Health
If the child has serious health issue they should inform us. If they have serious illness e.g. disease or infectious ailments then they should not bring there child to nursery. If the child becomes ill during nursery then we will attempt to contact child’s parents. If we are unable to contact the parents we will contact the authorised people on the enrolment from.
Equal concern policy
In the nursery all the staff should treat the children equally know matter there skin colour, gender, religious, cultural and family background. Children should be treated fairly and with respect. Staff should give the children equal opportunities to play and learn. There should not be favourite child. All the children should be same.
Child protection policy
We should not only protect children from hazards, staff must keep children safe from abuse. If the child is getting physical abuse e.g. burns and scalds, or sexual abuse e.g. bruises, unexplained scratch marks or pain when going to the toilet from there parent we should ask the parent what happen, if the child tells me the problem I would report it to my supervisor. Then my supervisor will contact to child protection team. If the child getting abuse from the member of staff then I would report it to my supervisor.
Safety
The nursery buildings are maintained to exceptional standards.
For the children’s safe nursery door should be always close. Only staff should know the security number for the door. If ever body knows the security number that nursery would not be safety for the children. The manager should check on the camera who’s coming inside the building before she lets them in. when the staff takes the children to garden they should check if the fire door is close encase the toddlers escape.
Staff should watch the children carefully encase they go to kitchen. Kitchen has the most danger things inside; knife should not be leave on the surface. The child could think that is a toy and hurt there self.
Staff
I would be explaining the role of two member staffs.
Naira workers with pre-school, she is training to be a teacher. Naira is responsibility for the children in pre-school. When the main teacher for pre-school doesn’t attend naira would do her job. Nairas started her job by doing the register then reading book in a group and then set up the games and get the toys ready. She tries her best to make fun activities so the children would not get bored playing some think ever day. The skill naira has is a good communication skills, she always talk to children in mannered ways, showing the children to play in a team and also she has a good sense of humour.
Laura workers with toddles as a teacher. Toddles are age group of one to three. Laura is responsibility for the children safety and well-being. She treats the children’s in dignified way, and she treats them equally. When Laura comes to nursery in the morning she starts her job by reading book to the children, giving them there breakfast, changing there nappies and playing with them. The skill Laura has is a good communication skill with children, she works in team when she needs to and she has a good sense of humour.
Task 6
My performance in nursery
I have done my work placement in a private nursery at chase farm hospital. The age group I was working with was zero to five years old. In the nursery my responsibility was to look after the children and speak to them in mannered way. In the nursery I treat all the children equally and I make sure that I and others within the nursery are not discriminated against.
My performance in first day was not good enough because I was to shy to speak to staff I had difficult to communicate with others, I had a poor communication skill for example I was not making eye contact when the staff was talking to me my body language was poor and my facial expression was not positive. I did not settle that easy I had poor self-esteem the way I was feeling about myself. I was thinking am not gone success working in nursery. In the first two or three weeks I had too much weakness point. My weakness point was keep mixing the children’s names and when the staff asking me to bring something for them I did not know where to get it. After one month later my performance was getting better then before. I had a good relationships exists between staff, children and parents. I was not having difficult to communicate with staffs and my clients. I was more confidence then my first day.
My strengths point was by going every week to nursery I improved my communicating skills. In nursery having a good communication skill was very important. I improved my body language the way I was standing, the way I used my hand and making eye contact. I had a good eye contact when ever the staff was talking to me I make sure I make eye contact so I could prove that I was listening. My facial expression was more positive then before. I also improved my self-esteem, having a good self-esteem lead me to a good self image and I increased my self confidence and a strong sense of identity.
In nursery I learn the different between toddles and pre-school. Toddles are age between one to three and pre-school is age group of four to five. Basically toddles are learning to cope with other children and we do many activities we can so the toddles can develop there social skills by encouraging them to develop confidence. Pre-school is just learning how to read and write and getting ready to go primary school.
Task 7
Evaluate placement experience
I had too much experience in my placement and the experience that I got it would give me a lot of benefit. One of the most important benefits I got in my placement was my communication skill. By going to my placement every week I had the change to improve my communication skill and I used that chance by going every week.
By going ever week I improved my non verbal and verbal communication skills. In non verbal communication skills I improved my facial expression by thinking positive , eye contact when the staff talking to me I make eye contact to show that am not ignoring what they saying, body language and posture. In verbal communication skills I improved listening, talking and speaking clear. I also improved my weakness point and strength points. If I had the change going back to nursery I would of improve more on my communication skills.
In nursery I was the responsibility for doing activities for children. My weakness point was I didn’t know how to organise the activities the staff just explain me how to organise it. It would be better some one who knows how to organise the activity should be doing it. Well first I planed my activity then get my feedback on ideas, the more I got ideas it would be better for me. Then finally I organise my activity. The benefit I had by doing this activities was learning how to organise and set up the activities. I tried my best to do it.
In my first day the children was not speaking to me and not asking help from me that often, because they did not know me that well. Therefore I have to be more close to them. Every week I was working with different age group therefore the children need time to know me well. There was a child she was quit different from other children. She did not like playing with other children, not eating her meal, not speaking to children’s and not sharing her toys with others. It was very hard to communicate with her. I was making her to play in a group so she could mix with other children. The reason she was not speaking to other children it might be she’s to shy to speak to them. I think helping to a child to express and deal with their feeling constructively and positively is quit important things.
In my placement after for while the staff was happy with me the way I was dealing and the way I was talking to children. By working in nursery it would give me a lot of benefit because in nursery it shows the best way to look after the children and I need this in the future. This placement also improved my communication skill.
Task 8
A career in health and social care would give me the best opportunity in the further. This course offers me the opportunity to learn more about how to community with people and at hospital where nursing is experienced for caring for mother and child, adults, children, clients who’s learning disabilities and those with mental health problems.
My work placement has improved my individual skills for example I was the responsibility to take care of a child if the staff not in the room. My placement also improved my communication skill it was important for me to improve my communication skill. I had the change to improve my weakness point and strength point. I was observing and assessing children and producing writing report on each child’s development. I had to write it everyday was has been changed.
To work in nursery nurse they should have a sense of humour, understand the social and emotional needs of children, need to speak clearly and should be a good listener, should have excellent communication should be planning and organizational skill.
In the future I want to be a mental health nurse the skill I need to be I mental health nurse its to have excellent communication and listening skills, to be able gain client confidence and trust, be good at teamwork and able to work on their own initiative, and should have assertive with good motivation skill. Basically I have some of these skills; I got these skills when I worked in nursery. Therefore the nursery gave me a good opportunity to improve my communicating skill and the other skills.
