1.2 Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development. The factors that need to be taken into account when assessing the development should involve: • Confidentiality is very fundamental, especially for the safety of a child or young person confidentiality must be breached. When assessing a child I must be careful to take into account all the issues of confidentiality before carrying out the observation. I must have the parents’ and the settings permission and I am not allowed to leave the confidential material lying around. Such materials must be secured in the locked cabinet.
MU2.4 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1 and 3.2 1.1 Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting There are many policies and procedures that need to be followed in order to keep the children safe in a work setting. Safeguarding for example, you should maintain the appropriate boundaries with the children and also their parents. Making sure that you do not show favouritism to any child is very important; all children should get the right amount of attention. When working in a childcare=re setting it is important to treat everyone with respect, even other members of staff. Giving respect to other members of staff sets a good example to the children.
Children are put into groups in order to give them the best learning potential and for their learning to be appropriate for their age and level of understanding. Some children can be easily distracted, so would work better in a smaller group with adult supervision to keep them on task and encouragement them to keep focused. Potential issues that may arise in group learning could be that some children may take over the group and always answer before others, which in turn not all children in the group get to put their opinions, idea's or views across. It could cause ineffective communication between the group if a few are not understanding the task or some may be shy and introvert. Due to the nature of working in teams, children can sometimes find that they are not working effectively, which negatively impacts on their learning, and their ability to progress.
It covers the full span of the Every Child Matters ‘stay safe’ outcome. Keeping children safe from neglect and abuse, accidents, bullying, crime and anti-social behaviour and providing a safe and stable home environment. Other important aspects of the plan are forced marriages and missing children. 3. Analysis of how national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day with children and young people You must ensure that you are aware of the local and national guideline for safeguarding within your work with children on a day to day basis, many issues occur within a school in spite of this you should always be aware of any safeguarding issues and act accordingly within the correct guidelines.
• We would have to also consider children who have sensory impairments, such as a child with limited hearing would struggle to comprehend what was being said when being educated on the explanations of safety. • The safety and well-being of children is paramount when planning activities within a setting. Therefore we must consider and ensure that duty of care for each any every child and staff member is in place. • Ensure whether indoors or outdoors, that all activities provide appropriate space, is safe and suitable. This could be accomplished via risk assessments.
CYP Core 3.4 1.1 There are a few factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. The individual needs of the child these must be considered along with the age and ability so when planning for the children make sure the resources used are age and stage appropriate and they carry the safety marks. There must be specialist equipment for children with specific needs, so must be able to adapt to the needs of child. Specific risks for a child who has a hearing impairment you would need to provide visual aids for them or sign language so they are aware of the health and safety for example if the child was running indoors you could show them a visual aid of a picture where it’s made clear that you walk not run. Placing pictures of hands being washed near the toilets also teaches them to wash their hands when they have been to the toilet.
Cyp3.4-A healthy and safety booklet for early years staff. 1.1- A description of the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environment and services. There are lots of important principles to take into consideration when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environment for children and young people. We must take into consideration that every child/ young person has their own individual needs and we must make sure we meet their needs but depending on their age and stage of development and their abilities, for example: A child who uses a wheelchair will need ramps to be able to get in and out of the setting and will need space to move around the setting. A 2 year old may use the space differently to an 8 year old.
The principle of a positive relationship with Children, young people and adults is to be comfortable with the person you are talking with and trust them. In a situation where a child/ adult feel frightened or undermined or not heard, he or she may not open up. The foundation of a good relationship is trusting, As Adults who work with children, we can help develop our relationship with them by doings things that build their trust. For example if we keep a promise we made to them, this will show the child we are trustworthy. It is important that find effective ways to communicate positively with children, young people and Adults.
Stephan Dillon CU1520 – Promote Child and Young Person Development 1.1 – Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development When assessing a child there is a range of factors that are needed to be taken into account. Firstly confidentiality must be kept at all times, while assessing a child, we must have the practitioners such as an educational psychologist and also the parent’s permission before making formal observations of children. All confidential material such as a child’s statement must be kept in a locked cupboard in the office and only staff that need to see it, can have access to it. When assessing a child we have to be objective and I would not jump to premature conclusions and will only record what I can actually see/hear not what I think/feel. An example would be “The child cried “is objective, but if I said “The child is sad “.
Playing also helps a child socially by building confidence, it makes a child feel loved, happy and safe, develops language and communicating skills, it teaches them about caring for others and the world around them, develops physical skills and connects their pathways to their brain. A child will always love to play with their mother or father, but sometimes he might prefer to play by himself and won’t need so much hands on play from the adult. In parenting there are two different types of play; unstructured and structured. Unstructured or free play is the best type of play for a child because it depends on what the child is interested in at the time. Free play isn’t planned or structured.