snipping About Us – Little Dreams Nursery

About Us

Management

Nicola
Manager
I have been the manager at Little Dreams Nursery since January 2019. I have a career spanning over 28 years in childcare and having completed levels 2, 3 and 4 in childcare, as well as a Batchelor of Arts in Childhood Practice, a position in childcare was always my goal from a very young age.
I am passionate about early learning and find it extremely rewarding to see children transition through the various stages of childhood and to work closely with parents and families to assist in this. I love spending time with my family and friends’ children and over the years have become very close with them. I am fun and active with loads of energy and a big personality.
 
Kelly
Deputy Manager
I have been working at Little Dreams Nursery since August 2017. I have been in childcare for over 10 years and am a mother myself. I have my Level 3 qualification and recently completed my Level 4 qualification (August 2022). I have always had a passion for looking after children and decided to take this career path up a little later in life. I enjoy watching the children grow and develop and being a part of their journey throughout the nursery. I have a great interest in Child Development also.  I really enjoy helping and supporting families, working in partnership with them to help provide the best outcomes for their children. Childcare is a very rewarding job and it’s a privilege to be a part of so many families lives
 

Staff

Our staff are committed to providing the highest standards of professional childcare and education. We follow the “Safer Recruitment through Better Recruitment” as good practice guidance to meet existing legislative and regulatory requirements in relation to the safer recruitment of all our staff members. This document can be viewed on the care inspectorate (The Hub) website www.careinspectorate.com

Little Dreams Nursery is committed to providing training and development for all staff to ensure that they provide high quality experiences and care for all children attending the setting.

All our staff have the opportunity to complete their CCLD 3 and / or CCLD 4 in Early Years Care and Education through our external training provider (Cairn). Staff are required to complete numerous training courses to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding in a wide selection of childcare training. Training course are normally carried out on a yearly basis, but some training can be every 2 years. We will keep parents updated on training attended by staff in our newsletters.

We will also soon be adding staff training records to our website, so you can see the variety of training attended by our staff team.

All staff have CPD (Continued Professional Development) folders for all their training records. Training is provided via online, face to face by management and also external agencies.

Photographs of the nursery staff are situated in the entrance hall and the playroom doors.