Q. I’ve found out that an employee is babysitting a child who attends our setting. Do I need to put anything in place to protect my business if anything were to happen when they are caring for this child outside of nursery hours?
Tracey-Ann Waller, nursery manager, Brown Bears Nursery
‘At our nursery we have a no babysitting policy. We put that in place because no matter how much a member of staff or parents believe everything will go well, if something goes wrong, it will end up coming back to the nursery. We would be the point of reference for a family complaint, or be named in the media if something really bad should happen.
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