About Me.
Policy Intention
This policy demonstrates how the culture of our setting is maintained through team work, openess and caring and professional relationships.
Staff must understand their professional responsibilities to ensure that all children are safeguarded, the welfare of the child is paramount. We are responsible for managing the performance of employees and for ensuring they are suitable to work with children.
We have a duty to take care of staff as well as children, we do this through robust induction, ongoing training and guidance, as well as ongoing supervision.
Staff are responsible for their own actions and behaviour and work together to develop practice, manage risk, use resources and safeguard children.
Every employee is in a position of trust and influence, they must adhere to their roles and responsibilities, the requirements of the EYFS and our systems, policies and procedures.
Procedure
Safeguarding & Welfare
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We have a robust system and arrangements in place for the supervision of staff that have contact with children and families.
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We are responsible for ensuring that all staff are competent in all areas of work that they undertake.
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We provide support, coaching and training for our staff to keep them up to date and develop all areas of their practice, see the Continued Professional Development Policy.
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We foster a culture of mutual support, teamwork and continuous improvement to encourage confidential discussions of any sensitive issues.
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We have a Safer Recruitment Policy in place to ensure staff are aware of roles and responsibilities as well as job descriptions. Every employee is given a clear induction plan.
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All medication, including staff medication on the premises, is stored securely according to the Administering Medicines Policy.
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Adults taking medication which may affect their ability to care for children should seek medical advice regarding their suitability to do so and we ensure that they only work directly with children if that advice confirms that the medication is unlikely to impair their ability to look after children.
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We consider a range of factors to decide on the specific level of supervision for a member of staff including knowledge, experience, level of responsibility and/or qualification level, number of children, age and stage, as well as the level of need of the child.
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We ensure that temporary or visiting staff, students and trainees are fully supervised and follow the Safeguarding Policy and Visitor Policy.
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There may be times when a staff member will be working alone at the end of the beginning of the day. A full risk assessment would have been taken place and another staff member will be on standby to come in immediately if needed. The staff member will be working within the required ratios.
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Staff will receive monthly supervisions where their practice and progress will be assessed. Observations will be made in the working environment then a meeting will take place in private afterwards. This will be carried out by a senior member is staff. Any training recommendations will be made to support the staff member and a realistic timescale for these to be completed will be set. This will all be recorded in the staff member's file.
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Other policies:
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Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblowing Policy)