Unit 3: supporting children E1 A children’s centre is reviewing the policies and procedures which will promote children’s health and welfare as well as their development. · Human Rights Act 2000 · United Nations convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 · Children Act 1989 · Children Act 2004 · Child Care Act 2006 E2 What does ‘working practices’ mean? Working practices means the rules that are placed in order to care for and support children that attend a setting you work at. These rules are legal legislations that must be followed by members of staff in the setting. Human Rights Act 2000 The human rights act gives all children the right to be treated with dignity, fairness and respect as the same as their parents or guardians do.
Assessment criteria 1.2 • Explain why it is important for all staff to be consistent and fair when applying boundaries and rules for children and young people and outline the implications that inconsistent application of rules may have. • Give examples of applying these rules and boundaries in accordance with the policies and procedures. It is important for staff to be consistent and fair when applying boundaries and rules for children and young people because it will enable then to understand what acceptable and unacceptable behaviour is. Children and young people need to understand the consequences of not acting within those boundaries. It is important that the boundaries are appropriate for the age and stage of their development.
3.4: Promote children and young people’s positive behaviour. 1.2 Evaluate how the policies and procedures of the setting support children and young people to: * Feel safe- A school should ensure that every child attending the school feels safe. Policies like Safeguarding children ensure that the right procedures are in place to protect children. All staff working within the school should be trained on the correct procedures for safeguarding children. Anti-bullying policies are in place in school to ensure the children know that bullying is not acceptable behaviour but a child should feel confident enough to report an incident if one occurs and should know who they can go to within the school to discuss any such situations.
TDA 2.9 1. Describe the policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour. In the school when managing behaviour, all members of staff need to be aware of school polices and procedures. School have to make sure that all children in the school understand how they expected to behave to kind and considerate manner and also encourage them to learn in a positive environment. The policies include guidance: Behaviour policy :( Promoting appropriate behaviour in the children and discouraging inappropriate behaviour) The school’s behaviour policy is very important because this policy gives guidelines to all members of staff how they can manage children behaviour.
• All staff follow a set of rules for the setting where certain behaviours are not acceptable and we have strategies in place to discourage behaviour which may harm or distress others. • Observing and assessing children throughout their time at playgroup and put individual play plans/learning plans into place if they are needed. These play plans will be discussed with parents and any other agencies that may be needed – for example, speech and language therapy. • All staff to have up to date training and knowledge of the ways that children may be abused by others and are aware of signs of neglect and abuse and to know what to do in situations where there is cause for concern. Outcome 2 2.1 An example of a conflict or dilemma that has arisen in my setting between the duty of care and the child’s individual rights is that the child wanted to go down the slide backwards and take risks, but for the safety reasons due to the height of the slide and having no handles on the slide, I assisted the child down the slide backwards, and stayed close while the child climbed.
Unit 027 Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Outcome 1 Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety. Learning Outcome 1 There are a number of important factors to take into account when planning for healthy and safe environments whilst setting up activities and services with children and young people. It is necessary in planning activities to remember each individual’s needs and abilities and that all children need supervision at all time. Everyday I have to take into account the different children I have in my group and that each child has a different level of ability and needs compared to others so when I am setting up activities I need to ensure that each child will be able to take part and enjoy the activity as well as learn at the same time. Activities that I would have to put a lot of through into would be a physical exercise because this activity could be difficult for a child who has just learnt to walk.
Task 13.1 As a practitioner it’s your duty to observe and maintain correct procedures to ensure that the children are offered a stimulating environment which will further allow optimum possibilities for development. All those who work with or amongst children and young people have a crucial role to play in helping not only to shape aspects of their lives, but to also aid in enhancing their future development. Therefore it can be stated that how we set up our own working practices can affect children and young people’s development. The necessity of encouragement and expression to children of the importance of good physical and mental health through their diet, exercise and healthy. If we do not promote and encourage a healthy and balanced lifestyle, it could results in the children having poorly developed immune system which in turn would cause them to be ill and have days off school which would affect their development.
1.1-Explain the welfare requirements and guidance of the relevant early year’s framework: In our setting we should safeguard and promote children and young people’s welfare. We must take steps to ensure that we promote good health of all children within out care and that we prevent the spread of infection from others when they are ill. We must also ensure that there are suitable staff and staffing levels are appropriate to ensure the safety of all the children. The premises and environment and equipment must be suitable to cater for children, including outdoor and indoor spaces, furniture. Equipment and toys must be safe and suitable for the children in our care and be in the correct age stage. Safeguarding, admissions and settlings in policies must be kept up to date, and all staff must read and be aware of policies and procedures.
Obviously no bad language should ever be use used around children and young people. It is vital to allow children and young people the opportunity to speak and it is important to make sure others are listening to them, also you need to make sure that each person has an equal chance to speak, and that no one talks all the time whilst others don't speak at all. Turn taking is a pivotal part of learning about effective communication. Encourage those who may not be as comfortable with talking, but never put the person on the spot and make them feel they have to. This could have a detrimental effect on the individuals confidence.
If the children ask what you are doing, say something truthful but ambiguous, such as "writing.” If the children ask for your help, direct them to a teacher whenever possible. Try to keep any particular child you are observing from being overly conscious of your attention, by making regular glances to other places or children in the room. Objective vs. Subjective Records When observing children it is tempting to interpret their behavior in terms of "good" or "bad,” "pleasing" or "displeasing", etc. It is important to describe or record objectively what the child does or says without interpretation. Accurate records are more usable for later interpretation.