New to working in a nursery and witnessed horrible treatment

I don't know the procedures here but seeking advice from a third party professional sounds sensible to protect you. Someone mentioned safeguarding.

If you verbally report to manager and nothing more it could be really difficult for you. As other poster has highlighted - they deny it and you're the bad guy, children still getting scragged about. You have to cover all bases.

This makes me weep. Similar age to me at the time.

I remember my own time at a ghastly day nursery {See previous post}- I too used to get into an awful state of panic before being left at the nursery.

A child who is being cared for at a nursery by kindly staff won't behave this way, I'm sure.

Your Grandson thank GOODNESS was able to communicate how unhappy he was.

The 'Boss' at the nursery I went to was all smiles with the adults- but her face would harden. I can still see it, clear as day -thankfully no longer a nursery.

An auntie who took me there said ''you started to scream when you recognised where we were going''

Yet at the nice Day nursery that Dad changed to , Aunt said I went in there happily.

It's a shame kids themselves can't leave reviews.

However...they do try to communicate .

Please report this. It breaks my heart to think of that poor little girl. Be strong. Do the right thing. Trust your instinct. My work is related to whistle blowing in another industry and I promote this day in day out. It is hard, but you could be preventing something terrible happening. There is no way this behaviour is acceptable. If she can be so overt it may suggest a culture of this or acceptance. Think of what she may do if alone with a child and loses her temper.

Cctv both protects the children and also staff in the event of a false report imo

I have a friend (DS same age as DD - 3) who was a nursery manager. She gave up her role after maternity when she had her own child as she had seen too much that she considered negative while she was working. She wasn’t happy to leave her child in the care of a nursery, despite having run one. She said she never understood before she had her own child why parents were so worried about what seemed like small things to her at the time.

It's a situation where it's ops word against the other person. Investigate takes time, what if they can't investigate this and the manager says she's a brilliant staff member?

In the mean time this child is still getting bullied?

On behalf of every parent ever - please report xx

Tell the highest person you trust and get them to go with you to management. It helps to have a witness to your statement as it can't be brushed under the carpet if management do nothing. There should be whistleblowing phone numbers displayed in the nursery. If you feel the management team won't help then call the numbers for safeguarding.

This is the perfect way to report it.
Be strong, OP, calm but determined. This child and others depend on you to keep them safe and happy.

Of course she can't do it anonymously, how do you imagine that working?? Slip a note in the child's bag?
She has to talk to the manager and potentially LADO too!

Agree 100%.

Hi Winter

Don’t know if I’m doing this right, but if this comes into the thread, just want to say - please report.

Picking up a child in the manner you describe can be very detrimental (tendon/ligament damage). Leaving a child in urine-soaked clothes is neglect and therefore, abuse.

Ideally you should make a note of when and where (date and time) and, if you can, a description describing what was happening around the event. Your Nursery will have a Policy on reporting to tell you the next steps but I have outlined what to do in 2 posts on this thread. Be brave and do it, not only because it’s right but also because you, as an employee, have a duty of care. It is hard because it can make you feel vulnerable, but it has to be done.

You know you need to go to your dsl for this asap. And check if they take it to lado and if not take it to lado yourself. Make sure you record everything. Make sure leaders notify Ofsted

You needed to write down the dates and times if you have cctv. If they are good management they will look back and do more about it.
you can report to lado.

Or there should be more encouragement from the government for parents to look after their own young babies. I agree that early years are extremely important but babies don’t need formal education. Instead of giving more funding to nurseries, households with stay at home parents should be given tax credits.

And there is this recent thread - also relating to 15 month olds up to 2 years of age.
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5260994-to-think-this-shouldnt-be-said-to-nursery-children?page=2

Always report. If it’s not listened to ofsted is your next step.

You need to report to LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer). Contact info should be available in the nursery or Google would be able to tell you who it is and how to get in touch.

Brutes and bullies should NOT be in charge of children {Or the vulnerable, full stop}
Yes, children and the elderly are hard work, but having adequate staffing levels and kind treatment goes a long way.

CCTV ought to be mandatory in all nurseries and care homes.

@littleluncheon she can do it anonymously that parents child is being abused and causing the child trauma and that parent is paying handsomely for it.

Any of us would want to know.

Op can do a few things at the same time

Omg, it’s terrible how little importance is placed on the early years.

Nurseries/preschools need way more funding. They need well paid, highly educated professionals. Early education needs to be given the same regard as that of older children. They are literally laying the foundations of the rest of their lives!

Aaagh.

Absolutely, 100% go to LADO, op. It doesn’t look like you’d get very far if you just went to management. It’s a very scary and downright dangerous person who treats a tiny, innocent child like that.

OP should definitely not go straight to the child's parents unless she wants to lose her job and probably not work in nurseries locally again.

She needs to follow the nursery's whistle blowing policy.

Oh god that’s horrific :(

I totally agree. You've got great people who love kids. You've also got an environment of not brilliantly paid staff, some very young, long hours. I believe the shit that goes down sometimes would be upsetting to truly know.

I wish I could have found a better quality childcare provision if I could go back in time. Cameras all the way I agree.