Doodlebugs Day Nursery (Aberuthven)

1. To promote consistent high quality practice the provider should ensure that quality assurance and self-evaluation processes are further developed. This should include, but is not limited to: a) audits being further developed to ensure they are effective and robust to identify errors, missing information and patterns or triggers. This is in relation to accidents and incidents and the safe management of medication; b) developing effective and well managed quality assurance and self-evaluation processes including monitoring of practice, interactions, spaces and children’s experiences. These should be meaningful, evaluated and highlight the impact on outcomes for children and families. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: ‘I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assuranc2. To ensure children are kept safe from harm and abuse, the provider should develop the service’s child protection policy to keep it in line with ‘National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 - updated 2023.’ This should include, but is not limited to: a) ensuring that processes and procedures are clear and consistently followed; b) ensuring clear guidance on how to effectively manage allegations made in relation to a staff member; c) ensuring concerns recorded in children’s chronologies are acted upon; d) ensuring all staff have received additional child protection training to develop their knowledge and skills to support them to recognise signs of abuse and keep children safe. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: ‘I am protected from harm, neglect, abuse, bullying and exploitation by people who have a clear understanding of1. To ensure children experience high quality learning and development, the provider should ensure that a balance of intentional and responsive planning is offered. Observations should be effective and clearly identify progress and next steps within a child’s learning. Next steps should be developed and regularly re-visited to support further progression and achievement. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I am supported to achieve my potential in my education and employment if this is right for me' (HSCS 1.27).