Noah s Ark Nursery. Student Placement Policy

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1 Noah s Ark Nursery Student Placement Policy

2 NOAH S ARK NURSERY STUDENT PLACEMENTS POLICY Version: Unique Identifier: Ratified by (name of Committee): Date ratified: Date issued: Expiry date: (Document is not valid after this date) Review date: Final CO-012 Provider Quality and Safety Committee March 2011 June 2011 March 2014 June 2013 Lead Executive/Director: Vicky Preece, Associate Director of Nursing and Therapies and Lead Executive Nurse Name of originator/author: Sue Lahiff, Matron, Evesham Community Hospital Target audience: Nursery staff, children and children s parents and carers. If you would like this information in other languages or formats (i.e. large print) please contact the Communications Team on or communications@hacw.nhs.uk All staff must ensure that no one in the organisation discriminates (directly or indirectly) or victimises another person or patients on the grounds of sex, age, disability (including reasons of a person s association with disabled people), race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, including transgender men and women, sexual orientation, marital status or any other unjustifiable condition or requirement. Student Placements Page 1 of 5

3 CONTRIBUTION LIST Key individuals involved in developing the document Name Andrea Gilks Sarah Greenwood Sue Lahiff Della Lewis Jodie Van Rooyen Faye Condon Rachel Hall Lynn Shone Designation Nursery Manager Nursery Nurse Hospital Matron/Manager Clinical Governance Manager Clinical Audit Co-ordinator Nursery Nurse Assistant Nursery Nurse Nursery Nurse Student Placements Page 2 of 5

4 Student placements Policy Statement Noah s Ark nursery recognises that qualifications and training make an important contribution to the quality of the care and education provided by early years nurseries. As part of the commitment to quality, placements are offered to students undertaking early years qualifications and training. Placements are also offered to school pupils on work experience. The aim is to provide students on placement with experiences that contribute to the successful completion of their studies and that provide examples of quality practice in early years care and education. These procedures are written in line with current guidance Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The nursery manager is responsible for ensuring all staff understand and follow these procedures. 1. EYFS key themes and commitments A Unique Child Positive Relationships 1.3 Keeping safe 2.2 Parents as partners 2. Procedures Enabling Environments 3.4 The wider context Learning and Development Students on qualification courses are required to meet the 'suitable person' requirements of Ofsted and have Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks carried out. Schools placing students under the age of 17 years with the nursery must vouch for their good character. Students under the age of 17 years are supervised at all times and are not allowed to have unsupervised access to children. Students undertaking qualification courses who are placed in the nursery on a short term basis are not counted in the staffing ratios. Trainee staff employed by the nursery may be included in the ratios if they are deemed competent. Employers' liability insurance and public liability insurance are taken out, which covers both trainees and voluntary helpers. Students are required to keep to the confidentiality policy. Students' tutors are liaised with in order to help students to fulfil the requirements of their course of study. Students are provided, at the first session of their placement, with a short induction on how the nursery is managed, how the sessions are organised and the policies and procedures. A positive message is communicated to students about the value of qualifications and training. The needs of the children are made paramount by not admitting students in numbers that hinder the essential work of the nursery. Student Placements Page 3 of 5

5 It is checked that trainees and students placed with us are engaged in bona fide early years training, which provides the necessary background understanding of children's development and activities. 3. Disseminating and Implementing this Policy All nursery staff will be required to read this policy on their induction and to comply with the contents of the policy. The policy will be kept in the policy point folder and will be available for staff to refer to at all times. The implementation of the policy will be monitored by nursery staff on a day to day basis. If incidences of non-compliance do occur, this will be dealt with on a case by case basis through performance management of staff. Any adverse incidents will be recorded and reviewed to ensure the policy is fit for purpose. The policy will be formally reviewed at least every three years. Student Placements Page 4 of 5

6 Equality Impact Assessment Report Template Your Equality Impact Assessment Report should demonstrate what you do (or will do) to make sure that your function/policy is accessible to different people and communities, not just that it can, in theory, be used by anyone. 1. Name of policy or function Student Placements 2. Responsible Manager Sue Lahiff 3. Date EIA completed November Description of aims of function/policy Student placements in the nursery 5. Brief summary of research and relevant data 6. Methods and outcomes of consultation 7. Results of Initial Screening or Full Equality Impact Assessment Initial or Full Equality Impact Assessment? Equality Group Race Gender Disability Age Sexual Orientation Religion or Belief Human Rights Assessment of Impact 8. Decisions and or recommendations (including supporting rationale) 9. Equality action plan (if required) 10. Monitoring and review arrangements (include date of next full review) Department Hospitals Directorate Nursery Director Lisa Levy Report produced by & job title Della Lewis Clinical Governance Manager Date report produced November 2010 Date report published March 2011 Student Placements Page 5 of 5