|
health
safety
staff
|
KEYWORKER POLICY Keyworker and Keyworker buddy system
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Statutory Framework states that every child must be assigned a key person. A key person is someone that helps ensure that every child’s learning and care is tailored to meet their individual needs. Role of Key Person: • To form strong bonds with their key children to allow them to identify and support their individual needs. • To form professional relationships with the families of their key children to enable effective communication and an open and honest exchange of information. • To support families in any way they can, whether this be through direct support or by signposting to appropriate agencies and organisations, or through referrals and multi-agency working. • To have an in-depth understanding of the care, learning and development needs of their key children and ensure that this is actively shared with the rest of the team within the room to enable all members of staff to respond appropriately to existing and emerging needs. • To provide feedback to parents about their child’s care and development and provide professional advice and guidance as needed. • To be responsible for carrying out baseline assessments and collating observations to ensure that children’s learning journeys are up to date. • To monitor children’s leaning journey’s, assessing against expected stages of development, monitoring progress and being proactive in addressing and raising any concerns to ensure early intervention. • To work with other professionals and agencies to ensure that every child has the opportunity for the best possible start in life. Key workers will attend and liase with admin and nursery manager to arrange and will attend meetings when required. • To support children and their families through all transitions they experience and ensure that wherever possible these are planned with the child’s needs in mind. • To act as an advocate for the child, both within and outside of the nursery. This could include identifying where and how certain processes or procedures do not work for the child or giving the ‘child’s voice’ when they are unable. • To plan appropriate individual activities for the child prioritising their stage of development and next steps and ensuring it links with the child’s current interests and characteristics of learning. • To ensure each child’s stage of development, interests and characteristics of learning are included within the room and group planning. • To follow the teacher planning for the setting. As part of their role a key person is responsible and must complete the following tasks: • During the initial settling sessions, explain the nursery procedures, room routine, and answer the parents questions and ensure that the child profile is fully completed with all necessary information gained to enable the full level of care to be provided for the child. • Ensure that the parent is aware of what their child will need to bring to nursery with them • Checking that daily feedback is recorded on the system accurately and in a timely manner • To ensure that sufficient observations are made and recorded. The key worker is not solely responsible for making or recording observations, as it is expected that all staff do so for all children. • To plan transitions within in collaboration with parents and through liaison with room leader and new key person. • Completing transition documentation following procedures as required. • 2yr old checks if needed. • Supporting children and families when the child is leaving to start school or another nursery. • To liase with any outside agencies and fill in any forms that may be needed.
|
