ECC Update New/Updated Procedures and Guidelines ● Child Protection Risk Assessment Procedures (step 7 of the Safety Check) � ECC have updated their Risk Assessment Procedures, and created separate procedures for new and existing staff. The procedures are substantial and very detailed, outlining each step to take during safety checking and the risk assessments to carry out under GMA7a. � Risk Assessment Procedure for Existing Employees � Risk Assessment Procedure for New Employees � (These can be found under centre support/child protection on www. ecc.org.nz) � The new procedure provides a way to ensure centres document the completion of the seven-step safety check process including the documenting of the risk assessment that you did. This last aspect was a common non-compliance issue found in a very large number of ERO’s Akarangi assurance reviews in 2022. ECC monitors points of common failure like this so we can support centres to ensure they are compliant. ● Immunisation Registers � ECC have also created a guideline for Immunisation Registers which can be found under centre support/health & safety/tools & templates/guidelines ECC Update Nau mai, haere mai The Early Childhood Council (ECC) warmly welcomes the following early learning centres that recently joined the ECC: ● Te Wharemarie Tamariki, Wellington ● Born & Raised Pasifika, Whanganui ● Te Aroha o te Ngakau, Rotorua ● Otatara Preschool, Invercargill ● Taonga Education Centre; Potiki Early Childhood Centre; Kakano Early Childhood Centre; Homai Ngā Taonga Early Childhood Centre; Ngā Taonga Manako Early Childhood Centre; Aranga Early Childhood Centre; Eden Campus Early Learning Centre; Ngā Taonga Aroha Early Childhood Centre, Auckland ● Bell Block Community Nest, New Plymouth ● Little Wings, Auckland Recent ECC press releases: ● Extended Pay Parity still leaves providers short Early learning providers are being advised to check the numbers carefully before opting into the government’s Extended Pay Parity. ● ERO reports highlight need for early learning regulation overhaul New Zealand’s early learning regulations have become a punishment regime, without support and recognition for centres who strive to exceed minimum standards says the Early Childhood Council. ● Unfunded minimum wage increase to hit early learning budgets Early learning providers have no option but to absorb the government’s unfunded minimum wage increase into budgets already stretched to breaking point. To read the full articles and to continue to keep-up-to-date with ECC news and current issues and the support ECC is offering go to, https://www.ecc.org.nz/news&media/news March 2023 { 10 }
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