Forest Foxes Kindergarten

1. For children to experience high quality care and support, the provider should audit areas of practice to identify gaps, reinforce best practices, and ensure compliance with updated standards. This should include but not be limited to, effective monitoring and auditing of: children's personal plans management of medication reviews accidents and incidents to identify emerging patterns staff registration with the relevant professional body. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: ‘I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).

2. For children to be cared for by staff who have been appropriately and safely recruited for their role, the provider should ensure that staff recruitment practice is in line with safe staffing procedures. This should include but not be limited to: a minimum of two references should be received, one of whom should be previous employer, before staff start working new references being sought specific to the role when staff move roles within the service. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: ‘ I am confident that people who support and care for me have been appropriately and safely recruited' (HSCS 4.24).

1. To support children’s health and wellbeing, the provider should ensure that effective handwashing practice is consistency in place at key times for both children and staff. This should include but is not limited to, consistently washing hands after eating and when doing tasks such as nose blowing to reduce infection risk. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice’ (4.11).

2. For parents to be fully informed about how personal information is collected and used, the provider should update data management and safeguarding policies and procedures. These should be included in parents' information pack and permissions sought when families start using the service. This should include but is not limited to the use of staff personal mobile phones. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice’ (4.11).

1. To fully support children's health, welfare and development needs, the provider should ensure that information in personal plans is up to date and relevant, reflecting children's progress and development. This should include, but is not limited to, improving opportunities to review plans with children and families every six months or sooner introducing support plans with clear strategies to show how individual needs will be supported. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states 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, as2. For children's health and medical needs to be fully supported, the provider should improve management of medication procedures in line with guidance. This should include, but is not limited to, introducing consent forms for administering medication, in line with guidance reviewing health needs and medication every three months with parents to inform of changes to child's health or medication needs, and to check medication is in date introducing health care plans for children who have emergency medication, clearly stating steps to take and what to do in case of emergency. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: ' My care and support meets my needs and is right for me' (HSCS 1.19).