SafeGuard is an extremely effective surveillance and security system which has been designed to meet the specialised requirements of nurseries and childcare centres.

It provides busy managers and staff with the “peace of mind” that comes from knowing that all activities within the nursery will be photographed and stored securely, for up to 90 days.

In the event of an incident, SafeGuard provides an automatic visual record to support the standard reports.

  1. Do you always know what happens in your nurseries?
  2. Would you like to offer parents that extra reassurance?
  3. Avoid complaints and possible litigation?
  4. Protect yourself and your staff, as well as the children?
  5. How can you show evidence of good practice?

Ask yourself the following questions :

  • Do you have a way of recording an excellent play activity for other staff members to learn from?
  • Can you train staff about how to deal with situations, without having to disrupt the children playing?
  • Can you assist with staff development, by showing them examples of how to perform in the workplace?

Could you face these issues when dealing with employees?

  • “I do interact with the children at all times…”
  • “I do not ignore Parents in the mornings…”
  • “I was not sleeping when I should have been supervising the children…”
  • “Can you prove that you did not discriminate against an employee?”

Why risk litigation from a parent and how can you protect yourself?

  • Can you prove that the Nursery Nurse did not hurt that child on the day in question?
  • Have you evidence that the child's parents were aggressive towards your staff?

Have you ever been asked…?

  • “How did my child hurt himself in the playground?”
  • “My child has a bite mark on his arm – when did this happen?”
  • “Was anyone supervising my child when he slipped and fell?”

Have you ever been faced with this scenario…?

  • OFSTED INSPECTOR: “We have had an anonymous complaint. Can you tell me what activity was occurring in the main Play Room at 11am last Thursday?”
  • OFSTED INSPECTOR: “We have a parent who claims that the Deputy Manager refused them access in Reception last week.

Have you ever had to reassure a parent about…?

  • “Honestly Mrs Stevens, Alice settles down really quickly when you leave the nursery.”
  • “Mrs Williams, your child is settling in very well. I wish you could see them enjoying themselves.”

Features:

  • Cameras take still digital pictures of excellent quality at a rate of 2 per second
  • No constant monitoring is necessary and each day all pictures are saved straight to the hard disk of your own secure PC
  • Each picture is time and date stamped and incidents can be quickly located through the unique picture management module
  • SafeGuard is designed to run across a standard computer network
  • Because it does not use video, there are no bandwidth issues
  • SafeGuard requires little maintenance and is easy to use

Provides:

  • Automatic Incident Log
  • Improved Nursery Security
  • Supporting Visual Evidence
  • Proof of Good Practice for OFSTED
  • Staff Training Tool
  • Means of Measuring Efficiency & Quality

Above all

  • Helps you to meet your “Duty of Care” responsibilities to children and staff

From the Director of Happy Days Day Nurseries, Newquay

“We have installed the system in our flagship nursery and it has proved to be a tremendous success. We are pleased to endorse SafeGuard and we are rolling it out to our other 12 sites…”