Raindrops Day Nursery has a number of policies and procedures in place which are regularly reviewed and updated these are available upon request, they are as follows:
Administration
  • Admissions
  • Funding Policy (2 year and 3-4 year FEEE)

Equality of opportunity
  • Valuing diversity and promoting equality
  • Achieving positive behaviour
  • Behaviour and Sanctions
  • Supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disability

Safeguarding children
  • Children’s rights and entitlements
  • Safe Guarding Children
  • Information Sharing
  • Confidentiality and client access to records
  • Maintaining children’s safety and security on the premises
  • Supervision of children on outings and visits
  • Missing child
  • Uncollected child
  • Intruder Policy (Statement of intent)
  • Looked after children
  • Supervision of staff awaiting their CRB –Criminal Records Bureau
  • Making a complaint

Promoting Health & Hygiene
  • First Aid
  • Managing Children who are sick or infectious
  • Administering medication
  • Managing children with Allergies
  • Asthma Policy
  • Nappy changing / Toilet Training
  • Animals in the setting
  • Healthy eating
Health & Safety
  • Recording and reporting of accidents and incidents
  • Health and Safety general standards
  • Risk assessment
  • Fire safety and emergency evacuation
  • Food Hygiene

Partnership
  • Parental involvement
  • Parents / carers behaviour in the setting
  • Working in partnership with other agencies

Record Keeping
  • Providers records
  • Children’s records

Child care practice
  • The role of the key person in the setting and settling in

Employment
  • Employment and Staffing
  • Induction of staff, volunteers and Managers
  • Appraisals
  • Networking
  • Whistle blowing
  • PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
  • Staff disciplinary
  • Student placement
  • Lone workers

Promoting Health & Hygiene
  • No smoking

Health & safety
  • Pregnancy