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    I think ive finished all my policys ready for my pre reg visit I know that its not a requirement and I will add to them as I go along but am I missing anything important?

    Admissions
    Accident and incident
    Behaviour management
    Complaints
    Confidentiality
    Drop off and collection
    Emergency evacuation
    Equal opportunities
    Medication
    Non collection
    Non use of socket covers
    Sick child
    Lost child
    Health and safety

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kidston View Post
    I think ive finished all my policys ready for my pre reg visit I know that its not a requirement and I will add to them as I go along but am I missing anything important?

    Admissions
    Accident and incident
    Behaviour management
    Complaints
    Confidentiality
    Drop off and collection
    Emergency evacuation
    Equal opportunities
    Medication
    Non collection
    Non use of socket covers
    Sick child
    Lost child
    Health and safety
    Also need...Risk assessment, Safeguarding-which must include the procedure for allegations made against childminder/staff & mobile & camera use, Smoking, Visitors
    xx

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    Thank you I do have those too but forgot to add them.

    I havent said anything in my safeguarding about smoking though so I'll add that thank you

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    have smoking and visitors as separate policies xx

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    OMG i have 48 policies! think I'm going OTT with mine?

    i have:
    accident and incident
    administration of medicine
    admissions
    alcohol and drugs
    allegations of abuse against an adult
    asthma
    behaviour management
    biting
    bullying
    care, learning and play
    childminder absence
    clothing
    complaints
    confidentiality
    departure
    drop off and collection
    equal opportunities
    equality and diversity
    e-safety, mobile phone and camera
    exclusion
    fire + fire evacuation plans
    headlice
    health and safety
    healthy eating
    hygiene
    independent arrival
    language
    lost child
    medical emergencies
    nappy and toilet training
    no smoking
    observation
    personal possessions
    pet
    physical contact
    routine
    safeguarding
    safety on outings
    settling in
    sick child
    sun protection
    supporting a child for a bereavement
    television
    terrorism acts
    uncollected child
    visitors
    working with parents

    think thats the lot!!!!
    I did see my childminding co-ordinator today and she is happy with them all (she did manage to reduce them by three! which have not been added to the above list). Also if you looking at the terrorism one and thinking OMG! Its only because my partner works at the local hospital and within 6 years there has been 2 bomb scares. one of which was serious so it only says if he rings me to say there is a bomb scare at the hospital (serious one) i will be ringing you to collect your child

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    I would look at your policies to see what can be amalgamated - i.e. accidents and incidents could come under Safeguarding as could mobile phone and cameras or it could come under e security with ds, ipads, phones, computer use ...


    It can go on forever - look at the eyfs and see what you really do need
    Debbie

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    ............and I thought mine were a bit over the top.

    Which 3 did your CMing co-ordinator suggest you ditch?

    Alien Abduction?
    Wildebeest Attack?
    Invasion by the Picts?


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    Quote Originally Posted by bunyip View Post
    ............and I thought mine were a bit over the top. Which 3 did your CMing co-ordinator suggest you ditch? Alien Abduction? Wildebeest Attack? Invasion by the Picts?
    Bunyip you really did just make me laugh out loud!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hummingbird2014 View Post
    OMG i have 48 policies! think I'm going OTT with mine?

    i have:
    accident and incident
    administration of medicine
    admissions
    alcohol and drugs
    allegations of abuse against an adult
    asthma
    behaviour management
    biting
    bullying
    care, learning and play
    childminder absence
    clothing
    complaints
    confidentiality
    departure
    drop off and collection
    equal opportunities
    equality and diversity
    e-safety, mobile phone and camera
    exclusion
    fire + fire evacuation plans
    headlice
    health and safety
    healthy eating
    hygiene
    independent arrival
    language
    lost child
    medical emergencies
    nappy and toilet training
    no smoking
    observation
    personal possessions
    pet
    physical contact
    routine
    safeguarding
    safety on outings
    settling in
    sick child
    sun protection
    supporting a child for a bereavement
    television
    terrorism acts
    uncollected child
    visitors
    working with parents

