Hi,
Long time MN lurker, first time poster.
My daughter is in a day nursery locally. Has always settled well despite the on and off nature due to vivid. Has attended since jan 2020 but only consistently for about 7 months now. She has always been happy as far as we can tell, she is 2.5.
I have a few issues but I’m not sure if I am over reacting / being too sensitive.. I’d welcome your (kind/constructive) thoughts:
Communication is very very poor, change of key person without us knowing- no communication from key person anyway so didn’t realise there had been a change.. not causing any direct issue as we can tell but is this an indicator of poor practice at the nursery? (They wheel out ‘because covid’ when we ask about the levels of communication. Unfortunate as covid is for nurseries, these kids don’t get another go at early years so imo they need to be mitigating barriers to communication with families, is that unreasonable?)
A new apprentice has started, the third apprentice recently hired. He’s 19, first job in childcare. This flagged to me immediately so I did ask a few questions of the nursery on their policies just for peace of mind etc.
I wanted to check in re safeguarding procedures and was told...
-yes on occassion a member of staff may fe
change nappies alone and not in line of sight of other staff (ie., in the bathroom with door closed) there is nothing in their procedures to prevent this
-it would be against the law for a families request for same sex personal care to be met (I’m genuinely unsure on this.. I ask for female gynae whenever needed, I’m not aware of any laws being broken to meet that request? Anyone actually know the legality of it?)
-an apprentice (no experience no qualifications, first childcare role) may be assigned as a key person in the baby room (I have a second child due to start attending the baby room hence my asking about this).
My spidey sense is tingling but I’m not sure if it’s justified. All I can think is someone who has never had access to children/worked with children might be undertaking personal care 1:1 and may be responsible for guiding my kids early education (re the 2.5 year old, obviously a baby isn’t at nursery for education).
To be honest the thought of paying over £1000 a month for unqualified care is difficult to swallow, but options are limited. I can suck that up if otherwise I am confident they are going to be safe and well cared for. But I’m genuinely not sure..
What would you think?
Our plan B would be a nanny/ small pre school combo and all the upheaval faff and expense of becoming employers that we can ill afford- but I’ll do it if I can’t settle my mind.
Thanks
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Username98765432111 · 04/04/2021 03:40
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