Key Person Policy

Key person policy

 

Aim of policy

To demonstrate how the key person role is used throughout the setting.

 

Points to consider

As part of the vision and values of our setting, we greatly value the strong positive relationships we build with the children in our care and their families. Children’s emotional wellbeing is an essential foundation for their health, happiness and ability to learn. This policy works with Every Child Matters (2003) and Early Years Foundation Stage (2012)

A key person:

• Welcomes parents and children and introduces them to other staff members, other parents and children.
• Works closely with the parents and child.
• Informs parents of their child’s time at nursery.
• Keeps parents informed of any setting events.
• Discusses and reassures fears, worries or problems from both parents and children.
• Supports the child’s transitions.
• Continually builds a close relationship with the parents and children during their time at nursery.
• Ensures that their key children’s needs and interests are met through appropriate activities.
• Keeps records on each of their key children and uses these to enhance their learning and development.

 

Castle Daycare and Preschool aims to do this by:

• Having a key person for each child before they come in to settle.
• The key person will do the settling in visits and will cascade information about the child to relevant team members.
• The key person will spend time with the child supporting their welfare, learning and emotional and physical development.
• Ongoing training will be provided for staff to enable them to carry out the key person role.
• Arrangements will be in place to balance out the number of children assigned to each key person and to accommodate shift patterns and Where possible a key person buddy maybe allocated to ensure the children are supported whilst their key person is absent from nursery
• Staff will be inducted into becoming a key person as part of their induction and will be supported throughout by the manager and room leaders.
• Sufficient time will be given for key people to complete records, however these records will be designed to minimise any time away from the children