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Maria
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 Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:04 pm Post subject: Childcare help could be illegal |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8277378.stm
| Quote: | Parents in England who regularly look after friends' children and receive a "reward" for doing so must register as childminders, regulator Ofsted says.
It said most parents would be exempt but those who babysat for more than two hours at a time, or for more than 14 days per year, should be registered.
The "reward" could be money or free baby-sitting in return, it said.
The warning comes after Ofsted told two policewomen to end an arrangement to care for each other's children.
According to the Mail on Sunday, Ofsted told two detective constables, Leanne Shepherd, from Milton Keynes, and Lucy Jarrett, from Buckingham, to end their arrangement.
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Maria
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Is 'the state' able to make sensible decisions on our behalf anymore. Was it ever able to? I am perplexed.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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Fia
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Methinks there's more to this than meets the eye...
How did Ofsted get involved? The state, and its quangos, have nothing to do with private arrangements, which imho seems in this case to be women doing what we do so well - co-operating.
Only if they were trying to claim childcare costs should Ofsted have any input... the real story is doubtless well different from that reported, the mail group of newspapers has it's own agenda and i would recommend stories generated from them treated with a very large pinch of salt...
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lachlanandmarcus
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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so on the one hand the Govt wants women out at work, not with their children, and on the other hand, doesnt let them look after each others children informally.
If its not for money and its mums doing it then I dont believe it should be regulated. The risks of abuse from women and particularly mums is tiny, the legislation should be covering the risky situations.
TBH I dont think its any of the governments business!
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baldowrie
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:27 am Post subject: |
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more nanny state!
I agree with Fia there is more to this. OFSTED look to me to have operated outside their remit. And how did they find out? Someone has a grudge clearly |
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lachlanandmarcus
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:26 am Post subject: |
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OFSTEDs remit has recently been widened to cover all the care services as well as the education they did before. So it could be within the new remit.
Agree someone must have triggered the investigation....nice :-(
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Sunflower
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There's an article on the bbc news site here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8277378.stm
I find the whole story horrible on many levels, from the amount of money Ofsted must be wasting on this, to the fact that someone obviously reported them, and the implications of the whole thing.
At least a review has been ordered and people are challenging the situation as it is.. |
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baldowrie
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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apparently is was one of their neighbours...I suspect this neighbour would not be adverse to making other complaints and nuisances for these women either.
Some people have nother better to do other than try and make anothers life a misery! |
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lachlanandmarcus
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lets hope their neighbour lives a life entirely without blame or transgression of any civil or criminal law - which is pretty hard under this governments sloppy lawmaking, I reckon everyone is a criminal these days whether they know it or not! 
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