Arrival And Departure Of Children Policy

Parents/Carers and their children will be given a warm welcome into the day care setting.

Parents/Carers must sign and record the time their child/children arrive and depart from the setting on a daily basis.

Parents/Carers will be encouraged to fully settle their child before leaving them. If the child is at all distressed the parent/carer should, whenever possible, be encouraged to spend more time helping the child to settle.

Parents/carers will be given the opportunity by staff to pass on and receive any information regarding their child and to make specific requests relating to their child’s care when necessary.

Time will be given to Parents/Carers on arrival and departure for the exchange of information relating to their child.

Children can only leave the day care service with an authorised collector i.e. persons identified by the Parent/Carer on the Child Profile Form.

Under no circumstances will a child be allowed to leave the day care service with a person who is not an authorised collector.

If someone other than authorised collector is required to pick up the child, then the Parent/Carer must give prior approval. This person must then make themselves known to staff with appropriate means of identification.

No persons under the age of 16 will be allowed to collect a child from the setting.