Our policies are updated annually. This set of policies were passed by committee in August 2022.
1.0 Child Protection
1.1Children’s rights and entitlements
1.2Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
2.0 Suitable People
3.0 Staff Qualifications, Training, Support and Skills
3.1 Induction of employees and volunteers
3.3 Low level concerns against staff/agency staff
4.0 Key Person
4.1The role of the key person and settling-in
5.0 Staff:Child Ratios
6.0 Health
6.2 Managing children who are sick, infectious, or with allergies
6.3Recording and reporting of accidents and incidents
6.7 Managing a suspected case of Coronavirus
7.0 Managing Behaviour
8.0 Safety and Suitability of Premises, Environment and Equipment
8.1 Health and general standards
8.2 Maintaining children’s safety and security on premises
8.3 Supervision of children on outings and visits
8.5 Fire safety and emergency evacuation
8.8 Staff personal safety including home visits
9.0 Equality of Opportunity
9.1 Valuing diversity and promoting equality
9.2Supporting children with special educational needs
10.0 Information and Records
10.5 Transfer of records to school
10.6 Confidentiality and client access to records
10.9 Working in partnership with other agencies
11.0 Appendix NB: The appendix contains various examples of documents which we use to support our policies and procedures and may vary from time to time as our paperwork changes.