Risk Assessments, Policies and Procedures! Any help appreciated!

leeloo1 - dont worry too much about your registration inspection, they wont expect to see all that paperwork, just check your premises and who you are its the next inspection at about 6 months after that you will need to show these

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Have a look on the NCMA website, as they have some example policies.

Non-collection of child policy.

Emergency carer policy.

I found the 'eyfs in practice' guide to policies and procedures fabulous. Its not cheap but it is a wealth of information and guidance. They give you 'sample' policies which you adapt and rewrite for your setting. There's also loads of info about risk assessments and obs/assessments. I learnt more about eyfs from this than I did from the training courses I did . They also offer telephone or email support and the lady who runs the company is wonderful . They are policies written by cms for cms. Google 'eyfs in practice'.
Also have a look at the Bromley cm website - they have mega loads of info and resources.

BTW, i've had some wonderful resources from ebay and other websites - yes, I've also had some rubbish , but it takes some of the hard work out of our job.

Leeloo you don't say if you have just registered or in process of re-doing what you have. I'd be very careful about getting stuff of the net and ebay there is some real rubbish out there!. If you do have a look online make sure the source is from a reputable provider like a .gov or council site but remember to use these carefully policys, proceedures and risk assessments should be individual and apply to what you do, however it's good to look at some examples to see what format people use. The statutary framework should be the basis for a lot of stuff make sure you include the welfare requirements into your paperwork.

Best thing to do is start from the top with Risk Assessment you will need to do:

An initial or baseline assessment of your setting inside & out.

An assessment for each area you use or are registered for again inside & out.

One for each regular planned outing and also any occasional trips or visits.

Remember to do school drop collection assesments using a vehicle , bus, train etc

Its good practice to include what ratios the assessment relates to and put a review date on with a proviso that it may be ness to review earlier if something changes.

You will also need a checklist style assessment for daily checks in & out.

Policys & Proc

Never ending sagas for me think you got them all then another pops up

Basically you will need all areas covered in the welfare requirements as well as the standard ones

Sick child / exclusion
Medicine storage / administration
Risk Assessment
Behaviour
Transition
Parental Consent
Partnership with Parents
Smoking / alcohol / drugs
Safeguarding / prevention / detection / internet
Sharing information
Visitors / Suspicious callers
outings & transport
EYFS
Welcoming / settling in
Food Hygiene
Handling Waste
Pets & Animals
Fire
Security
Accidents & Injuries
Complaints
Confidentiality
Data Protection

the list goes on and on and on.....

The minders on here are a helpful bunch so just ask and we will try to help