Nursery's social networking policy

This policy refers to all social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc.

We require our staff to be responsible and professional in their use of social networking sites in relation to any connection to the nursery, nursery staff, parents, or children. We ask parents and visitors to respect and adhere to our policy.

Staff must adhere to the following:

• Mobile phones are either turned off or on silent and not accessed during your working hours
• Mobile phones can only be used on a designated break and then this must be away from the children
• Mobile phones should be always stored safely in their own bags during the hours of your working day
• During outings, staff will use mobile phones belonging to the nursery wherever possible. Photographs must not be taken of the children on any phones, either personal or nursery owned
• Staff must not post anything on to social networking sites such as Facebook that could be construed to have any impact on the nursery’s reputation or relate to the nursery or any children attending the nursery in any way
• Staff must not post anything on to social networking sites that could offend any other member of staff or parent using the nursery
• Staff should not become ‘friends’ with nursery parents on social media unless the relationship was established before either starting at the nursery. Any staff members who have parents as social media ‘friends must always maintain a professional relationship on these sites
• If any of the above points are not followed then the member of staff involved will face disciplinary action, which could result in dismissal.
• All contractors and visitors must leave their mobile phone in the office during the visit at nursery.

Parents’ and visitors’ use of social networking

We promote the safety and welfare of all staff and children and therefore ask parents and visitors not to post publicly or privately information about any child on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. We ask all parents and visitors to follow this policy to ensure that information about children, images and information do not fall into the wrong hands.

Parents/visitors are invited to share any concerns regarding inappropriate use of social media through the official procedures (please refer to the partnership with parents’ policy, complaints procedures and grievance policy).