help please i am failing miserably to get started

[donzo]

I am supposed to be well on my way with 401 but just cant find the right way to start it off

my assessor keeps going on about the eight principles of the data protection act and said i must include them
i have the principles but cant get it on paper.

[Ruthierhyme]

Hugs .. is there any way you can use the principles as some sort of guide/checklist whilst answering the knowledge points or afterwards perhaps to make sure each one has been covered ?





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[donzo]

i just seem to have a block at the moment and it is driving me crazy.
I am a manager of a nursery and i do paper work and stuff all day but this is stumping me big time.
maybe i am thinking to hard?

[sparky]

Why not put the data protection bits to one side at the moment if they are stressing you out. Sometimes I find that I can look at a certain question for hours and not be able to answer it and then if I return to it in a couple of days it isn't so bad. Why not look at some of the other knowledge statements and see how you can answer them it might give you more confidence.

Have you had an assessment on this unit yet? I really enjoyed the assessment as it was basically giving a staff member an appraisal plus also having a staff meeting. You can engineer items for both the appraisal and the staff meeting to meet the criteria as long as you talk to staff members before hand otherwise some of the things you say might seem too bizare!!

I haven't got my folder at the moment (delivered it to my asessor this morning) otherwise i'd let you know what I did about Data Protection.

Hope i've helped - sorry if I haven't

[Ruthierhyme]

I can't begin to think what it would be like to work full time front line again and do Silkysteps as well .. in fact just that thought makes me *eek, time & space to breath can be very hard to find.

Have you worked out any strategies for getting things onto paper .. working backwards maybe where you think of a working situation that would fit one of the K&U questions and then see how you can write an 'article/summary on it ?

[donzo]

Thank you for your help
It is just nice knowing someone is there to listen.. as lovely as my husband is he just says things like well don't do it then or his favourite ! lets watch top gear to take your mind of it for a while.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by donzo

Thank you for your help
It is just nice knowing someone is there to listen.. as lovely as my husband is he just says things like well don't do it then or his favourite ! lets watch top gear to take your mind of it for a while.

That sounds just like my husband. Last night when I was having trouble with 404 he said "don't do it at night if it makes you miserable"

I'd like to see him try juggling work, children and an NVQ :laughing:

[Ruthierhyme]

Originally Posted by donzo

lets watch top gear to take your mind of it for a while.

LOL that is a pretty cool programme to lose yourself in, not much help though huh

[sally23]

Have sent you a pm x

[donzo]

Have sent you a pm