, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny session with Social Care Wales
Thanks. I really appreciate that. Thank you. Thanks, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny session with Social Care Wales
Thank you for that. Obviously, you've touched on the social services practitioner course, and I think this will go some way towards helping with what I'm just about to ask you, and that's that we have heard concerns from front-line practitioners that social…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny session with Social Care Wales
Yes. Just a quick question on that earn and learn—that sounds a fantastic way forward, actually, an attractive option. Is that something that's done in other parts of the UK?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny session with Social Care Wales
Yes, of course.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny session with Social Care Wales
So, it comes down to numbers and making sure that we present it as a career option rather than just a part-time thing.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny session with Social Care Wales
Sorry.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny session with Social Care Wales
Okay. One of your four statutory objectives is to promote and maintain public confidence, of course, in social care workers, yet the committee have heard directly from children and young people of the huge disruption and upset that they and their families…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny session with Social Care Wales
Thank you, Chair. During our inquiry into care-experienced children, we heard significant concerns, of course—we've already touched on it today—about unmanageable case loads in children's social services, and how they impact on social work practice. How…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms - evidence session
I understand. Thank you very much. Those are my questions. They've all been answered.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms - evidence session
Yes, absolutely. Okay, so you think the consent order is the way forward in terms of, hopefully, stopping that.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms - evidence session
We just needed clarity on that. And in the event of non-compliance, what other options are available for families other than, of course, the expensive one that you've outlined and the far from ideal option?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms - evidence session
Thank you. You've told us a lot about—. Compliance with orders is what I want to ask you about. You've told us about the consent order, which I think is a brilliant way forward in terms of ensuring that those things are carried out, and that you've come to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms - evidence session
Yes.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms - evidence session
Thank you for coming in today—we really appreciate it. It's really interesting what you say. That's what we all recognise, that the problems across Wales are the 22 different interpretations of the ALN Act. And however welcome it is, and however much the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Yes, of course, I think it concerns us all that children are being placed in B&B settings. Even if you say it's okay for some people, there are a lot of concerns around that that I get just from my own constituency work. We know, obviously, of the housing…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Yes. Okay, thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
But have you—? What I mean is, have you looked at it, and do you have any thoughts on it, how better we can make it, in terms of to make it easier to become—with the safeguarding still there, obviously?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
I think you're very right—just from my own area, I know there's a massive problem in recruiting foster carers, bringing them in and attracting them. As you say, in a cost-of-living crisis, that's one of the problems. But with the new changes making it very…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Business Minister, I'd like to request a statement from the education Minister on why he has decided to quietly pull the £1 million grant that helps subsidise the Education Workforce Council registration for teaching assistants. Pulling subsidy on the EWC…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I would like to request a statement, business Minister, please, from the Deputy Minister for sport. In the past day or so, UK Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, has announced that he supports a ban on biological men competing against women in sport. This, of…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, since you entered office, Welsh education can be summed up with one word: failure. Since you became First Minister, your Government has cut education budgets to the bone year on year in cash terms—£56 million was the most recent one. The…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. What progress has the Welsh Government made towards improving education over the last six years? OQ60825
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Okay. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
My final question is on post-16 education for additional learning needs young people. I'm very aware, and maybe the Chair is too, I think, of Wellies farm in Newport, which is doing fantastic work, teaching skills to post-16 ALN learners, promoting…
