The first Early Excellence Centre (EEC) to have a joint Ofsted and Social Services inspection has been given top marks for its work.EECs provide integrated early education, care and family support. The Hillfields Centre in Coventry provides full-day, full year, care and education for children from 0-5. Other services include a creche, a parents group, weekly doctor’s visits, support for parents with learning difficulties and other family support.
Pressure is mounting on the Government to reward local government for modernising with a modernised system of financing.So far the Labour administration has done little to change the carrot and stick approach to local government finance.
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Friedman B, Hatch J, Walker DSummarizes the arguments for seeing people as having value, rather than as costs. Describes Arthur Andersen’s method of human-capital appraisal, and includes a selection of short summaries of best practice drawn from Arthur Andersen’s global best-practice database. Includes worksheets and case studies. Gives a generous insight into how one of the world’s leading practices looks at engineering HR: while the consultancy advertises itself in the process, this does not detract from the book’s overall aim. Makes no mention of the acquisition, growth and transfer of knowledge, and the word ‘competence’ does not appear in the index.
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