Step 10    COVID-19 Worker Representative

We will appoint a setting COVID-19 Worker representative to ensure that COVID-19 measures are followed. The person(s) undertaking the worker representative role will receive the necessary training and will have a structured framework to follow within the Setting to be effective in preventing the spread of the virus together with the management team . As the Employer we will have regular and meaningful engagement with our worker representative about the measures being put in place to address the occupational exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace. It will be made clear to staff who the worker representative is. 

Good communications channels in the setting are essential for all stakeholders. Staff should engage with the manager staff of worker representative(s), and parents/guardians should engage with management, to highlight concerns, report defects, submit ideas and identify improvements in the setting. Worker Representatives will have a structured framework to follow within the Setting to be effective in preventing the spread of the virus together with the management team.