Child Welfare

  • All educational service and nurseries must take positive steps to help children protect themselves by ensuring that programmes of health and safety are central to the curriculum we offer, and we must have in place a curriculum that ensures that children have a clear understanding of the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour on the part of another person, no matter who. 

    As with other areas of the curriculum and services must create and maintain a positive ethos and climate which actively promotes child welfare and safe environment by: 

    • Ensuring that children are respected and listened to. 

    • Ensuring that programmes of health and safety are central to the curriculum. 

    • Ensuring that staff are aware of child protection concerns and procedures. 

    • Establishing and maintaining close working relationships and arrangements with all other agencies to make sure that professionals collaborate effectively in protecting children. 

    Should a member of staff have concerns regarding the welfare or safety of a child they must report these concerns to management or the child protection officer. Management or the officer after judging that there may be grounds for concern regarding welfare or safety of any child must then immediately advise the duty senior social worker at the local social work office of the circumstances. 

    These are the only circumstances under which your child will be discussed with another agency without your prior consent. 

  • It is our policy within the nursery to ensure all information regarding our service uses is treated as confidential. Mutual trust is paramount to the success and the running of the nursery and will be always adhered to. 

    Staff will only be given information regarding users of the nursery that will assist them in carrying out their caring responsibilities, any additional information volunteered by users of the of the nursery will only be shared by staff with permission of yourself where appropriate. 

    During the enrolment process our managers will inform you of our policies and procedures, for the storing, retaining and accessing information. This includes our management outlining that certain personal details may be required and permission sought. You will also be made aware that this information will be always held in confidence of staff, using a locked filing system and shredded after uses. Alternatively, you may take away the information held when your child leaves the nursery. 

    Nursery users will be allowed access to their file and may do so by direct or written request to our management team. In the event that the information is deemed to be inaccurate by the nursery user, unnecessary or needing rectification, a direct or written request for formal removal/ rectification should be given to the manager who will respond in writing within 5 working days. 

    Following full consideration and consultation with the user, a solution will be offered within 28 days. Any information sought from an external source will be undertaken with permission of the user, apart from when there are circumstances where it is felt to be in their best interest. 

    No unauthorised person will have access to personal information under any circumstances. 

  • Information on children, parents and carers may be stored on a computer system and may be used for teaching, registration, assessment and other administrative duties. The information is protected by the data protection act 1998 and may only be disclosed in accordance with the codes of practice. 

    For further information please contact the nursery. 

  • The freedom of information Scotland act 2002 enables any person to obtain information from Scottish public authorities. The act applies to all Scottish public authorities including: The Scottish Government and its agencies: Scottish parliament, local authorities, NHS Scotland, universities and further education, college and the police. 

    Public Authorities must allow the following information: 

    • The provision , costs and standard of service. 

    • Information or decision making. 

    • The reason for the decisions made by it. 

    The legal right of access includes all types of recorded information of any data held by Scottish public authorities. 

    Further information is provided on the East Renfrewshire Council website. 

  • The Race relations act of 1976 make sit unlawful to discriminate against someone because of his or her colour, race, nationality or national background. The act makes it the duty of everyone to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination. 

    At KGN we recognise that support from the home is essential if these aims are to be achieved. Every child in East Renfrewshire has the right to be happy, safe and secure at all establishments. 

  • Bullying behaviour will not be tolerated at KGN. All children in East Renfrewshire educational establishments have an entitlement to work and play in a learning environment in which they feel valued, respected and safe carefree from all forms of bullying or discrimination.