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Collection/Late Collection of a Child Policy
All parents are asked to ensure that they
collect their child on time as a parent being late can cause distress
to a child.
If however you are going to be late you
should:
Contact the pre-school as soon as you know.
Where possible arrange for your child to
be collected by another responsible adult.
If this person is to be different from
the authorised adult known to the pre-school, then verification for
this person must be agreed between parent and Pre-school.
No child will be allowed to leave the pre-school
with another parent/adult without notification being given either at
the beginning of the session or in an emergency by the parent phoning
during the session.
If your child is to be collected by another
adult you are required to complete the 'Child Collection Book on arrival
at pre-school giving the full name, address, telephone no. (home and
mobile) and the relationship to child, e.g. grandparent, neighbour etc.
Please ensure that you make a member of staff aware of the entry in
the book.
If a parent does not turn up at the given
time and no notification or other arrangements have been made ('Child
Collection Book' will be checked):
Two members of staff will stay with the
child.
The contact nos. on file will be called
and every effort will be made to ensure that the child is made to feel
secure and happy until collected.
Late collection, however short of period
of time, is not only inconvenient, but costly to the pre-school. Therefore,
a penalty of £5.00 will be charged for every 5 minutes late arrival.
A log is retained and should late pick up persist for more than 3 occasions,
an invoice for the above will be issued accordingly, unless there is
a valid reason and contact is made with the Pre-school.
If however the parents are not reachable
and the child is not collected within half an hour of the end of the
session, then the supervisor will apply the procedures set out in the
Area Child Protection Policy. A copy of which, is available at the pre-school.
We contact our local authority Social Services
Department (numbers correct at date of issue):
01635 519714
We inform Ofsted:
0845 601 4771
We contact our Pre-school Development Worker:
01635 519404
A full written report of the incident is
recorded.
Depending on circumstances, we reserve
the right to charge parents for the additional hours worked by our staff.
On enrolment to the pre-school parents
are requested to complete the following information:
Home address and telephone no.
Any mobile no.
Place of work, address and telephone no.
Responsible person nominated to collect child in parents' absence.
Parents are requested to notify the pre-school
if there is any adult who does not have legal access to the child.
Parents are requested to ensure they keep
the pre-school informed of any changes to the above information.
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