New to working in a nursery and witnessed horrible treatment

Please report this to police , not just management . My child was abused the same way as a 2 year old , I caught it as picked her up early . To this day I can’t grasp how I managed my child out of ter ethos day without putting hw run a&E . Honestly it took so much from me . Police , ofsted atc where involved etc . It was so traumatic
A friend recently had a baby too and I asked her if she was putting her in a nursery as she wa Aberdeen worker for 15 years herself . Her reply was “ no I would never trust my child to any nursery “ .
So this happens a lot more than people realise

You most report it OP. We need to speak up for the little ones who can't speak up for themselves ❤️

Genevieve Meehan? That story made me cry. Absolutely terrible. 🥺

Breaks me heart to read this and other accounts as well. I had no proof, just a gut instinct that the staff weren't as nice as they portrayed to parents, that I pulled my son out of daycare (how can they really be called nurseries)?

It's awful when you have no option but to have to go to work.

OP this is sadly common and it won’t be your last time seeing this type of behaviour in a nursery. I did some nursery temping a few summers ago, I worked in 12 different nurseries and each one I saw this kind of behaviour. I reported it to ofsted.

I hope you're OK, Op. It's a hard thing to do, but you do have a statutory duty to report this behaviour. Make sure you have some support. You're doing the right thing.

Please report this. Our DD was treated badly in a nursery setting and no one would have known but for a very brave woman who flagged it up within days of starting work there. The place was shut down and the abuser convicted.

@arcticpandas sadly this is what I thought about my DC's nursery. Two of the key workers they had are now in prison after a death of a beautiful little baby at the nursery and subsequent investigations showing neglect.

Both DC now in school with no memories of the nursery. I'm not privy to any information as to how they were treated during their time there as they had both aged out of the setting when investigations began.

We live in a lovely area and the nursery was highly recommended. It's awful to think about.

Sixth sense? 🙄

Yes, report and keep dates and incident notes.

As well, please call out your colleague on the job...
Hey, do you need some help? That was not gentle.
Hey, please be more careful with that child's arm.
Don't dump him down so aggressively.

If you are sacked you have your notes and the fact that you reported.

Could you report to your manager and LADO? When I worked in childcare we used to have the contact information for reporting concerns dotted around the building.

Some people just shouldn't work with children, at all.

PLEASE REPORT HER IMMEDIATELY OP. It makes me absolutely weep thinking my DD could be in the care of such a wicked person!

As a mum of a toddler, threads like this make me so anxious. You must report your colleague otherwise you're not much better than they are.

Same, my children LOVED their nursery, they used to come home ecstatic and couldn't wait to go back the next day, they were so happy there, sometimes you just know...

The first thing to do when witnessing poor care is to intervene.

Please report immediately. Over the weekend if you can. I know someone who got sacked from their nursery job because they witnessed similar behaviour but mulled it over for a couple of days then told management. She was dismissed because she hadn't reported immediately abd it was a safeguarding issue.

Of course it was.

The mother of this child doubtless thinks the same thing, or she wouldn’t leave her there 🤷🏻‍♀️

Tell your manager the way this worker behaves with the children. Please. This little girl doesn't deserve to be treated like this.

Way back when I was younger I did a day trial at a nursery where I witnessed a SEND child treat in a neglectful way. I emailed Ofsted and the manager, and refused the job.

These are the most vulnerable in society and extremely precious to someone, not worth the job to keep quiet about maltreatment.

@Emrald1

There you go try and do what seran star said.
Op I am with you, wanting to report but not wanting to loose the job.

She's got a good stragety there and I would try and get a note to the parent also.

@tacoxx same. I was so young but mentioned something to the manager and basically there was a meeting highlighted my behaviour.
Myself and one other girl were the only people who cared. The manager was actually sweet but unfortunately a family and their friends had a strangle hold in there and ruled the roost.
So does she believe me a young newcomer or the many family and friends working there for much longer? Does she risk loosing me part time and off to to uni soon, the hassle of an investigation or conviently manage me and keep the staff and bury the problem?

We are locked into chains of command.
We need work and pay to feed our own families.
I'd say very few places have open fair and transparent procedure for complaint and raising standard.

Poor little girl. Hope you can find a way to report it.

This thread has just triggered a memory for me, I hate crane flies never understood why but as I was reading this a memory of nursery came in my head. I'm early 50's so it's a long time ago. Outside in the back yard of the nursey singing incy windy spider ( I wasn't much of a talker though) being forced to pick up crane flies. I still can't do it.

I'm not doubting that some do, but in the last maybe 12 years I've worked in, trained in or used 8 nurseries or preschools and none have had it.
The two nurseries local to me in my town don't have it.

As a parent with a young child at nursery, please report this to management AND tell the parents. If it was my child, I'd want to know immediately.

I agree. Instead of 30 free hours at 9 months old!