Code of Conduct

Flying Gulls Nursery 

Code of Conduct and Social Networking Policy.

Flying Gulls nursery is a place that promotes respect and responsibility in a safe learning environment.

All children, parents and staff have the right to be safe and feel safe in their nursery community.

This Code of Conduct applies to all individuals in the nursery community.

Children are to be treated with respect and dignity.

Parents play an important role in the early education of their children and have a responsibility to support the efforts of the nursery in maintaining a respectful learning environment for all. Parents fulfill this responsibility when they:

• Show an active interest in their child’s work and progress.

• Communicate regularly with the nursery.

• Working together with nursery staff in dealing with any behavior issues.

Supervisors under the direction of the management team take a leadership role in the daily running of the nursery. They provide this leadership by:

• Demonstrating care and commitment to a safe learning environment.

• Hold everyone under their authority accountable for their behaviour and actions.

• Communicate regularly and meaningfully with all members of the nursery community.

Staff, under the leadership of the supervisors, are expected to maintain a high standard of respect and responsible behaviour within the nursery. All staff are good role models and understand their position of trust with the community.  They uphold these high standards when they:

• Help children to develop their self-confidence and self-esteem.

• Communicate regularly and meaningfully with parents.

• Maintain consistent standards of behaviour following pre-school guidelines and policies.

• Demonstrate respect for all within the pre-school community

• Listen and support children and understand their individual needs

• Adhere to confidentiality guidelines and maintain appropriate professional boundaries

 

• Staff must maintain a professional relationship with parents and carers at all times.

• As well as maintaining a professional presence within the nursery you must also maintain a professional presence outside of the nursery. As we are within a village people are aware of members of staff and you must remember to always be professional and never discuss the nursery with other members of the public.

• If there is an incident outside of work that has cause for concern i.e an augment with an adult or parent, inappropriate behavior, where you have been involved in any offense. You must report this immediately to your Manager, who will decide what action needs to be taken.

• If you fail to report this, this may cause disciplinary action.

• Each member of staff must recognise that parents and carers need feedback regarding their children and that this must be given in an open, honest and friendly manner. 

• The relationship with parents and carers must not become overly familiar such that it clouds the impartiality of your judgment and action.

• Whilst there is always the possibility of a member of staff having a close relationship with a parent or carer outside of the Nursery, we must avoid any conflict of interest or undue favoring of a child. 

• Where such a relationship arises the member of staff should immediately inform the Managers to discuss any action to be taken.

• Where a member of staff finds that they have a prior close relationship to a child in the Nursery through such means as a family relationship or close friendship then the Manager must be made aware of this immediately and may require the member of staff to change rooms to avoid any conflict of interest or risk of undue favoring of the child.

• Ensure that safeguarding of children in their care underpins everything they do

Management Team provides direction for the nursery by:

• Providing accommodation, equipment and an early years curriculum,

• Employing and training staff

• Processing admissions and administering finances

• Holding meetings relevant to managing the nursery and fundraising

• Working in partnership with parents, and liaising with other professionals and organisations.

• Developing policies that set out how the nursery will implement and follow the Code of Conduct and, if needed, an effective intervention strategy is in place.

• Ensuring that all members of the nursery community are aware of the Code of Conduct in a manner that ensures their commitment and support.

Social Networking Policy

Policy Statement

 

Flying Gulls Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at all times and expects everybody working within this setting to share this commitment”

 

This social networking policy applies to our members of staff, students and volunteers and Parents/Carers of The Flying Gulls Nursery and sets out guidelines that should be followed for all online communications. 

Whilst social media, professional networking sites and personal web sites are all useful technologies, everyone needs to use good judgment about what makes its way online.

 

Relevant technologies

This policy includes (but is not limited to) the following specific technologies:

• Personal blogs

• Twitter

• Facebook

• Instagram

• Whatsapp

• Messenger

• LinkedIn

• ‘Tapestry’ online learning journals.

 

The Tapestry online Learning journal system is hosted by a secure dedicated server based in the UK.

Staff will record your Childs development through secure online learning journals

(Tapestry). Parent/Carer consent is gained before the online learning journal is started.

 

On occasions there may be times when staff updates these journals at home, parents give permission on the consent form for this to happen. We fully understand and will abide by any parents wishes who do not give their consent.

 

All photographs will be uploaded onto Tapestry in the nursery. Staff will add observations to these at home, with parental permission. 

Parents and carers are given the responsibility for choosing what to do with any personal data contained in the learning file, once it is in their possession. 

However parents must be aware that they are not permitted to ‘publicise’ another child and must therefore be reminded that they must not share, distribute or display said images. If this happens they will lose the right to have Tapestry. 

 

Procedures Staff, students and volunteers using social networking sites must:

Refrain from divulging any information about children and parents within the setting.  Refrain from making comments that may be seen as detrimental to the reputation of the nursery.

Maintain professionalism by not accepting parents/carers as ‘friends’ on social networking sites.

Ensure that photographs or materials published on social networking sites do not identify the nursery, its staff or children and their families.

 

We talk to our parents/carers about social networking sites and the implications it may have on the setting, staff, children and their families if information or photos were uploaded and deemed detrimental to anyone associated with the nursery.

We ask parents at special events (Christmas, sports day etc...) for their permission for photographs to be taken by other parents, as it might also include their child, and if they were to put them on social network sites not to have any other child or adult in the picture.

 

Signed permission is also given on the enrolment forms.

Take precautions to safeguard themselves and Flying Gulls nursery Nursery and all parties involved with the nursery, children, staff/colleagues, parents etc from online Extremism and Radicalisation (see Preventing Extremism and Radicalisation, Safeguarding policy)

 

Disciplinary action

Any member of staff, student or volunteer found to be posting remarks or comments that breach confidentiality and or are deemed to be of a detrimental nature to Flying Gulls Nursery

and the nursery may face disciplinary action that may result in dismissal. Student and volunteers will be asked to leave immediately.

 

If a member of Staff/Parent/Carer becomes aware of any social networking activity that identifies Flying Gulls Nursery staff, children or families in a detrimental way they should notify the Nursery Manager, Jane Whaley 

 

Signed: J.Whaley

Date: Nov 2021

Review: Nov 22