If you work in Early Years settings it is essential that you are well informed and aware of health and safety issues and procedures that you may face on a day-to-day basis. This book will provide clear, concise and practical information about health and safety, whilst also fully translating the legislative documentation that surrounds it to help you meet OFSTED requirements and keep the children under your care safe.

Practical advice is offered on issues such as:

• health and safety legislation
• developing a safety culture
• how to write policies and procedures (including policy templates)
• specific audits for different areas of health and safety provision.

Written in accordance with national health and safety standards that have to be achieved at inspection, this is part of a practical series of 'how to' guides that are vital purchases for anyone working in an Early Years setting looking to certify that their nursery environment is safe as well as fun.