. 1996 Creation of the NDPB – Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration Move from Regional to Unitary local government – 32 new authorities Children (Scotland) Act 1995. The fears / tensions. Everything was changed

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TRAINING AND THE NEW ACT BARBARA REID JOAN ROSE

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  1. TRAINING AND THE NEW ACT BARBARA REID JOAN ROSE

  2. LESSONS FROM THE PAST 1996 • Creation of the NDPB – Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration • Move from Regional to Unitary local government – 32 new authorities • Children (Scotland) Act 1995

  3. The fears / tensions • Everything was changed • New people, new roles and new responsibilities • Everyone had to be re-trained • There would be mass resignations • Need for an extra large recruitment

  4. The problems • Training staff – 2 in Glasgow; 1.5 in Edinburgh; 1.5 St Andrews and 1 Aberdeen to undertake the work • Staffing limited the availability of training • No-one to learn from – no past experience on this scale • In the West the very large groups and even in other areas larger than was usual • Resistance by some to retraining • Re-training and induction training running in tandem

  5. The reality • Training officers coped • Members on the whole were understanding / tolerant • Training was well received and prepared everyone for the brave new world • These was no mass resignation • The system went on without any major problems

  6. THIS TIME ROUND? ... • Likely to be January to April 2012 • At this stage can’t predict length with any accuracy – possibly one and a half days • Need to know final shape of Bill and secondary legislation • Need views of national convener

  7. Taking account of views • We will try to ensure training is only as long as it needs to be • No padding! • We will provide advance reading so face to face sessions more about clarifying and exploring issues in groups

  8. Who will be trained? • All serving panel members • CPAC (or whatever they are called) • Safeguarders • Reporters: essential training is co-ordinated with pm training • No new intake in January 2012 • Changes need to become familiar before new pms unleashed

  9. What we will need from you • Commitment to respond on time and attend training you sign up for • One of the lessons of 1997 is there will need to be a cut-off date • Everyone will know what it is • Only exceptional cases will be taken into consideration for catch-up • PMs will need to complete training before they can go on rota

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