rights for a nursery nurse !

smallzoo

Im not sure whether anyone can help but worth a try.

My daughter is a nursery nurse at a private nursery and over the last year she has been given a job as 'key worker' for a 4 year old who is very disruptive. No-one else in the nursery wants the job !

She has only been a nursery nurse for about 6 months ( shes 21 ) and has done marvellous. The childs father has already been in prison so not the best start.

Many times he has kicked her and also hit other children but the nursery has told her that as he is full time they cant really afford to lose the income.

Whether that is right or not on Friday the child threw a chair at my daughter and has injured her wrist. She has been to the hospital and she has damaged muscles which will take 8-15 days to heal.

Ok..what are her rights ? she doesnt want to cause trouble as she needs the job but really she wants to tell the nursery she will not deal with the child anymore. Is she entitled to any compensation.

Any help or advice would be appreciate

whitewing

In some ways it would be better if she remained his keyworker, so she could talk to him about what he did and how much it hurt her and how sad it made her, but keeps the situation constant. I understand how she feels though.

I think other people will advise better than I can on risk assessments and support for your daughter.

Takeaway_Addict

smallzoo wrote: »

Im not sure whether anyone can help but worth a try.

My daughter is a nursery nurse at a private nursery and over the last year she has been given a job as 'key worker' for a 4 year old who is very disruptive. No-one else in the nursery wants the job !

She has only been a nursery nurse for about 6 months ( shes 21 ) and has done marvellous. The childs father has already been in prison so not the best start.

Many times he has kicked her and also hit other children but the nursery has told her that as he is full time they cant really afford to lose the income.

Whether that is right or not on Friday the child threw a chair at my daughter and has injured her wrist. She has been to the hospital and she has damaged muscles which will take 8-15 days to heal.

Ok..what are her rights ? she doesnt want to cause trouble as she needs the job but really she wants to tell the nursery she will not deal with the child anymore. Is she entitled to any compensation.

Any help or advice would be appreciate

Better in the employment section.

She might be entitled to compensation but is that really a route to go? She hasn't got 2 years employment so could be dismissed fairly easily and if she refuses to do her job then this also could lead her into trouble.

The employer does have a responsibility with regards health and safety as does the employee.

She may have to make the decision of raising a grievance to get more support or for nursery to kick the kid out.

Does she not have someone to support her as she is so early into employment?

ThumbRemote

If the child's behaviour isn't improving then something similar is likely to happen again. Does she really want to continue working in that situation anyway?

jacques_chirac

Has she had any training on working with children with additional needs? If not this seems a good opportunity to ask for it, both because of the incident and because she still has time to get on a course in September. This can be a very rewarding area to work in, but clearly more support is needed for her and for the child.

LilElvis

If he's 4 he will be going to school in September, so will be leaving the nursery in a maximum of 8/9 weeks. Only your daughter knows how her employers will support her and whether they will place another, more experienced, person as the child's keyworker in these final weeks.

stebiz

LilElvis wrote: »

If he's 4 he will be going to school in September, so will be leaving the nursery in a maximum of 8/9 weeks. Only your daughter knows how her employers will support her and whether they will place another, more experienced, person as the child's keyworker in these final weeks.

Good thinking.

rustyboy21

They should have a duty of care over their employees, this should include H&S and their well being.


The issue is that she has only been there 6 months, so I presume, she doesn't want to cause waves, with the likelihood that her job is at risk.


She does need to take some time off to recover from the injury. The duty of care should also include help with trying to cope with the unruly child, she shouldn't have to deal with it all on her own. It sounds like she has had it dropped on her and no one else wants to know.


I would be talking to the manager and telling them she feels unsafe with the child, she needs support and that the childs parents should be brought into the discussions.

agrinnall

This is in no way a Consumer Rights issue, as Takeaway_Addict says this should be in the Employment section, I strongly suggest that you ask a Board Guide to move it.

Valli

I do hope your daughter is in a Union.

imo ANY person working with vulnerable people should be, for their own protection.

If she is in a union (Unison perhaps) then they should be able to advise her.

OlliesDad

smallzoo wrote: »

Many times he has kicked her and also hit other children but the nursery has told her that as he is full time they cant really afford to lose the income.

That is vile. A company will put profits over the welfare of a child. If I was the daughter I would report to social services (anonymously if necessary).