Is Your Caloundra Childcare Facility Fully Secure

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Is Your Caloundra Childcare Facility Fully Secure
Childcare Port Douglas
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If the Caloundra childcare facility handles such
situations promptly and properly, the parents who
have entrusted their children to them will feel
much more secure about their child's welfare
while under their care.   You hear nightmarish
stories about kids wandering off or being
kidnapped from their childcare centres, but that
could never happen to you, could it? I mean, your
Caloundra childcare centre is absolutely secure.
Isn't it?   Believe it or not, your childcare
might not be as secure as you think.
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• Is the Staff Screened?
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• Background checks are easy to do and one of the
  best steps to take to ensure the integrity of any
  company's staff. All too often, this crucial step
  is ignored as the need for childcare Caloundra
  grows tremendously with the majority of
  households being dual income in today's economy.
  There is simply not enough time to thoroughly
  screen every applicant.
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• Your child should not be placed in any facility
  without their assurance that all of their staff
  has undergone a background check. This is the
  very least you should expect from the centre, and
  it holds true from the administrative staff to
  the caregivers themselves to the people who clean
  up at night.

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• Are the Children Able to Get In and Out of the
  Facility Easily?
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• The ideal situation for a childcare Caloundra
  centre would have only one door with a sentry
  checking children, their families and everyone
  else in and out during operating hours. This
  can't usually be the case, however, as it is apt
  to be impractical.
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• The drop-off and pick-up arrangement your child
  care facility has put in place is an extremely
  important factor in keeping the children safe.
  There must be extra screening for the person
  responsible for knowing who is authorized to pick
  up your child from the centre. Some facilities
  will issue each family a personal identification
  number, without which, no one picks up the child
  or is granted access to the facility.
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• Are Rooms Child-Proofed?
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• You would think it would be a no-brainer when you
  were talking about a facility that has children
  in and out, all day long, but if your Caloundra
  childcare facility hasn't taken at least basic
  child-proofing measures it's time to turn around
  and walk the other way. This is especially
  important if you're looking at an in-home
  Caloundra childcare, where fireplaces, baseboard
  electrical sockets and other hazards are more
  likely to be found.

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• Are Emergency Protocols in Place?
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• No one likes to think about the worst happening
  in their Caloundra childcare facility, but every
  childcare Caloundra provider should have a
  well-established plan in place for dealing with
  fire, flooding, kidnapping and other emergency
  situations. Ask any potential provider to show
  you theirs before enrolling your child

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• What is the Policy for Dealing with Abuse in
  the childcare Caloundra Setting?
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• Any parent can understand it is possible to get
  so angry with a recalcitrant child that their
  instinct is to reach out and hit the little brat.
  But we don't do that as parents. We know it is
  wrong and stop ourselves. What if this does occur
  at your child care centre and the caregiver
  doesn't stop themselves?
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• It is an act that can certainly be understood,
  but must never be forgiven. The employee who does
  that must be fired, and given the severity of the
  situation, reported to authorities. Well-screened
  employees will not commit such misdeeds.

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