    think thats the lot!!!!
    I did see my childminding co-ordinator today and she is happy with them all (she did manage to reduce them by three! which have not been added to the above list). Also if you looking at the terrorism one and thinking OMG! Its only because my partner works at the local hospital and within 6 years there has been 2 bomb scares. one of which was serious so it only says if he rings me to say there is a bomb scare at the hospital (serious one) i will be ringing you to collect your child
    Goodness, you are making a lot of work for yourself maintaining all those and getting parents to read/agree them all.

    I would do some major combining, for example:

    accident and incident
    medical emergencies
    fire + fire evacuation plans
    terrorism acts

    administration of medicine
    asthma

    admissions
    exclusion

    alcohol and drugs
    no smoking

    behaviour management
    biting
    bullying

    care, learning and play
    observation

    childminder absence

    clothing

    complaints

    confidentiality

    departure
    drop off and collection
    independent arrival
    uncollected child

    equal opportunities
    equality and diversity
    language

    health and safety
    safety on outings
    hygiene
    headlice
    sun protection

    healthy eating

    lost child

    nappy and toilet training

    personal possessions

    pet

    settling in
    routine

    safeguarding
    allegations of abuse against an adult
    e-safety, mobile phone and camera
    physical contact
    visitors

    sick child

    supporting a child for a bereavement

    television

    working with parents

    Some could also be covered instead with a general 'starting at my setting' sheet/leaflet- all about clothes to bring, menus including healthy eating, your routines- including how you use TV, about personal possessions, arrival/departure procedures, your absence, etc.

    Some will be covered in your contracts anyway- like your absence (who pays, how many weeks off etc, short term notice of closure) so no need to duplicate.

    And whether you are sending children home or evacuating due to bomb/fire/gas leak etc does not matter- the procedure is about how/who you contact and if/how you get out of the house, where you go etc. No need to complicate with possible scenarios like 'terrorism' as there are probably a hundred other scenarios equally possible which would require the same action (escaped convict, train crash near-by leaking poisonous chemicals etc- both have happened to me, but not when minding!).

    That way you have far less to have to update and review every year. Less to bother parents with every year as you update/review. Less to print out. Less to have to ask new parents to read (can be very off-putting for them to be given too much, likely they wont read).

    I have cut down my policy list as the years have gone on, I started with far too many!

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    Chatterbox and moggy thank you so much for the constructive suggestions they have helped me re look at things. I did think I was OTT and my co-ordinate reassured me. But will look at the leaflet called starting at my setting as this will help loads xxxx

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    Policies are great to help run our business smoothly, provide an effecting relationship with our families to help everyone all round. I am so pleased all my parents have copies of mine and sign a form acknowledging that they have read and received them, however they must have read Beano by mistake by the actions and behavior of some of my families.

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    Have you had help from Bromley for your P&P's hummingbird? I'm getting help from them too and was umming and ahhing over the terrorism policy! A lot of parents commute to London so I thought maybe.. But then my hubby pointed out I live on the Isle of Wight where the biggest news tends to be largest onion awards and whether or not to mend a pothole (This sounds like a joke but I assure you it isn't! i enjoy comparing headlines from the island with my home town of Grimsby 'oop north, the difference is shocking)

    I'm amalgamating as much as possible purely because I can't stand blank spaces on paperwork, but I do love the idea of a booklet for things like clothing and healthy eating etc. Thank you!

    And Kidston! You genius with a policy on socket covers, I refused to have them in the house for my kids which caused a lot of arguments with my in-laws, was resigned to having to have them for childminding but I can just write a policy pointing to the websites, thank you so much!

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    Bromley? No I haven't it was various other cm in my area etc ..... You have the policies that suit you not others xxx

 

 

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