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EER Equality Act 2010The equality act 2010 protects individuals from unfair treatment and promotes a fair and more of a equal society.The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 The Health and Safety work act 1974 is so the employers in a nursery must take reasonable steps to ensure that staff and children are not exposed to risks to their health sand safety. This applies to activities on or off nursery premises.The Data Protection Act 1998The Data Protection Act 1998 is an act that ensures that any information that is not needed and is personal must be protected. For example in a nursery setting we would have to ensure information on the child is not given out when not needed or given to the wrong person. The working time regulations You can’t work more than 48 hours a week on average, normally averaged over 17 weeks. This law is called the ‘ ‘working time regulations’. You can choose to work more by opting out of the 48-hour week. If you’re under 18, you can’t work more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.The minimum wages act The National minimum wage act 1998 creates a minimum wage across the United Kingdom, which from 1 April 2018 was £7.83 per hour for workers aged over 25, £7.38 per hour for workers aged 21 to 24, and £5.90 per hour for workers aged 18 to 20.The living wage regulations These Regulations increases the rate of the national minimum wage for workers who are aged 25 or over “the national living wage rate” from £7.83 to £8.21 per hour.The whistle blowing policy  Blowing the whistle is more formally known as ‘making a disclosure in the public interest’. It is important you can do so knowing that you are protected from losing your job and/ or being victimised as a result of what you have uncovered and made public. This may affect work for some people as they may be treated unfairly but they would be too afraid to speak to someone about it because that person they tell could tell someone else and make the matter public.Why we have laws?Laws exist to protect the rights of the members of a society and to ensure that they do not have to protect those rights through their own actions. They are also put in place to make sure everyone is safe.Where an you get help and advice about your rights at work?The manager, Gordon franks Training and Gov websites.The Roles of ACAS and The Citizens Advice. The Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service is a Crown non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom. Its purpose is to improve organisations and working life through the promotion and facilitation of strong industrial relations practice.The Citizens Advice helps millions of people find a way forward. They do this by providing advice, education and support, and influencing policies and support. My employment contract My hours are from 8am-3:30/5Sickness; if you are sick you should try to inform the manager at least 24 hours before letting them know that you wont be in and the reasons why.Holiday conditions: if you want to book a holiday off from work you would need to let your manager know at least a couple of months prior to your holiday and write a formal letter to your manager and director with the dates or your holiday and when you will be back to work.Dress code: The dress code at Tiny Treasure nursery is a pink tunic with the logo and smart black trousers.PayslipA payslip includes employee name, the date of when the payment will be given ad employee number, It also has the employees national insurance number so there isn’t a mix up between you and someone else with the same name. It has Basic pay, total hourly pay, the total pay and there is also deductions for income tax and national insurance.The grievance policy Grievances are concerns, problems or complaints that employees raise with their manager. There is no legally binding process that you or your employer must follow when raising or handling a grievance at work. However, there are some principles you and your employer should observe.Personal information you must keep up to date with your employer is: updating any changed emergency contact details, any allergies or any issues with your health that could affect you at your work place.Tiny Treasures NurserySafeguarding in the nursery is very important because you are working with vulnerable children and your role in the nursery setting is to insure all children are kept safe at all times.Confidentiality: It is important to respect the privacy of children and their families in a nursery setting which is achieved by : Storing confidential records in a locked filing cabinet. Ensuring that all staff and students are aware that this information is confidential and only for use within the nursery.Equality and Diversity: Our setting is committed to anti- discriminatory practice to promote equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all children and families, we also celebrate diffferent cultures within the nursery setting and encourage children from other backgrounds to lean about different cultures.Whistle Blowing is more formally known as ‘making a disclosure in the public interest’. It is important you can do so knowing that you are protected from losing your job and/ or being victimised as a result of what you have uncovered and made public. This may affect work for some people as they may be treated unfairly but they would be too afraid to speak to someone about it because that person they tell could tell someone else and make the matter public.Health and safety in a nursery setting; we carry out daily risk assessments one for in the morning and one in the afternoon to make sure the nursery is a safe and hazard free environment for the children to learn and play in. We also keep cleaning products and other chemicals that could be dangerous around children away in a cupboard locked away.My roles at the nursery as a nursery apprentice is to deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years. To ensure that the nursery is a safe environment for children, staff and others. To developing partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development.Effects if you work badly at the nursery: First you get a verbal warning from your manager and if you fail to listen to the warning you get a formal written warning and if you still fail to follow the rules you will be told to leave. EYFS: My role at the nursery is to ensure that EYFS is used in activities on a daily basis to ensure the children are developing Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. They inspect and regulate services that care for children including childminders, registered nannies, nurseries, pre-schools and schools.The roles of :PACEY: is the professional association for childcare and early years, they are a charity dedicated to supporting everyone working in childcare and early years to provide high quality care and early learning for children and families. NDNA: is the national day nurseries association. They will support your needs to develop your quality of care, and to run a healthy and sustainable business, using the latest essential information, training and support and advice to help you run a successful business,Trade Unions: The unions have the responsibility to improve the employers and employees relationship. They go through the process of negotiation and collective bargaining with the direction of the members’ organisation concerning their problems.What other jobs I could do? HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/early-years-teacher" Early years teacher HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/education-consultant" Education consultant HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/family-support-worker" Family support worker HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/health-play-specialist" Health play specialist HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/learning-mentor" Learning mentor HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/primary-school-teacher" Primary school teacher HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/secondary-school-teacher" Secondary school teacher HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/special-educational-needs-teacher" Special educational needs teacher HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/social-worker" Social worker HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/teaching-assistant" Teaching assistant HYPERLINK "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/youth-worker" Youth workerMy plans for my future career is to get my level 2/3 in childcare and maths and become a primary school teacher.Serious Case Reviews:Little Ted’s Nursery- Vanessa George, 40, from Plymouth, was jailed in 2009 for a minimum of seven years after admitting abusing toddlers at the nursery and photographing it.The serious case review found that there was a lack of formal staff supervision at the nursery that was partly to blame. Staff became increasingly uncomfortable and worried about George’s behaviour,but felt they had nowhere to go with these feelings.The dangers of mobile phones with in the day care setting There was no clear staff recruitment and selection policy and the manager had not attended safer recruitment training.the review concluded that there was a combination of weak management, poor training and a lack of external scrutiny.There was no supervisory framework implemented at the Z nursery and as already demonstrated, the weak manager modelled blurred, professional boundaries and selective resistance to contact with outside agencies and did ‘just enough’ to stave off too much scrutiny by Ofsted.The lack of professional boundaries between nursery staff and parents allowed cliques to form and socialise with each other outside of nursery hours. The public were devastated and scared to send their children to nursery after this case because they didn’t know if their children would be safe. Changes in childcare . EYFS safeguarding requirements should be reviewed and strengthened in order to identify the characteristics of unsafe organisations.A regular 1:1 staff supervision structure should be put in place.No mobile phones within the nursery settingOpen nappy changing area