Providing the public with access to information about their local pre-school service by standardising how the information is collected and reported.

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Providing the public with access to information
about their local pre-school service by
standardising how the information is collected
and reported.
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Pre-School Standardisation Project

• Caroline Cullen
• Children, Youth and Families Directorate,
• Office of the CEO, HSE

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Pre-School Standardisation Project

• Why we are carrying out this project?
• What do we want to achieve?
• How are we going about it?

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Why we are carrying out this project?

• Need for transparent information
• Lack of standardisation
• Whole system approach
• Improve quality

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What do we want to achieve?

• Objectives
• 1 To provide a Standardised Inspection Report
• 2 To standardise the Business Process

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How are we going about it?

• Project Team established June 2006
• Sub-project groups
• A. Standardisation of Inspection Tool and
  Inspection Report
• B. Complaints Procedures
• C. Advisory Guidelines.
• Reference Group
• Advisors

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How are we going about it?

• Principles
• to support Pre-School Inspectors by providing
  useful and effective tools that respect their
  professional judgement
• to enable the inspection process to become more
  transparent and informative to the public
• to enhance the quality of the pre-school service
  to facilitate parents to make informed judgements
  about their childrens care
• to ensure children have access to the highest
  quality pre-school service available.

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How are we going about it?

• Communication Strategy
• Key Audiences
• 1. HSE Corporate/Office of the CEO
• 2. HSE National Steering Group
• 3. Project Team
• 4. Inspectors Forum
• 5. Inspectors / Reference Group
• 6. Inspectors Line Managers
• 7. HSE Internal Supports
• 8. Providers representative orgs and CC Comms.

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How are we going about it?

• Communication Strategy
• Key Audiences (cont.)
• 9. DOHC/ OMC
• 10. Freedom of Information Office
• 11. Social Services Inspectorate
• 12. National Parents Council
• 13. Legal Representative
• 14. Ombudsman for Children
• 15. Consumer Association of Ireland
• 16. General Public

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