Home Farm Children’s Nursery Ltd

SAFE GUARDING STATEMENT

The Home Farm Children’s Nursery Ltd Child Protection Policy has been developed in accordance with the principles established by The Children Act 1989 and 2004, The Early Years Foundation Stage, Sections 175 and 176 Education Act 2002 and related guidance including The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families (1999), Working Together to Safeguard Children (2010) and What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused (2006).

The staff, committee and members of the Home Farm Children’s Nursery Ltd  take seriously our responsibility to promote the welfare and safeguard all the children and young people entrusted to our care.

The designated Persons for Child Protection who have overall responsibility for child protection practice in the setting are Sarah Jackson & Adele Paige

As part of the ethos of the setting we are committed to:

• Maintaining children’s welfare as our paramount concern.
• Providing an environment in which children feel safe, secure, valued and respected, confident to talk openly and sure of being listened to
• Providing suitable support and guidance so that children have a range of appropriate adults who they feel confident to approach if they are in difficulties
• Using learning at the setting to provide opportunities for increasing self awareness, self esteem, assertiveness and decision making so that young children have a range of contacts and strategies to ensure their own protection and understand the importance of protecting others.
• Working with parents to build an understanding of the setting’s responsibility to ensure the welfare of all children including the need for referral to other agencies in some situations.
• Ensuring all staff are able to recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse and are aware of the setting’s procedures and lines of communication.
• Monitoring children who have been identified as ‘in need’ including the need for protection, keeping confidential records which are stored securely and shared appropriately with other professionals.
• Developing effective and supportive liaison with other agencies.

This policy is in line with The Kent & Medway Safeguarding Children Procedures (2007) (The “Purple Book”) and the KSCB and Eligilbility & Threshold criteria.