Childcare Policies and Procedures

We encourage our parents to read our policies and procedures.

Introduction

Contents

Policy and procedures implementation and review policy

• Implementation and review procedure

Health and safety policy

• Risk assessment
  • Generic risk assessment form
  • Access and audit form
  • Prioritised place risk assessment form
• Group rooms, stair ways and corridors
• Kitchen
• Children’s bathrooms/changing areas
• Short trips, outings and excursions
• Outdoors
• Staff cloakroom
• Maintenance and repairs
• Staff personal safety
• Threats and abuse towards staff and volunteers
• Entrances and approach to the building
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
• Manual Handling
• Festival (and other) decorations
• Jewellery and hair accessories
• Animals and pets
• Face painting and mehndi
• Notifiable incident, non-child protection
• Terrorist threat/attack and lock down

Fire safety policy

• Fire safety
  • Fire safety risk assessment form

Food safety and nutrition policy

• Food preparation, storage and purchase
• Food for play and cooking activities
• Menu planning and nutrition
• Meeting dietary requirements

Health policy

• Accidents and emergency treatment
• Administration of medicine
  • Health care plan form
• Life-saving medication and invasive treatments
• Allergies and food intolerance
• Poorly children
• Oral health

Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity policy

• Promoting inclusion, equality and valuing diversity

Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults policy

• Responding to safeguarding or child protection concerns
  • Child welfare and protection summary
  • Safeguarding incident reporting form
  • Confidential safeguarding incident report form
• Allegations against staff, volunteers or agency staff
• Visitor or intruder on the premises
• Uncollected child
• Missing child
• Incapacitated parent
• Death of a child on-site
• Looked after children
  • Care plan for looked after children form
• E-safety
• Key person supervision

Record keeping policy

• Children’s records and data protection
  • Privacy notice
• Confidentiality, recording and sharing information
• Client access to records
• Transfer of records

Staff, volunteers and student policy

• Staff deployment
• Deployment of volunteers and parent helpers
• Student placement

Childcare practice policy

• Waiting list and admissions
  • About our childcare
  • Application to join
  • Childcare registration form
  • Childcare terms and conditions
• Absence
• Prime times- The role of the key person
• Prime times- Settling in and transitions
• Prime times- Arrivals and departures
• Prime times- Snack times and mealtimes
• Promoting positive behaviour
• Identification, assessment and support of children with SEND
• SEN Support: Initial record of concern form
• SEN Support: Action plan

Working in partnership with parents and other agencies policy

• Working in partnership with parents and other agencies
• Complaints procedure for parents and service users