What is a Care Plan?

A Care Plan is information we hold about individual children that enables us to best meet their needs with a focus on well-being, learning and development and by setting out their health, welfare and safety needs. It can comprise of a number of documents but there should be no duplication and it should be regularly reviewed with parents/carers.

At Overlee Our Care Plans will:
• reflect the values and principles of Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC)
• be developed in partnership with parents/carers
• put the child at the centre
• see the child as a whole
• take account of individual needs, preferences, choices
• recognise a child’s existing network of support
• value diversity
• safeguard and promote children’s rights
• be used to share information when appropriate.

Every Child will have a care plan and will be created with the child and their family when they first start nursery. The Care Plan will include an

All About Me
Emergency Contacts
My likes and Dislikes
Routines from home and at nursery
Information relating to each child’s health and medical needs

Our Care Plans can be accessed by our children and families at any time and are regualry shared with children and parents throughout the year.