Child Care and Education Unit 1

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Unit1-Introduction to working with children. Section 1-How settings support children and their families… E1 & E2- There are 3 different types of settings which provide care and education for children. These settings are ‘Statutory sector’ these are settings which are provided by the government. An example of a ‘statutory setting ‘is a school. Schools support both families and children. They support children by providing them with an education and care based on each child’s individual need. Families are supported in a way were they are constantly in contact with the school and staff involved with the care of their children, this maybe were the families are invited in to the setting to for a meeting with their child’s teacher this is usually called ’parents evening’ this gives teachers and families a chance to discuss any information about the child. Another type of setting is a ‘private setting’ these are usually profit making settings provided by private providers, an example of a ‘private setting’ is a private day nursery. A private day nursery is regularly inspected to make sure that the health and safety of all the children is maintained. Private day nurseries support both families and children by giving children age birth-5years a set daily routine and small activities to achieve goals based on each child’s individual development progress. Families are supported by having relationships with their child’s key worker and receiving any revel vent information of their child or setting through letter or even verbal contact. Finally another setting which provides care for families and children are ‘voluntary settings’ these are organization’s which are usually provided by charities. Within the ‘voluntary settings’ there are volunteers and paid staff who provide similar services to the ‘statutory sector’. an example of a ‘voluntary setting’ is parents and
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