Ensuring staff, student and volunteer inductions include an awareness of the importance of confidentiality in the role of the keyworker. If staffs breach any confidentiality provisions, this may result in disciplinary action, and in serious cases, dismissal. Students on placement in the nursery are advised of our confidentiality policy and required to respect it. Ensuring staff, students and volunteers are aware of and follow our social networking policy in relation to confidentiality. Ensuring issues concerning the employment of staff remains confidential to the people directly involved with making personnel decisions. Ensuring any concerns/evidence relating to a child's personal safety are kept in a secure, confidential file and are shared with as few people as possible on a "need-to-know" basis. If, however, a child is considered at risk, our *safeguarding policy will override confidentiality. All the undertakings above are subject to the paramount commitment of the nursery, which is to the safety and well-being of the child. Where a breech of confidence is found the Nursery manager will investigate and discuss with the Union Manager.
Ensuring staff, student and volunteer inductions include an awareness of the importance of confidentiality in the role of the keyworker. If staffs breach any confidentiality provisions, this may result in disciplinary action, and in serious cases, dismissal. Students on placement in the nursery are advised of our confidentiality policy and required to respect it. Ensuring staff, students and volunteers are aware of and follow our social networking policy in relation to confidentiality. Ensuring issues concerning the employment of staff remains confidential to the people directly involved with making personnel decisions. Ensuring any concerns/evidence relating to a child's personal safety are kept in a secure, confidential file and are shared with as few people as possible on a "need-to-know" basis. If, however, a child is considered at risk, our *safeguarding policy will override confidentiality. All the undertakings above are subject to the paramount commitment of the nursery, which is to the safety and well-being of the child. Where a breech of confidence is found the Nursery manager will investigate and discuss with the Union Manager.
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