We have been given our final date.
The Hastings District Truancy Service will cease to exist, on the 19/12/12.
All plant and equipment we have is to be passed on to the new provider.
The pc we use will have a new HARD DRIVE so no transference of info as far as i am concerned as the privacy act takes precedence.
Another thing which puzzles me is this.
DTS officers operate under sec 31 of the education act.
The new advisers operate under what act?
They aren't Truancy Officers.
Just wondering
I was surprised when I saw which providers got which areas.
Thank you once again Stephan for the provision of this site for all Truancy Officers to use.
And to all those fired up people with passion and heart and soul committed T.O's. we were like a family. We networked together,and took ideas from each other to try and further our walk as T.O's.
We have been asked to supply our contact details to our new provider this Friday 07/12/12
by the local MOE office.
Fare Well my friends its been a pleasure meeting you all.
Yours Sincerely
GW.
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Response
I would guess that the new provider will want you. If they are wise.
The MoE were asked if the New Integrated Attendance Service was to work under Section 31 Education Act 1989 at the road show. Their reply was yes.
I find it interesting that the MoE have asked you to hand over your PC and plant.
Plant/PC etc are NOT the property of the MoE as they are NOT the employer (their statement)
But in the end it depends on the committee's and where they want to stand.
They have your Milestone information and your Environmental Scan.
So basically they have ALL the Intellectual Information they require.
I would check your contract regarding 'Intellectual Property'.
When they were questioned on that one they said it was in the DTS agreement.
Its actually NOT in the current one that DTS's are working from.
In the end the MoE are purely the funder's of the DTService and the authors of the contract/agreement. (though the MoE do seem to be a Law unto themselves)
Legal advice on this one is:
The MoE need to be very careful what they ask of from DTS's as their agreement may not cover what they are asking.
If they 'are' referring to Intellectual Property, this usually has to do with employer/employee relationships.
Again they made it very clear that the MoE is NOT the employer of the Truancy Officers.
This was written to ALL, DTS's regarding the closing of the Services email.
If they now say that they are the employers. The DTS Truancy Officers need to approach them for redundancy payments.
The mind boggles with what they are doing. I would love to know who is advising them?
OF INTEREST
From THE RED BOOK -9. EMPLOYMENT
9.1 Employment of Attendance Officers and other Truancy Workers
9.2 Attendance Officers and their Appointment
The 1989 Education Act, Section 31, allows schools, Boards of Trustee's to appoint Attendance Officers. If your DTS wishes to work through Attendance Officers, it is necessary to arrange for these people to be named by the schools involved.
When naming someone as an Attendance Officer, Boards must take the same care as they would in employing someone. It is essential that Attendance Officers work safely with young people.
Question:
- When did they change the Law to have Attendance/Truancy Officers outside the Schools?
- Are they protected by the Law (Sec31 Edu Act) when working 'outside' the schools boundaries?