20th December 2004, 11:29 AM
Sadly.... and with a bit of grumbling on our part... yes....
When in teh 1990s NPPG16 came in it was supposed to create two separate streams.... Contractors who carried out the work and Curators who evaluate and check the work.... This has remained in some counties a bit of a grey area... where some Curators even share the same phone line as the contracting arm.... I personally would never work as a contractor in my own county as I feel hte words conflict of interest come in to play...
"So BAJR... have you done the work to the correct level"
"Yes I have BAJR"
"Thats good BAJR"
"Yes it is "
"Job Passed then"
etc
The IFA are a relatively small organisation in terms of staffing... and so if a complaint or whatever comes in about a Unit in the North of England or Scotland... only a Curator is close enough and has enough clout to go and investigate.
Now here we can diverge and ask who watches the watchers..?
ALGAO ?? IFA??? standards??? Complaints?? etc etc.
When in teh 1990s NPPG16 came in it was supposed to create two separate streams.... Contractors who carried out the work and Curators who evaluate and check the work.... This has remained in some counties a bit of a grey area... where some Curators even share the same phone line as the contracting arm.... I personally would never work as a contractor in my own county as I feel hte words conflict of interest come in to play...
"So BAJR... have you done the work to the correct level"
"Yes I have BAJR"
"Thats good BAJR"
"Yes it is "
"Job Passed then"
etc
The IFA are a relatively small organisation in terms of staffing... and so if a complaint or whatever comes in about a Unit in the North of England or Scotland... only a Curator is close enough and has enough clout to go and investigate.
Now here we can diverge and ask who watches the watchers..?
ALGAO ?? IFA??? standards??? Complaints?? etc etc.