Bright Starts Glasgow

1. To meet children's health, welfare and safety needs, the manager should develop children's personal plans. This should include, but not be limited to, identifying and implementing appropriate strategies to meet children's needs, supporting progress and helping them to achieve their full potential. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "My personal plan (sometimes referred to as a care plan) is right for me because it sets out how my needs will be met, as well as my wishes and choices." (HSCS 1.1)

1. To support children's protection, safety and wellbeing consideration should be given by the manager and staff to review and develop systems in place for the deployment of staff, their supervision of children and effective staff communication to ensure all children are accounted for. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards, which state, 'My needs are met by the right number of people' (HSCS 3.15); and 'My care and support is consistent and stable because people work well together' (HSCS.3.19).

1. To support children’s health, safety and wellbeing, children should be cared for in a safe and secure environment both indoors and outdoors. Robust and dynamic risk assessments should take place and action taken to mitigate risks to children. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards, which state, 'My environment is secure and safe' (HSCS 5.17) and ‘I experience an environment that is well looked after with clean, tidy and well maintained premises, furnishings and equipment’ (HSCS 5.22).