JLK AcademyPocket cards

🖨️ POCKET CARDS

Print. Laminate. Keep in your apron pocket.

Quick-reference cards for the 4 statutory basics every JLK practitioner needs to be able to act on without pausing to think. A4 with 4 cards per sheet — cut and laminate.

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💡 Recommended: print on card stock (200gsm), laminate with a 125-micron pouch, punch a hole and thread onto your JLK lanyard. Keep in your apron pocket. Every JLK site should stock a small pile of laminated pocket cards for new starters.
🛡 SAFEGUARDING

The Four Rs

If in doubt — go to your DSL. Never sit on a concern.

R1 · Recognise

  1. Watch for change in behaviour, appearance, mood.
  2. Listen for the disclosure — even one sentence.
  3. Notice bruises, marks, distress.

R2 · Respond

  1. Stay calm. Believe them.
  2. DON'T interrupt or lead questions.
  3. DON'T promise confidentiality.

R3 · Record

  1. Same day. Facts only. Child's words.
  2. Time, place, who was there.
  3. Sign and date.

R4 · Refer

  1. Straight to the DSL — same shift.
  2. DSL logs and decides referral.
  3. You are done — do not follow up alone.
JLK Academy · Safeguarding · the 4 Rs
🩹 PAEDIATRIC FIRST AID

Under-5s emergency check

Full course refreshes every 3 years. This is the reminder card.

DR ABC

  1. Danger — safe to approach?
  2. Response — call name, tap shoulder
  3. Airway — tilt head back gently
  4. Breathing — 10 sec look, listen, feel
  5. CPR — 5 rescue breaths, then 30:2

Choking (child & infant)

  1. 5 back blows between shoulder blades
  2. 5 chest thrusts (infant) or abdominal thrusts (child)
  3. Repeat. Call 999 if not clearing.

Anaphylaxis

EpiPen orange tip → mid-outer thigh · 10 sec · call 999

ALWAYS

  1. Call 999 for anything serious.
  2. Tell the manager.
  3. Record on the incident form.
JLK Academy · Paediatric First Aid · Not a substitute for full training
💜 BEHAVIOUR

Behaviour IS communication

Before you manage the behaviour, find out what it's telling you.

The JLK pause

  1. Kneel to their eye level.
  2. Name what you see: "You look upset."
  3. Wait. Don't fill the silence.
  4. Ask: "What's happening?"

Look for the FIVE causes

  • Hunger, tiredness, thirst
  • Sensory overload / under-load
  • Big feeling with no words yet
  • Transition or change (visible or not)
  • Something at home

NEVER

Shame · shout · isolate · label the child as "naughty"

REPAIR after every rupture

A hug, a knee-down, a "we're OK" — the return is what teaches regulation.

JLK Academy · Behaviour is Communication · JLK ethos
📞 KEY CONTACTS

Who to call — when

Fill in your site-specific names when you laminate this.

Safeguarding concern

DSL: ______________________________

Deputy DSL: ______________________

LADO (if concern about staff): local council

Medical emergency

999 — ambulance / fire / police

111 — non-urgent NHS advice

Site emergency

Site Manager: _______________________

JLK Management: Admin@justlittlekidz.co.uk

JLK phone: 0208 088 8784

Assembly point (this site)

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