Lost Child Policy

The care of your child is of up most importance and we will always strive to ensure that they remain with us and are safe.

However sometimes children can become ‘lost’ in busy places and therefore as responsible childminders we have written a procedure that will be followed in the unlikely event of this happening.

• We will immediately raise the alarm to enlist the help of everyone to look for him or her
• If it is a secure area such as a shopping centre, we will quickly alert the security staff so they can seal off exits and monitor the situation on any CCTV
• We will provide everyone involved in the search with a description of the child
• We will reassure the other children with us, as they may be distressed.
• We will alert the police and provide a full description using a photo
• We will then alert the parents of the situation.

Little Explorers take precautions to avoid situations like this happening by implementing the following measures:

• Ensuring the children hold either of our hands/pushchair or wear a harness whilst we are out
• Avoid going to places that are overcrowded
• During outings the children will wear wristbands with our mobile number on them; they will be told to show an appropriate adult if separated.
• We will teach the children about the dangers of wandering off and of talking to strangers.
• We will teach the children what to do and where/who to go to if separated.