Links Nursery has a dedicated and professionally qualified staff team, all of whom are registered with the Scottish Social Services Council or the General Teaching Council for Scotland, and are PVG registered under the Disclosure Scotland scheme. All of our staff are also qualified or working towards and SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) SCQF Level 7 or equivalent, with an appropriate external training agency. All staff have completed child protection training and first aid for children, and are required to undertake training in the form of continual professional development. New staff are subject to a comprehensive induction programme.
Our nursery is led by our Nursery Manager, Carol Smith, who has worked for our company for several years, and she is joined on the management team by Deputy Manager, Amy Simpson, and Environments and Experiences Officer, Maggi Robertson.
Carol and her team are supported by Links Nurseries’ very experienced Area Manager, Jenny Shearer, and our Director and business owner, Mairi McCrae, as well as Links business team in Edinburgh, comprising Accounts Manager, Iwona Barnat, and Business Support Manager, Liz Salvin.
The nursery also has the benefit of the expertise of trained primary school teacher Lyndsey Colls, who works peripatetically for all three of our nurseries as our Education and Learning Officer.