Report leapfrog employees

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by: Stephy

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I actualy feel a bit offended by your comments, you obviously have knowledge of our nursery knowing that we have a new cook and yes we have said we need more, i personally went through the requirements for babies with her offering alternatives to some of the dishes which are not suitable or i know they wont eat, and to back her up she has been in tears a lot recently, she is worried about giving the children enough but says she has never been shown how to do the orders or how much to order, this is something i no nothing about but she tells me she has asked for help from the office.
I do realise about budgets and the importance of financial planning however many of the girls in our nursery are fed up of having to repeatedly ask for neceseties such as toilet roll! our manger is informed when these are running low.
I personally have been trying to help with recruitment, i am the student co-ordinator and encourage as many of the students who are quilifying to apply for jobs whether it is as relief cover or full time jobs when they qualify, i also have been to colleges in the area to do talks about leapfrog to try and encourage the students who have placements elsewhere to join our team, unfortunantly a couple of these have had to canceled because we didnt have any cover for me to go, so in answer to your question yes i do try and help the staffing levels. I have on a number of occasion worked more than my contracted hours which yes i will get paid for but i dont have to do and i do it because of staffing levels.
With regard to our admin i feel particulaly sorry for her as we have one admn who works 9-2 mon-fri, this used to be a job share but the other girl has never been repalced since emmigrating, our admin lady is lovely and works extreamly hard trying to get all the work in the office done especially with changing everything to the new computer system, i have seen her in the nursery from 7am until 7pm on occasions just to get her work done (she has 2 young children aswell) so i dont think it is realistic to use her in ratios.
I have tried in vain to make things better in our nursery but i cant do it any more, i go to work in the morning with a smile on my face and try to make the best of what i can and any one who works with me will back me up on that, i am positive as much as i can be and am always polite and helpful to the parents, but i feel so drained and dejected when i get home maybe i am using this site to vent my anger and discuss probelms across the board, maybe it helps me knowing its not just my particular nursery that is like this.
I am not lazy i do work and i dont expect people to do my job for me, i have been brought up to stand up for what i believe in and i dont believe the children are getting the standard of childcare thier parents pay for. I have had a lot of comments made by the girls i work with who have said they dont know who will speak out for them when i leave, maybe they are not at confident questioning things as me.
I can only assume you are from central office i am not trying to cause trouble or make problems but if you arent in the nurseries you dont see them on a day to day basis, maybe you are in a nursery which is lucky to be well staffed and well equiped, if you are i am envious.
I spent 2 years at college qualifiyng becuase i love children and love being such a big part in their develpoment but the past 6 months has made me question my career choice, i think if you could see how many staff in my nursery are activly seeking other employment or have been offered new jobs and have left recently you would be surprised and there has to be some reason for this sudden surge in leavers.
I am going to leave it at that but having read this i hope you realsie i dont just sit around all day and i have been trying to help the situation, but i have had enough

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