The role of a committee
Listed below are some of the main roles and responsibilities of the committee:
- To take responsibility for the welfare of the children.
- Ensure all of the organisations activities are within the law.
- Ensure all the activities fall within the organisations, objectives and constitution.
- To generate ideas.
- To aim to resolve any issues of problems the setting may have.
- To ensure the organisation has adequate resources.
- To ensure all the property and assets are protected and managed effectively.
- To plan, (including agenda, minutes etc.), hold and attend regular meetings.
- To receive information from parents and refer to the committee, as well as responding to parental complaints or issues raised promptly.
- To take a long term overview of the provision with regards to planning and finance.
- To budget and monitor the financial performance of the club.
- To take precautions to safeguard against fraud and dishonesty.
- To ask questions and to follow-up the response.
- To de-jargonise information and decisions to ensure everyone can access the information they need.
- To ensure the appropriate action is taken when work is not done properly.
- To produce minutes of every meeting and ensure that all members have and read them.
- To monitor the programme and services of the organisation.
- To be an integral part of the decision-making process.
- To recruit and support staff with regard to personal development and training needs.
- Register and comply with Ofsted statutory requirements.
- Comply with Local Authority requirements.
- Operate in accordance with the terms of the constitution.
- Give direction to staff and agree policies.
- Review policies and procedures regularly.
- Provide information to parents, community and Local Authority.
- Fund raising.
- All administration.
