Little Dreams Nursery has a variety of policies and procedures which have been put into place to help protect the children who go there.
One of the policies which is including within this nursery is the Accident and Injury Policy which ensures that if an accident happens at Little Dreams Nursery then the appropriate course of action will be taken and accurate information will be recorded and communicated between the staff and person who was injured. This policy affects the children within this nursery as if one of them has an accident then the staff will know what to do as it is the responsibility of every staff member to do their job properly and protect the children from harm. This means that they should not neglect a child when they have had an accident. Furthermore, the members of staff need to ensure that the children are in a well-kept environment that is safe for them and that they support the children to the best of their ability. If this policy isn’t followed and the staff do not provide first aid and the support needed for medical attention it shows that the staff are not considering the children’s needs and are not looking after them properly. An example of this is if one of the children cut their finger and the staff member does not provide first aid for that child, their finger could become infected.
Moreover, another policy is the Child Protection Policy which means that the nursery will need to provide an environment where the children and the children’s parents feel their children are safe, secure and cared for. In addition to this, this policy provides the parents and members of staff with the guidelines and support on child abuse and how they can act to assist in the protection of their children. This policy affects the staff as they will need to have knowledge about child abuse; the forms it can take; the signs and symptoms of possible abuse