Health and SaFETY
Children learn best when they are healthy, safe and secure; and when their individual needs are being met
https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Business/Professionals/Childminders/Health-and-Safety.pdf
Accident
In the event of a serious accident, staff will attempt to telephone parents or the emergency contacts as provided.
Please be aware that we need to keep a record of all accidents and if you are approached by a member of staff to complete our accident records we will largely appreciate your co-operation.
Medicine
The staff must be advised of all medication that your child may take on a regular basis. We are unable to give any medicines unless they have been prescribed by a doctor and we have written consent – this means that we are unable to administer medicines such as Calpol unless a doctor’s prescription label is on the bottle.
family environment
We understand that changes in your family environment, however subtle, can have a very unsettling effect on your child. Please help us to understand any changes in their behavior by advising us of any recent or imminent events that may be on your child’s mind (e.g. new baby, moving house).
Safeguarding
All our practitioners have received safeguarding training, and have gone through Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
We always suggest that you must share with the Nursery Manager if there are any safeguarding issues around the child or family. Your information will be kept confidential under Data Protection Act 1998. (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/contents)
Illness
We will refuse to accept children at a session who present symptoms of the following:
Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Conjunctivitis, Measles, Mumps, Raised temperature.
Please keep your child away from pre-school for a further 48 hours after a bout of one of the above.