Outcome 1.1
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Outcome 2.1
All staff can protect themselves from allegations and complains within their everyday practice by following your settings policies and procedures. You should also avoid being alone in a closed room with a child and all staff and children should be marked on a register when they arrival and depart from the building. If a child is being collected late then 2 members of staff should stay with the child until the parent/carer arrives. When an incident or accident occurs then get a witness to sign. If an incident happens before the child enters the setting, write up information in incident book and get parent to sign before they leave. Also within Wyngarth if and incident or accident …show more content…
I should act in good faith when I suspect misconduct or malpractice within the setting. I should think hard about is worrying me and why before speaking up. If I feel after thinking hard about the concern then I should report to my manager/supervisor in charge. I should right my concerns down giving background details, history, names, witness names (if any), dates and places. The more I can write about specific things will help. An investigation will begin and both parties will be adequately informed with any progress that has been made and a timescale on how long the investigation will go on. Support should be offered if required and both parties can defend any complains and give their version of events that have happened. All information disclosed from both myself and the accused are all kept confidential and are investigated discreetly. If a situation arises where a case cannot be resolved without revealing identities, they will discuss how they can proceed. If you feel nothing happens about your concerns and you feel you cannot talk to your manager then you would have to contact the early years advisor in your area. It is the role of the whistleblower to appropriately report or respond to possible misconduct, however it is not the whistleblower’s role to investigate the misconduct or to give out their own