In a care setting all staff are monitored regularly for their effectiveness. The reason why the policy is being monitored is to make sure that it is being followed correctly. The inspections are recorded and discussed at the staff meetings. When someone is training to become a carer in a children’s nursery they are monitored very closely to make sure that they are performing each task properly. In the care setting in which I do my placement the children protection policy is monitored against goals that are set they put the policy into action.
Under this policy there are police checks that are needed to be done to make sure that each person who is employed to work in a care setting such as a nursery are equipped and able to work there. What I mean by this is that they have no records of criminal offences against children or adults. A police check is need to ensure that this doesn’t happen.
Healthy eating policy
A healthy eating polices provides a framework that guides the nursery nutrition program and makes sure that there are long term changes. It is a set of statements that summarize a commitment and intended action that promotes healthy eating and nutrition. It is of the upmost importance to have a healthy eating policy in a nursery because it helps a great deal with the child’s long and short term health. This includes both their physical and mental wellbeing. The healthy eating habits that are learnt at the nursery are usually kept through their lives and into adulthood. This healthy lifestyle at a young age can help to reduce the risk s of obesity, diabetes, iron deficiency and dental problems.
The purpose behind the healthy eating policy are to promote the drinking of water as the first and best choice of drink, to promote healthy eating in all activities in the nursery and to model healthy eating when eating in public.
There are plenty of ways to monitor the healthy eating policy in action but the nursery which I attend for my placement monitors it by continuing checking to see if the staff, children and families are following the policy and by having monthly meeting to make sure that everything is going according to plan.
The employees themselves are taught about healthy eating policy and what it involves they also go on training courses to increase their knowledge on the topic of healthy eating, this training is usually repeated every two years. This information is then passed on to the children that are under there care. There are many ways to how they do this such as by having a healthy theme day where the children bring in a fruit to eat or eat vegetables at dinner. They may also be taught why fruit and vegetables are good for you. What they are taught is usually remember into adulthood.
Some nursery’s such as the one which I attend for my placement send out questionnaires to the parents to get them involved in the healthy eating and it enables them to get the children to keep up the healthy eating at home. Also from this the parents or carers are able to give their opinion.
Discipline policy
The leading body believes that in order to ensure effective teaching and learning to take place, good behaviour is needed in all aspects of the nursery. This policy seeks to create a caring and good learning atmosphere. They do this by encouraging and recognising good behaviour and discipline, promoting self value by encouraging children to respect themselves and others, providing a secure environment free from violence, bullying and any form of harassment, ensuring a consistency of response to negative as well as positive behaviour, and lastly if the children show negative behaviour you must explain to them why this kind of behaviour is unacceptable.
In the nursery which I attend as part of my placement if a child is showing unacceptable behaviour it is confronted by taking the child to the side and explaining to them what they have done is wrong. I punishing them by taking them away from the rest of the group and make them sit on their own then they have to apologies for what they have done, but in no account shall a member of staff ever shout at a child or discipline them in a physical way. If a child is continually having disciple problems it will be discussed with the parents or the carers to deal with is in a way that is sympathetic with the nursery policy.
The purpose of this policy is to clarify what is considered as appropriate and non appropriate discipline methods. The discipline guidelines allow the children to recognise what behaviour is accepted from the staff and the other children
The person who is in charge of the crèche centre as well as some outside agencies are the ones who monitor this policy. The way they carry this out is by conducting regular reviews of the behaviour organization policy and procedures in order to assess them and make sure that they are consistently and effectively applied. The crèche owner will keep the governing body up to date.
