Benefits Include:
- Data is entered directly by parents and providers, removing the need for time-consuming paperwork and helping to overcome inconsistent, poor-quality data
- Payment period Start-and-End dates can be defined to control the data entry windows to help local authorities get the information they need, when they need it
- Online collection for children's data, supported by real-time eligibility status confirmation and uploaded documents such as birth certificates
- Configurable payment calculations allow the Early Years Team to enter funding rates by type and by age, cater for local requirements such as post code and rurality deprivation, and add annual values for Disability Access payments
- Quick calculations and checks of funding payments, based on actual information and managed via parameter-driven processes and frequencies, to provide visible and accurate payment results
- Full integration with the finance system providing the ability to send payments and accounts statements securely via each provider’s individual portal
- Automatic notifications to highlight data anomalies such as ineligible or duplicated children, children who are exceeding funded hours, where a child's assessment data is a potential cause for concern and children who are new to the authority
- Early Years Team Dashboards summarise the overall status across all settings including child tracking across multiple providers
- Provider Dashboards summarise all aspects of their funding process and provide online access to payment status and statements
- Reporting at the click of a button with access to dashboard reports and downloadable files
- Comprehensive security and data governance features include easy-to-set permission/access levels
- Comprehensive data collection including all Sufficiency Data in line with DfE guidelines
- Integrated annual processes to collect, validate and submit Early Years Census to DfE
- Easily extended to enable wider data sharing with other teams and services such as safeguarding
- In-build process management of the parent and provider relationship and the signing of the Parent Contract