CYPCore34-1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. Every person working with children is responsible for their safety; we all have the duty of care. It’s important that the environment children are in is checked regularly before and during activities. We make sure equipment is in good condition and safe for children to use, age appropriate toys, accessible furniture, clean toilet and washing facilities, at all times children are supervised within ratio. It is the responsibility of the Health and Safety Officer, nursery manager and Head Office to ensure health and safety procedures are put in place, making sure people/staff are aware of them and follow them.
In addition, the use of visual signs or simple sign language to make the child aware of health and safety in the setting should be considered. 1.2 An explanation of how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in the work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely. In our nursery, we maintain a safe and healthy environment by following the correct legislation and ensuring that all staff work safely in the environment.
The respect, care, love and emotional support experienced by babies and children helps them to develop emotional safety, trust and a positive self-image. Being acknowledged and affirmed by important people in their lives leads children to gain confidence and inner strength. Exploration within close relationships leads to the growth of self-assurance, promoting a sense of belonging which allows the young child to explore the world from a secure base. A skilful communicator Being together Finding a voice Listening and responding Making meaning To become skilful communicator’s babies and children need to be together with a key person and others in warm and loving relationships. Being together leads to the wider development of social relations which include friendship, empathy, sharing emotions and experiences and becoming a competent language user.
Wendy Scott TDA 2.8: Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety 1.1: Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. Every school by law is required to have a safety policy which gives information to staff about the procedures that they have in place for ensuring that the school is safe. The health, safety and welfare of all the people that work or learn at the setting are of fundamental importance. The school aims to provide a safe, secure and pleasant environment for everyone. The Governing Body, as an employer, takes responsibility for the health and safety of all their pupils, members of staff and others who visit the premises.
SHC 34 - Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 A duty of care is an obligation that any child or young person that is in your care is well looked after and not harmed during a particular task. Within my setting I carry out daily checks to ensure that my setting inside and outside is safe before the children arrive. I make sure that my setting is clean which therefore reduces the risk of spreading affections. I keep up to date my first aid and that I have a fully stocked first aid box.
Good parenting and high quality early learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up.The early year’s foundation stage statutory framework sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning to ensure children’s school readiness and give children a broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life. The early year’s foundation stage was introduced in England in September 2008. It’s aim was to improve the quality of care and education for children from birth to the end of their first year in school. It is a statutory curriculum which means that all providers working with babies and children up to the age of 5 years have to follow it.
Jody Foster Competency Goal III To support social and emotional development and to provide a positive guide Functional Area 8: Self I strive to provide a safe, secure and educational environment. My goal is to make my infants feel very special, loved, and well cared for. I do this by treating each infant as an individual with his or her own needs and unique characteristics. I like to start each day by saying good morning to each infant individually. My co-teacher and I try to never be out of the room at the same time.
Ensuring parental permission to administer medicines is given, and that all information about the use of medicines is recorded properly. Outings Ensuring trips and outings are safe and properly managed. Includes procedures for ensuring that risk assessments and trial runs are undertaken, parental permission is obtained and details of all vehicles involved are recorded. Safeguarding children Policy for ensuring that children in your care are kept safe from harm. Your knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance, including details of your local Safeguarding Children Board.
Healthy Attachment Brittney N. Tate ECE 332: Child Development Prof. Carrie Phillips June 11, 2012 Our textbook defines, “ attachment as an enduring emotional bond between one animal or person and another” (Rathus, 2011). An healthy attachment would be defined as an emotional and mental bond, where their animal or person’s physiological, emotional, cognitive, and social processes are met (Morrison, 2009) . When a child develops a healthy attachment with parents, as well as caregivers then all of the child’s needs are being met for the child to develop properly. It is very important for a child to develop an healthy attachment to his or her parent, as well as
(3.1) Explain the benefits of key worker/person system in early years settings The attachment bonds of babies and children All babies and children require having warm, interacting and can responding to the needs when crying and needing to be safe. This links to the main area of each child’s future relationships. Mostly, all babies and children experience bond with their senses and this includes love that impacts a child and help change their learning as this happens, children develop to be more curious and create friendships with other children and can be good at school. At hospitals, after the babies are born then the midwife brings the baby to the mother which involves skin to skin bonding and the nurses encourage feeding from the mother to the baby. At settings, the key person will have warm and affectionate bond with babies and children but they do not replace the parents and if the key person has a long term illness so two people will care for a child in the setting.