Values and Principles Od Professional Childcare Practice

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Values and Principles of Professional Childcare Practice In this essay I am going to explain how I am going to ensure I put the principles of professional practice in to my work with young children when I am at my work placement. I will include subjects such as safety, confidentiality, children’s rights and the child’s needs into my work. In the Values and Principles of Professional Childcare Practice it states that I will have to put the safety of the child or children first when working on my placement. I will ensure I do this by preparing food for the children after I have washed my hands. This is very important in the work place because germs are everywhere. I will also ensure that the children wash their hands before eating their snack/lunch. Also when in the kitchen, I will make sure that all knives are put up high and out of reach of all the children. I will also not use knives when the children are around as they can be a distraction or they could get in the way of the knife which could be fatal for both you and the child. This is a common mistake made at home by parents and carers. Beaver M et al 2001 states ‘everyone is relaxed at home and may feel safe because they are at home. This is clearly not true.’ REF 1. I have recently been in a difficult situation when babysitting a child that I look after regularly. She was in her usual surroundings (her home) but she was trying to climb the chair to see what I was doing on the table. I was setting up a castle which needed tools to be set up so I did it on the table out of the way. This was a mistake as the child climbed up the chair which could have made the chair tip. I carefully helped her down from the chair, explained what she was doing was dangerous (at her eye level) and let her help me set up her castle. This is a good example that even at home, things can go wrong and be dangerous. To be successful at

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