Hello Mums Protocol and COVID-19 Guidelines

 

Your safety and health are of crucial importance to us at Hello Mums. This document has been put in place in accordance with the government guidance to ensure maximum hygiene and good practice at all times. You can find the current NHS guidance by clicking here.

According to the new government guidelines nurseries may ask you to do a rapid lateral flow test as you arrive at the nursery. Most nurseries have been provided with hundreds of tests and been asked by the government to test all adults at their settings to test prior to entry.
 

From the 22nd of March, 2021 all nurseries have been asked to test childcare professionals on-site at the nursery. The nursery will do this test for you and it's free, but some nurseries did not get enough test from the government and for that reason, they kindly ask you that you collect some free tests.

You can use the link provided below. Please read it carefully, click on the COLLECT TEST KIT part and find your nearest collection point. There is usually an option for home delivery of the kits, but at the moment the website does not offer that. So, please if you can collect some free kits and remember to always have one with you when you go to the nurseries in case they have run out of test kits.

PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK AND FIND YOUR NEAREST COLLECTION POINT TO COLLECT THE FREE KIT

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rapid-lateral-flow-testing-for-households-and-bubbles-of-school-pupils-and-staff?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=cb76c289-8649-4739-be7c-652c3dd70bf2&utm_content=immediately

 

It is important that we mention that testing is not mandatory and do not need to provide proof of a negative test result to attend nursery in person, although participation in testing is strongly encouraged. If you refuse to test then the nursery has the right to cancel your booking on the spot and you will not be paid for that day. 

Therefore, if you accept a job and you are asked to test when you arrive but you refuse, you might be asked to leave and you will not be paid for that job.

For this reason, until a new government guideline is provided, we kindly ask you to only accept jobs if you are happy to be tested.

 

 

Please remember:

- must take your uniform with you and change once you arrive in the nursery (black or dark plain top, black or dark trousers and preferable dark indoor shoes).

- must take your DBS and ID with you.

 

UNIFORM:

YOU MUST TAKE YOUR UNIFORM WITH YOU AND CHANGE WHEN YOU ARRIVE.

 

As a childcarer

 

• Please only accept bookings if:    

  • You are fit to work both mentally and physically

  • You do not have the virus (to the best of your knowledge)

  • You are symptom-free 

  • No one in your household has any symptoms or the virus (to the best of your knowledge)

• You must inform us in writing at jobs@hellomums.co.uk if:

  • You get the virus

  • You show any symptoms of the virus

  • Anyone in your household gets the virus or shows symptoms of the virus.

• On the day of the booking, you must make sure that:

  • You are fit to work both mentally and physically

  • You do not have the virus (to the best of your knowledge)

  • You are symptom-free

  • No one in your household has any symptoms or the virus (to the best of your knowledge)

• Transport:

  • Try to minimise your trips on public transport

  • When travelling on public transport make sure you wear a face mask

  • Whenever possible please either drive, walk or cycle to work

• Hygiene:

  • Please make sure you wash your hands in accordance with the NHS guidelines before starting your work and before leaving the premises where you worked

  • Please demonstrate good hygiene levels at all times

• You must NOT accept or attend any bookings if:

  • you have been returned from abroad in the last 14 days

 

As a parent

 

• Please only make bookings if:    

  • You do not have the virus (to the best of your knowledge)

  • You are symptom-free

  • No one in your household has any symptoms or the virus (to the best of your knowledge)

 

• If you have an upcoming booking with us you must inform us in writing if:

  • You contract the virus

  • You show any symptoms of the virus

  • Anyone in your household contracts the virus or shows symptoms of the virus.

• Hygiene:

  • Please make sure your childcarer can wash hands in accordance with the NHS guidelines before starting work and before leaving the premises where they worked

  • Please demonstrate good hygiene levels at all times

  • Physical contact with adults should be minimal. 

  • Contact should be restricted to the interaction with the children 

  • Childcarers should not be asked to cook in order to avoid any contamination from either side.
     

As a nursery or early years business

 

• Please only make bookings if:    

  • The group or bubble is virus-free (to the best of your knowledge)

  • The group or bubble is symptom-free

  • No one in the group or bubble has any symptoms or the virus (to the best of your knowledge)

• You must inform us in writing if:

  • Anyone in the group or bubble contracts the virus

  • Anyone in the group or bubble shows any symptoms of the virus

  • Anyone in your nursery contracts the virus or shows symptoms of the virus.

• Hygiene:

  • Please make sure the childcarers can wash hands in accordance with the NHS guidelines before starting work and before leaving the premises 

  • Please demonstrate good hygiene levels at all times

  • Please aim to minimise physical contact with adults 

  • Contact should be restricted to the interaction with the children 

*a group or a bubble is the small number of children that the childcarer will be working with.