health & safety

Insurance
Woodside Childrens Nursery Limited has full specialised nursery insurance. The nursery exceeds all the legal requirements for children, staff and other areas of the nursery.

Illness
If your child is generally unwell or suffering from any infectious disease such as the ones listed in our parent hand book, you are requested to keep your child away from the nursery until they have completely recovered.

It would be appreciated if you could inform the nursery of infection/disease as to warn other parents/carers what they may be prepared for.

The nursery reserves the right to contact parent/carers should the child become unwell during nursery hours. Whilst we fully appreciate the needs of working parents, the concern of the nursery staff and well being of other children is paramount.

Accident Procedure
With parents/carers consent the nursery retains the right to administer First Aid if deemed necessary. Parents/Carers will be informed of any accidents, however minor on collection of the child from the nursery. The parent/carer of the child will be required to sign an accident book which ensures that the parent/carer is aware of the accident. Any signs of accidents e.g. cuts and bruises on arrival at the nursery must be logged also and signed by the parent/carer. In the event of a more serious accident occurring which requires medical attention, parents/carers will be contacted immediately.

It is essential that emergency contact details are given and updated regularly for the nurseries records. Children’s medical details must be up to date such as allergies, dietary needs and other important health issues. Woodside Childrens Nursery cannot be held responsible for parents/carers not informing the nursery staff in writing of any change in their child’s health, dietary requirements or special needs. Any other development on information necessary for the nursery to carry out appropriate individual care.

Child Protection
Our prime responsibility is the welfare and well being of all children in our care. As such we believe we have a duty to the children, parents/carers and staff to act quickly and responsibly in any instance that comes to our attention. Parents/Carers are welcome to approach staff at any time about any concerns that they may have.

Health/Illness
It is the policy of Woodside Childrens Nursery Limited to promote good health and hygiene throughout for all the children and staff in our care. This will include monitoring children for signs and symptoms of communicable diseases such as chicken pox, measles, mumps, rubella, meningitis, hepatitis, diarrhoea, vomiting and fevers of 101*F/38*C or over.

In the opinion of the staff/manager a child that is ill, for the welfare of the child concerned and in the interests of the remaining children at the nursery, the parent/carer will be contacted and requested to collect them as soon as possible. The staff at the nursery must be convinced that the child has returned in good health before re-admitting them.

Medication
It is the policy of Woodside Childrens Nursery Limited that medicines are only to be given to the children that have been prescribed to them by their medical practitioner. The greatest care will be taken to see that these are administered according to the instructions on the bottle/package. Records of all medication administered shall be made on medication forms and signed and witnessed as indicated.

When a child in our care becomes unwell it is our practice to contact the parent/carer and discuss the situation. Should they request the administration of medication to minimise the child’s distress, as an interim measure and the medication is available, then the staff will administer it making the necessary entries onto the medicine records.