Dear All
We pay support workers if there is less than 7 days notice.
If there is a genuine medical/disability reason for
non-attendance e.g hospital appointment or chronic fatigue then we will allow
the support worker to take notes (if we know in advance!).
Otherwise wait 20 minutes, phone office and leave site.
Ann
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From:
Claire Wickham [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 16 January 2009 16:20
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Notice period for
support
At UWE we pay Support Workers a cancellation fee if
there is less than 7 days' notice. If a lecturer announces at the end of
a session that the slot for the following week has been cancelled, this is
held to be one week's notice. Freelance support workers (e.g. BSL
interpreters) may submit their own T&Cs.
Our guidelines for notes to be taken in the absence of
the student are almost identical to Trish's, except that we don't specify that
students must get permission from academic staff to miss sessions. We provide
notetakers with guidelines that say that, in the student's absence, they should
wait outside the lecture room for a student to arrive. If the student has not
turned up after 20 minutes the notetaker may leave. The notetaker should phone
the Disability Service to check if there has been a message from the student.
This policy does leave the dilemma of should one
take notes if a student is absent for a genuine but non-disability-related
reason e.g they have flu, but would have difficulties in getting hold of a
copy of the notes from fellow students e.g. VI students who require notes in
electronic format and students who find it difficult to ask their peers
for notes.
ATB
Claire
From:
Fitzpatrick, Trish
Sent: 14 January 2009 13:40
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: FW: Notice period for
support
Hello there. Sally Freeman has forwarded your email to me
as I am responsible for the notetaking team at NTU.
We pay cancellation fees if there is less than 24 hours
notice and have always claimed the money from the LEA's. There hasn't been a
query at all.
I wonder if anyone has any guidelines for notes to be
taken in absence (NIA).
We have two types of NIA. The first type is when a student
has a disability whcih entails them having time off due to this eg M.E. In this
situation, notetakers are instructed to take notes at any time if the student
doesn't turn up and the notes are collected by the student at a later date or
posted on.
The second type of NIA is when a student has occasional
absences due to their disability eg hospital appointments. In this case, the
student MUST notify us beforehand and get permission from the academic staff.
The biggest problems we find with this are that
I would welcome any feedback about this, please let me
know if you need any further information or clarification
Cheers
Trish
Trish
Fitzpatrick
Team
leader DSWS
text 07775754443
call
0115 8484366/4458
email
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Hey Jayne
Sent: 12 January 2009 14:02
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Subject: Notice period for support
Dear colleagues,
I am sure this question has been asked before but things
do change.
We have been discussing the issue of the amount of notice
support staff (notetakers etc.) are given when sessions are cancelled due to
timetable changes etc. Currently we pay our support workers if they have
had less than 24 hours notice. In my previous institution it was 7 days.
Please could you share with me your cancellation policies
and how you fund cancellations – do you claim via DSA and if so, have you had
any funding bodies refuse to pay for cancelled sessions?
All answers gratefully received.
Kindest regards
Jayne
Jayne Hey MA
Access Ability Team Leader
Student Services
The
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Telephone 01604 892258
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