Answers to Peter Sandifords questions from Presentation QUESTIONS: - PDF document

Annex 1 Answer’s to Peter Sandiford’s questions from Presentation QUESTIONS: No. 1 What has ICHA Achieved No. 2 What would you like more of? No. 3 What would you like less of? No. 4 What would you need in the first 6 months? No. 5 What do you want in the next 12 months? No. 6 What are you looking for in the next 5 years? 1. Voice for sector 86% 2. More regional meetings 3. Non-targeted information 4. Vision - start 5. Do more of the vision – cross-discipline co-operation 6. Increased membership more effective voice sector brought together. 1. Bringing providers together. 2. Members – reach 3. – 4. Smooth transition – maintaining key values 5. Bring fostering on board 6. Seat on key strategic government led boards. A partner not a lobbyist. 1. Recognition 2. Relationship with Ofsted to improve (lessen the negative) 3. Fragmentation of sector/make children more central 4. Unity & continuation. Transition of knowledge 5. Achieve number 2 with Ofsted. Grow membership and partnerships but in an agreed way (fostering etc) 6. Recognition with other bodies, work more with other bodies – public image and knowledge. 1. More visibility 2. More legal challenge of LA 3. Less of useless transitions 4. CEO – more changes to children & residential board 5. Standardised inspections 6. Theory built into commissioning. 1 ICHA/AGM/7.2.19

1. Voice 2. Lobbying 3. – 4. Relationships 5. Participation 6. Inclusive 1. Credible voice 2. Confidence 3. Being a second-class citizen 4. Visit the homes and get to know the sector 5. Know the sector really well 6. To use info to drive sector forward 1. A voice & presence 2. Closer interface with Ofsted 3. Frameworks 4. Greater membership & solidarity/regional meetings 5. – 6. Improved collegiate working with central govt. RESPONSES BY EMAIL 1. I think giving children’s homes a collective voice at the highest level has been excellent and effective. We now have an influence. This is the priority and has been done very well by Jonathon. 2. • Bulletins an excellent source of information. • Practical tools and advice. • Model responses to LA issues-again often helpful. 3. • Less “urgent and important” emails -they rarely are and it makes me question the organisations focus and priorities. I recently came back from a week ’ s leave and found about 30 e-mails from ICHA-all of them urgent and important apparently! • More focus on children’s home and less on side issues. We don’t hav e to campaign or be involved in everything. Yes, there is a bigger picture but ICHA is in danger of diluting its energies too much. • Too much energy spent in needless and pointless conflict. • (We are a member of both and NAFP are less reactive more considered and more focussed by comparison with ICHA), 4. Bring the thoughtful and considered approach you have shown in your documents that were circulated into ICHA’s work. 5. Don’t let the agenda be set by the big providers. 6. Let’s see what Brexit brings then ask me again! 2 ICHA/AGM/7.2.19

1. Opportunities to share RI experiences, positives, challenges and CPD examples. 2. Further advance notice of upcoming events, I often struggle to attend due to prior diary commitments so a 12-month schedule would address that challenge. 3. Opportunity to discuss children’s learning disability homes experiences with ICHA members in this area. 4. Consider national themed meetings based on the different sectors in ICHA. E.g. allowing national LD, autism and specialist providers to come together. 5. We would like to extend an invitation to Peter to visit our services (we respect that he might not be able to accommodate this though). 3 ICHA/AGM/7.2.19