Further information for all childcare providers
Devon Early Years Documents and templates
Guidance
- Guidance for writing policies and procedures
(239KB - pdf help) - Guidance to writing an online safety policy (34KB - pdf help)
- Risk Assessment for outings-Guidance (14KB - pdf help)
- Marketing Guide for Childcare Providers in Devon (116KB - pdf help)
- Guidance to writing an emergency plan- childminders (24KB - pdf help)
- Example emergency plan for childminders (24KB - pdf help)
- Guidance to writing an emergency plan - settings (69KB - pdf help)
- Example emergency plan for settings
- Flowchart for severe weather emergency procedures
- Flowchart for Emergency procedures
- Variation Form for Ofsted with accompanying guidance (27KB - pdf help)
- Guidance on Risk Assessment (21KB - pdf help)
- Good Practice Guide (Useful for those exempt from Ofsted registration and those only registered on the Childcare register)
- Creche Monitoring Guidance (2.06MB - pdf help)
- Guidance on creating an operational plan (84KB - pdf help)
- Management handbook for childcare settings (213KB - pdf help)
- Health and Safety at a Childcare Provision
- Childcare on non domestic premises
- Guidelines for the retention of records
- Guidance on minimum temperatures to be maintained within settings
- Guidance on completing the Ofsted Self Evaluation Form (30KB - pdf help)
- Information security guidance (75KB - pdf help)
Templates
- Example daily risk assessment-New April 2011
- Risk Assessment for outings-Template
- Accident Log (33KB - pdf help)
- Incident Log (33KB - pdf help)
- Short Term Administration of Medicine (12KB - pdf help)
- Long term Administration of Medicine (15KB - pdf help)
- Managing Medicines Care Plan
- Guidance for using the Register (31KB - pdf help)
- Register for Children (31KB - pdf help)
- Register for Staff (31KB - pdf help)
- Complaints Log (12KB - pdf help)
- Setting Risk Assessment
- Home Risk Assessment
