How do you ensure that people suitability EYFS p.19 (3.11) has not been checked, including through a DBS check, do not have unsupervised contact with the children being cared for? Where do you store confidential staff EYFS p.19 (3.12) N.B. information? The Data Protection Act requires all businesses to register with the Providers other than childminders must record Information Commissioners information about staff qualifications and the Office (ICO) unless exempt. If identity checks and vetting processes that have you are processing personal been completed (including the criminal records information electronically for the disclosure reference number, the date a provision of childcare - including disclosure was obtained and details of who taking photographs of the obtained it). For childminders, the relevant children in your care using a information will be kept by Ofsted or the agency digital camera - then you must with which the childminder is registered. register with the ICO. How do you ensure that you meet your EYFS p.19 (3.13) responsibilities under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006? Providers must also meet responsibilities under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, which includes a duty to make a referral to the Disclosure and Barring Service where a member of staff is dismissed (or would have been, had the person not left the setting first) because they have harmed a child or put a child at risk of harm. Disqualification A provider or childcare worker may be EYFS p.19- 20 (3.14 How do you ensure that you meet disqualified from registration in accordance 3.18) the requirements of the EYFS in – with regulations made under section 75 of the the of disqualification? Childcare Act 2006. In the event of the disqualification of a provider, the provider must not continue as an early years provider – nor be directly concerned in the management
How do you ensure that people suitability has not been checked, including through a DBS check, do not have unsupervised contact with the children being cared for? EYFS p.19 (3.11) Where do you store confidential staff information? Providers other than childminders must record information about staff qualifications and the identity checks and vetting processes that have been completed (including the criminal records disclosure reference number, the date a disclosure was obtained and details of who obtained it). For childminders, the relevant information will be kept by Ofsted or the agency with which the childminder is registered. EYFS p.19 (3.12) N.B. The Data Protection Act requires all businesses to register with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) unless exempt. If you are processing personal information electronically for the provision of childcare - including taking photographs of the children in your care using a digital camera - then you must register with the ICO. How do you ensure that you meet your responsibilities under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006? Providers must also meet responsibilities under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, which includes a duty to make a referral to the Disclosure and Barring Service where a member of staff is dismissed (or would have been, had the person not left the setting first) because they have harmed a child or put a child at risk of harm. EYFS p.19 (3.13) Disqualification A provider or childcare worker may be disqualified from registration in accordance with regulations made under section 75 of the Childcare Act 2006. In the event of the disqualification of a provider, the provider must not continue as an early years provider – nor be directly concerned in the management EYFS p.19- 20 (3.14 – 3.18) How do you ensure that you meet the requirements of the EYFS in the of disqualification?
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