We did talk about a debrief for those that missed the Attendance Service contracts.
Is this still going ahead? When? and if not why?
I was surprised that the contract went to Tu Tama Wahine o Taranaki for the Taranaki region. I am interested to know how that decision came about?
I also see that the position for an Attendance Advisor in South Taranaki has been filled by a person who was not working for their organisation until very recently and I don't believe a job was advertised in the local papers. (as an Attendance Advisor). I guess they have tagged it onto another position within their organisation. This tells me that the work of the Attendance Advisor in Taranaki is not a specialised position any more and I do wonder the wisdom of that.
With my limited dealing with them, but on first impressions I don't have a great lot of faith in their service in supporting our young people in returning to school. Once they eventually contacted me, TTWOT had NO interest in the past District Truancy Services in Taranaki as a supportive service or their historic data. In comparison YMCA was supportive and transparent and willing to work and support the existing services. First impressions stick!
In the end I guess what is done is done and time will tell the rest of the story.
I am keeping the Truancy nz website open and will be recording as much of the history as I can.
Kind Regards
Stephan P Dyer