Play on Wheels The Mobile crèche service for your community

30 Ferry Road Drive, Edinburgh, EH4 4BR 0131 538 7760

Please read this carefully before leaving your child on the playbus.

What is 'Play on Wheels'? Our aim is to provide quality childcare on board our playbus. We are here to make it easier to attend local events. Projects with no crèche facility can hire the playbus to make sure that lack of child care is not a barrier to your participation. We also provide training and employment in various aspects of childcare for local people.

Play on Wheels are managed by a groups of local volunteers. If you are interested in this project, please do get in touch.

What will my child do on the bus?

Your child will be able to participate in a wide range of individual and group activities from sand play and arts'n'crafts to story telling and dressing up.

Aim of our crèches.

We aim to give your child a first rate experience that is stimulating, safe and above all FUN!.

Important Information

A registration form must be completed IN FULL for your child on arrival. We can not accept a child without this.

Admission to the bus for a new child should be gradual; we encourage you to stay until your child feels secure.

Please try to ensure that your child wears clothing which is suitable for having a good time. He/she may be using paint, glue etc.

During longer crèches, the children will be offered the children will be offered a small snack and drink. We attempt to offer healthy snacks such as fruit, soft crisps or plain biscuits and sugar free juice. Please make sure that you tell us about any allergies on the registration form.

If the child is so upset that he/she can not be comforted from a staff member, then you will be contacted to settle the child.

If a child requires a nappy, there may be a small charge of 10p.

If you need to contact us during a session our mobile number is 07785 471638. Please only use this in an emergency. [The person liasing with the Crèche from the Mouth Off organisers can be contacted by pager on 07626128984 for any reason, and will be available to deal with anything they can assist with as needed.]

Occasionally, photos/ videos may be taken of children on the bus. If you have any objections, please tell staff on duty.

Heath & Safety on the bus

If your child is ill or at the infectious stage of an illness (e.g. chicken pox or mumps), please do not bring him/her to the crèche.

There are some things which we ask of parent/ carers on our bus: No hitting, no smoking, no hot drinks, no shouting.

Any accident which occurs will be reported to you on your arrival at the crèche. A written record will also be kept.

Summary of our policies

Equal Opportunities

Play on Wheels aim to practice equal opportunities in every area of our work and ensure that no child is discriminated because of gender, marital status, race, nationality, age, ability or sexual orientation.

We believe children can learn to value different cultures and abilities from an early age, we aim to set a good example by valuing every child, staff member or carer as an individual, free from judgement or prejudice.

Care and Control

Positive behaviour will be promoted at all times. Behaviour which is unacceptable will be dealt with immediately in an agreed fair and consistent manner by staff on duty. This will involved removing the child from the situation and explaining why they can not continue to do what they were doing.

Child protection

We have very strict guidelines to ensure that your child has the best possible experience on board our playbus. All staff have relevant experience or training and have passed all necessary Police and Social work checks. there are always at least 2 staff members on board. As a registered childcare provider, we are inspected annually be Social Work Department.

If you would like to comment on anything in this leaflet, or the service you and your child has received from Play on Wheels, please speak to the person in charge of the crèche in the first instance , or call the Project co-ordinator 0131 538 7760.

If any grievance is not resolved to your satisfaction, Social Work Department of Registration can be contacted on 556 6787 as an independent arbiter.

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