The Role of the ‘key person’
Key person responsibilities:
It is a requirement that a ‘key person’ should be allocated to a child prior to the child starting at nursery so they are involved in all transition activities before the child begins attending the setting.
Key person
- Is a secure base
- Nurtures the child
- Supports the child and family
- Safeguards the child
- Provides for their additional needs
- Advocates for the child
Working with the families enables the ‘key person’ to:
- Know parents/carers and home life- support them- feed back to parents/carers
- Know the family composition- EAL- Equalities- emotional needs- friendships- significant events/issues-background- learning style/schemas
- Know their community and advocates
- Build relationships with the child and parents/carers
- Give emotional support to both the child and parents/carers
- Attend meetings, when practical, to support the child