Accident and Emergency Policy

It is our policy to keep children safe when they are in our care. 

Our premises have been checked by Ofsted and they meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage in England. We also regularly review, update and practise fire evacuation procedures. We record dates and times of fire drills.	

Accidents to minded children, childminder’s own children, or the childminder
As a registered setting, we are legally required to have a valid first-aid certificate before registration.  We can administer basic first-aid treatment, and our first-aid box is clearly labelled and easily accessible. It is stored in the Baby playroom, it is placed on a high shelf so that it is only accessible to adults and older children. 
Parent contact numbers are kept securely with the first-aid box. 

We hold written permission from parents in The child record form to seek emergency treatment for their child if it is needed. 

If only one registered childminder is working at the time of an emergancy or if the children would need to left for more than two hours with an assistant then we have an arrangement with another registered childminder to provide emergency back-up cover if necessary, details below.

Vicky Bagley
17 Chamerblain Avenue
Maidstone
Kent
07876 023460

Procedure
If there is an accident to a minded child or childminder’s own children:
First, we reassure the injured child while making sure that the other children in my care are safe. This may mean strapping a baby in a buggy or sitting an older child somewhere safe where we can see them.
Then, if the accident is a minor one and requires only basic first aid, we deal with it ourselves. If not, we will ring 999 for help. 
If we have to accompany or take a child to hospital, we either leave the other children with our co working registered childmindes, assistants or call my emergency back-up cover. This will be another registered childminder (as named above)
If there is an accident, our emergency back-up cover may contact you and you will be expected to collect your child straight away. 
If we manage to deal with the accident ourselves, then we will tell the affected child’s parents immediately and advise of any first aid treatment given. 
If we accompany or take a child to hospital, we will contact the child’s parent and ask them to meet me at the hospital. 
If we or any of my own children have an accident, we will get the nearest responsible adult to help, while our emergency back-up people are being contacted. 
We will do my best at all times to make sure the children in our care are safe, reassured and kept calm.

Accidents off site:
We will carry parents’ contact details with me when We are away from our setting, in order to follow procedures above should an accident occur off site.

Other emergencies:
Should any other emergency occur  we will contact parents as soon as possible. We expect that parents will also contact me in the event of any accident or emergency which may befall them. Should it not be possible for parents to contact me, then we will keep the children safe until such time as parents can make contact with me.

Recording:
We will record all details in my accident book, and make these available for parents to sign and provide a copy for parents.

If the incident is significant we will inform Ofsted, the local child protection agency, the Health and Safety Executive and my insurance company as soon as is reasonably practicable but in any event within 14 days of the incident occurring.

Emergency back-up cover

Co working childminders

	Name:
Telephone:	
Back-up registered childminder
	Name:
Telephone:	

Updated Feb 16