Nursery supervision of visitors policy

At The University of Dundee Nursery Ltd we aim to always protect the children in our care. This includes making sure any visitors to the nursery are properly identified and supervised.

All visitors must sign the visitors’ book on arrival and departure. Where applicable, visitors’ identity should be checked, e.g. Care Inspectorate inspectors or colleagues attending in a professional capacity such as speech and language therapists. Visitors are informed of any relevant policies including the fire evacuation procedure and mobile phone camera and other recording devices policy including use of smartwatches where applicable.

All visitors are given and should wear a visitor’s badge to identify themselves to staff and parents within the nursery. A member of staff must always accompany visitors while they are in the building; at no time should a visitor be left alone with a child unless under specific circumstances arranged previously with the manager.

Security

• Staff must check the identity of any visitors they do not recognise before allowing them into the main nursery. Visitors to the nursery must always be recorded in the Visitors’ Book and accompanied by a member of staff while in the building
• All external doors must always be kept locked and external gates closed.
• Parents, visitors, and students are reminded not to hold doors open or allow entry to any person, whether they know this person or not. Staff within the nursery should be the only people allowing external visitors and parents entry to the nursery
• The nursery will under no circumstances tolerate any form of harassment from third parties, including visitors, towards others, including children, staff members and parents. The police may be called in these circumstances.

Covid-19

During pandemic several visitors being allowed to visit nursery will be kept to minimum/essential. Most of the meetings will be held online. If face to face meeting required than Management Team will always offer outdoor space. If indoor meeting required involving a group of people than appropriate size of the room must be allocated to let a 2-meter social distance. Before entry office a visitor must use hand, sanitiser and wear a face mask.

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