Safeguarding children at New Beginnings

Children's Safety is always our highest priority

Everyone takes responsibility on a daily basis to keep children safe

We do this by:

• Meeting health and safety standards
• DBS checking all staff, students and volunteers
• Keeping our essential training up to date (pediatric first aid, food safety, safeguarding etc)
• Securing our site including data protection
• Liaising with outside agencies-Health visitors, social care, SEN services
• Meeting our prevent duty requirements

Safeguarding Children Statement

At New Beginnings Day Nursery, the health, safety and wellbeing of all children is of paramount importance. The nursery therefore works hard to ensure appropriate policies, procedures, staff training and monitoring is in place to provide a safe, supportive and caring learning environment in which our children can flourish.

Safeguarding is about ensuring that everyone is safe from harm – safe from people who could abuse, safe from discrimination or harassment, safe from all types of abuse –we strive to ensure that all feel safe in our environment.

Our nursery aims to provide a positive, stimulating, caring and safe environment which promotes the social, physical, emotional and moral development of each child. We work hard to maintain a safeguarding ethos and culture whereby all children feel safe. In order to fulfil our responsibilities, we adopt a child-centered approach.

This means that:

• Safeguarding systems and procedures are oriented around the wishes, feelings and best interests of children.
• We seek to give children a 'voice', listen to what they say, take them seriously and work collaboratively in order to meet their needs.

There may be occasions as a nursery where we have a concern about a child when we may have to consult other agencies in relation to their welfare or child protection concerns.

Further information can be found in our Safeguarding Policies.

If you are concerned about a child, please do not hesitate to speak to the nurseries designated safeguarding lead Paula Gill.