Health and Safety:
We take Health and Safety very seriously at YMCA North Tyneside and the nursery is no different.
Our Estates and Facilitates manager carries out regular audits of the nursery to ensure that all health and Safety legislation is being followed and implemented in the setting to provide children with a completely safe environment.
The nursery manager completes monthly audits to assess all aspects of health and safety including, fire escapes are in working order, first aid boxes are fully stocked, light and heating sources are safe and working and each room is free from hazards.
We also take fire safety into account and ensure that all fire extinguishers/fire blankets are safe and checked on a regular basis. All rooms have specific fire evaluation procedures which are displayed in the rooms, to ensure that the building can be evacuated safely.
All accidents and incidents (including at home) are recorded on specific forms to allow parents and practitioners to work together in partnership. Accidents that occur in the nursery are monitored by the manager to ensure any correlations of accidents are spotted and dealt with appropriately.
Security:
To ensure the security of children at all times we have two front doors. The main door which is accessed from the street is locked with a deadlock and is security coded. This means the door is locked at all times. Only staff have access to the key code and can access this door. The second door in the lobby is also has a security code lock which again, only staff have access to.
Parents and visitors are required to ring the doorbell situated on the main front door to gain access to the nursery.
All visitors are required to sign in and staff will ask new visitors to produce a form of ID. This is to ensure that children are safeguarded at all times.
CCTV:
We have CCTV in each of the rooms to ensure that children and staff are safeguarded at all times while they are in the setting. The CCTV is monitored by the nursery manager and is only accessed in the nursery office.
Mobile phones:
All staff follow the mobile phone policy.
Visitors are informed on arrival that mobile phones are not prohibited to be used within the building to ensure that all children are safeguarded.
Staff sign in their mobile phones at the start of their shift and keep them in the nursery office. They only have access to their mobiles during breaks and understand the areas their phones can only be used in the staff room or offsite.