Cherry Kids� Club
Service Objectives
To provide quality
facilities for daily after-school care.
The Kids� Club is committed to implementing, maintaining and annually reviewing the service development plan.
The Club is a member of the Kids� Club Network and consequently equates with the philosophy that after school clubs are extremely valuable, and aim to publicise the great benefits they provide for children both in an educational and recreational context.
As well as having the opportunity to learn from peers and Club leaders, the Club endeavours to invite outside speakers on topics of interest to the children, e.g. Owls � their preservation and habitat.� As well as having fun, the children gain wider knowledge base.
Children of the Club have opportunity to develop their everyday living and social skills and to learn to share, be involved in parallel, and then co-operative play.� The children have to develop their negotiating skills and learn to respect others.� Emphasis is placed on what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour and children become very familiar with actions and consequences as well as where their personal responsibilities lie.
Children are encouraged to acknowledge their feelings and consequently mange their behaviour in a socially acceptable manner.
The Club recognises that club time should include a large proportion of recreational activities for children to �wind down�, but also to have fun in a relaxed and supportive environment.
Particular attention is paid to providing a create variety of resource-based games, as well as games that involve imagination and team skills.
One of the most important aspects in running the Club is gaining feedback from the children in order to ensure that they have fun and feel secure.
The Club applies to bodies such as the City Council, local businesses etc. for grants to maintain safe and adequate equipment supplies, as well as to held with the Club overheads and to fund miscellaneous activities that are organised for the children, e.g. videos, theatre companies.
The Club is committed to their equal opportunity policy and tries to ensure non-discrimination to Club members, e.g. a care plan approach is in situ for those children with special needs to ensure there is continuity of any behavioural programmes etc. being implemented by parents, school and others.
To advance the education
and training of the people in the provision of such care, education and
recreational facilities.
In order to meet objective 1 the Club endeavours to ensure that Club employees and volunteers are given ample opportunity to attend courses, workshops, other Clubs as well as ensuring that reading material provided by organisations such as OSCA are readily available.
There is an annual staff appraisal system in place to further meet the individual needs of Club workers.
The Club is concerned with safe practice and views it essential that training in first aid and behaviour is given to all.� Whenever possible a cr�che is offered for workers who are parents/carers to attend important reviews.
The Club readily accepts visits for Social Services inspection.� The Club also views it as vital that any recommendations or problems are addressed as a matter of urgency, following inspection reports or meetings of concern.
Ratified in committee: 1998