Policies

[angeldelight]

You do not have to have all of these of course and you may think of some that I have missed out , everyone is different regarding their own setting !!


Most are what people have given me and some are from the Ofsted website or what I have put together myself


Policies and Procedures

Ofsted regulations advise that Childminders have available, for
reference by parents, a number of Policies and Procedures relating to their working environment

Policies For – a safe child

• Accident / Incident
• Child Protection / Safeguarding children
• Closure
• Emergency
• Large equipment
• Safety on outings, including Lost Child Procedure
• Terrorist attack
• Uncollected children procedure
• Visitors
• Over 8s including Independent Arrival and Behaviour
Management Agreement for over 8s
• Physical contact


Policies For – A Healthy child

• Alcohol and drugs
• Dropping and collecting
• Exclusion
• Medication for prescribed and over-the-counter medicines
• Toilet Training and nappy information
• Sleeping baby
• Sun Protection
• Healthy Eating
• Hygiene
• Illness and Sickness
• Human flu pandemic


Policies For – Helping children enjoy and achieve

• Observation
• Outside Play
• Special Needs
• Care, Learning and Play
• Early Years



Policies For – helping children make a positive contribution

• Behaviour Management
• Disability Policy including Inclusion Awareness statement
• Equal Opportunities and Celebrating Diversity Policy
including Anti Discriminatory practice
• Working in Partnership with Parents
• Biting
• Bullying
• Complaints Procedure


Policies For – organisation

• Confidentiality
• My Fees
• Paperwork
• Admissions


Smoking – I do not smoke. I do not allow children in my care to be exposed to cigarette smoke. I do not allow visitors to smoke in my home

Angel xx

[LittleMissSparkles]

Thats brilliant Angel thank you very much will print that later when get a new cartridge for printer and use as a guide to update my policies xxx

[carolinel]

Same here! Thanks.

[son77]

Can I ask, whats a 'closure' policy all about?

[sarah707]

Closure policies are - what you would do in the event of having to close your setting due to eg water going off for a day, roof blows off in a storm, electricity goes bang etc. Who would you contact first? What would you do to safeguard the children? How would you ensure they were all ok while waiting for parents to arrive?

You can either have a separate closure policy (see Bromley for more wording ideas) or tag it onto your Emergency policy

[son77]

Thanks for explaining. xx

[Twinkles]

Wow! I thought I had a lot of policies but you have a few there that I haven't got.
Guess what I'll be doing this weekend!!