Purpose of St. Brigid’s Day Nursery
To support the development and delivery of accessible and affordable high quality childcare and family friendly services which meet the needs and development of children and parents/guardians in the local area.
1.4 Core Work Aims
● Our Service operates under a set of core beliefs that form our ethos.
● Our Service provides high quality and professional care in a child led environment.
● Quality for us means warm and kind interactions in a safe and nurturing environment.
● We operate under the principles of honesty, openness, fairness and respect.
● We will cherish your child’s individuality and will ensure to give genuine and equal support and encouragement to each and all within our care.
● We uphold our image of the child and operate a rights based approach for children.
● We facilitate a holistic approach to early childhood education and development.
● We work in close partnership with parents and families ensuring you share your child’s experiences within our Service.
● We empower our staff to share our vision of high quality care and require that employees have the skills and drive to help achieve it.
1.5 Collective Responsibility
St. Brigid’s Day Nursery’s Board of Directors is a collective decision-making body, acting in an oversight capacity for the best interests of the organization. This means that as a member you are bound by the collective decision take and must support it, even when you voted against it. If you disagree with a decision, you can only remove yourself from the responsibility for it, by resigning from the Board. Unless otherwise stated by the Board, you cannot act independently.
1.6 Equality & Diversity
Equality and Diversity are an integral part of our values and practices. Equality of Opportunity is often defined as the removal of obvious or hidden barriers. In St. Brigid’s Day Nursery, we exemplify an ethos that values and respects our staff, respecting differences and treating everyone with dignity and respect. Diversity is about respecting and managing differences, recognising that people from differing backgrounds and cultures can bring new ideas and values into the organisation.