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Further information, please contact:
01494 459 183
www.cefm.co.uk
HUMAN RESOURCE AND MANAGEMENT ADVICE
FOR SCHOOLS
A unique support package tailored to the needs of your school
WHAT OUR MEMBERS SAY…
CEFMwww.cefm.co.uk
KEY BENEFITS
Access to an unlimited telephone and email helpline
Named case officers for complex issues
Integrated occupational health services
Onsite support for staff management issues
Access to policies, template letters, model forms and articles via our CEFMi online resource
Ability to trial CEFMi before you buy
Termly human resource good practice visits
Option to tailor your services, buy up-front and fix your price
CEFMinform - a single highly informative monthly email update
Free of charge access to regular regional management update seminars
No ‘hidden’ renewal terms such as ‘three months’ notice’ or ‘auto resubscription’
Standard one-year contracts. Discounts available for longer contracts at client request
Fixed price consultancy in 30-minute blocks - no travel time or mileage charges passed on
Any unused occupational health new entrant questionnaires, management referrals or general consultancy is carried forward when re-subscribing
ABOUT CEFMThe Centre for Education & Finance Management has been assisting schools on financial, educational, personnel and legal matters since the inception of Local Management of Schools in 1990.
We provide expert advisory services led by solicitors, accountants, occupational health managers and educational practitioners.
Our information website CEFMi, includes a body of knowledge written by our in-house team and provides timely, succinct updates to assist you to manage your school successfully. The service is further enhanced via our helplines, consultancy and training.
CEFM is an independent company focused solely on supporting schools. The company is wholly owned and directly managed by the directors – we are neither part of a larger parent company nor driven by shareholders. As a CEFM client you benefit from direct access to the owners and decision makers ensuring you receive the level of support you need.
Whether maintained, an academy or part of a multi-academy trust, it is our belief that each school is unique and requires a support package tailored to its own needs.
Factors including staff numbers, in-house expertise and new partnerships can all influence the level and type of support required.
With this in mind, we invest time listening to our clients to ensure we provide the right mix of services at a competitive price.
Although through experience we recommend our Core service, schools can choose any combination of our services contained within this document. It is our policy to visit each school in person to explain the services in detail to ensure your school receives the best possible support. This service is offered without obligation.
CEFM has been a brilliant service. With a buy-in cost that is nearly half that of the local authority. The advice and guidance from the Human Resource Team has been fantastic; it is nuanced, balanced and focussed on the best solution for everyone involved. Many of the advisors have worked in schools and understand themselves the complexity of leading and managing large organisations. You will not be disappointed.
Jeremy Hannay Headteacher Three Bridges Primary School
CEFM consistently provide us with an excellent level of service. Providing guidance and advice from their highly knowledgeable representatives in addition to easy to access online template documents, resources, policies and procedures. As a stand-alone academy employing a large body of staff, the fast response time and practical solution based advice has become an invaluable resource upon which we rely to help us protect our organisation via compliancy and best practice.
Emma Matthews Human Resources Advisor Blenheim High School
CEFMwww.cefm.co.uk
COREIn consultation with our clients, we have developed our Core service to meet your school’s day-to-day human resource needs, although it is only a recommendation and we offer complete flexibility, allowing you to select any combination of services you wish to choose.
GENERAL ADVICE HELPLINEA quick response telephone service for day-to-day management issues.
NAMED HUMAN RESOURCE CONSULTANTAn enhanced support package for those schools with financial, occupational health or complex, long running personnel issues where access to a single named advisor, rather than the main helpline team, would be advantageous.
ONLINE POLICIES AND DOCUMENTSCEFMi is a unique web service containing over 7,000 pages of text.
No other website offers such a complete service specifically written for schools.
Recognised as one of the most comprehensive online resources for school managers, it blends policies, template letters, model forms, and articles all in one location.
CEFMinform EMAIL NEWSLETTERA single monthly, highly informative email update from CEFM’s experts covering ‘need to know’ updates and listing all updates to CEFMi policies and documents.
EDUCATION UPDATESQuick read summaries of key publications impacting on schools sent in printed format and available online to CEFMi subscribers.
UPDATES AND EVENTSBriefing on changes in the education sector at locations across the country.
COURSE DISCOUNTSLonger, more in-depth training courses at venues across the country.
FAMILIARISATION VISITA half-day visit for new members to ensure you get the best out of your CEFM membership.
CEFMwww.cefm.co.uk
ADDITIONAL OPTIONSPRE PURCHASE OR PAY AS YOU GO
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH• New entrant questionnaires• Management referrals
CONSULTANCYOnsite time to assist the school with human resource planning, formal procedures, technical adviser to panels etc.
SCHOOL PROTECTIONProviding a range of cover including:• Employment disputes (including TUPE) and compensation awards• Tax investigations and VAT disputes• Contract and debt recovery• Pupil admission and exclusion appeals• Employee counselling helpline
BESPOKE TRAININGOnsite bespoke training for senior leaders, managers and governors.
INVESTIGATIONS INCLUDING TAKING WITNESS STATEMENTS• Ensuring correct procedure is followed from the outset• Impartial• Clear document drafting from experienced investigators• Comprehensive and rigorous• Reduces risk
RESTRUCTURING / REORGANISATIONS• Review of business case• Advice provided on risks and discussion around alternative options available with a view to minimising or avoiding redundancies• Support with staff consultation, including advice on process and procedure• Support with union consultation, including support with drafting communication• Support with selection process and selection criteria• Support with redundancy process and redundancy packages• Attendance at meetings and appeal hearings• Consideration of settlement agreements (N.B. a separate settlement agreement drafting service is available)
SICKNESS ABSENCE MANAGEMENT• Advice on policy and procedure• Attendance at informal and formal meetings to discuss absence• Risk assessment of termination• Review of occupational health reports and recommendations
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS• Bespoke drafting service for settlement agreements• Assistance with formulating settlement proposals• Drafting communications with employee and the employee’s representative• Advice provided in response to suggested alternative proposals put forward by the employee’s representative and amendments to the settlement agreement• Tax considerations
JOB EVALUATIONS• Full evaluation undertaken using the local government job evaluation scheme• Comparison with other roles within the staff structure• Assessment using fair and non-discriminatory criteria such as knowledge and skills, effort and responsibilities
PUPIL EXCLUSIONS• Assistance throughout all stages of the exclusion process• Review of decisions and advice provided• Attendance at formal meetings• Assistance with drafting communications/ outcome letters
MEDIATION• Accredited CEFM mediator• Assisting parties who are in dispute to reach a mutual agreement via workplace mediation
LEGAL HELP AND ADVICE LINEProviding comprehensive advice on the full range of legal issues affecting schools such as:• Admissions and exclusions• Charity law• Commercial contracts• EC law• Education Acts• GDPR and data protection• Governance matters• Health and safety• Property and planning
HUMAN RESOURCE GOOD PRACTICE VISITSA half-day onsite visit, allowing you to ask questions on any aspect of the school’s human resource function.
For a no obligation personalised quotation based on your school or to request a visit from one of our team to discuss how CEFM can help your school, please call or email:
01494 459 183
www.cefm.co.uk