MU 2.9 Understand partnership working in services for children and young people 1.1 Explain why working in partnership with others is important for children and young people. Partnership can be formed between a number of individuals, agencies or organisations with a shared interest. Partnerships are often formed to address specific issues and have a common reason for working together and may often formed to target a short or long term issues . In order to achieve a good partnership partners need to communicate, co-ordinate, co- operate. There are two types of partnership working: multi agency working and integrated working.
Assessment is part of the process of understanding what children know, understand and can do so that future teaching steps can be appropriately planned. Cathy Nutbrown, 2006 Learning theories provide us with a basis for the interpretation of our observations and can help us to find a solution and to help
Children have rights , thoughts and opinions and they are valued. Procedures for schools to follow to ensure inclusion and this links into Special Education Needs and the disability act. Codes of practice gives guidance on how to ensure people of different races and treated equally. Protects children against discrimination focus on inclusion and protects children against discrimination. Gives guidance and support to school staff and ensure high quality service and the best practice possible.
E1) Collate evidence which describes the role of the practitioner in meeting children’s learning needs. The role of the practitioner when meeting children’s learning needs are too collect, learn and understand the information which they need to know, information they need to know is: • What is play • The benefits of play • What is experienced when playing? • Relationships between play and learning • Stages of play and play types Influences on play (Which are) • Social influences • Economic influences • Physical influences • Physiological influences • National initiatives • Local initiatives • Theorists which influence play Observation • Observation which informs planning • Observation which informs practice • Observations when planning activities to promote children’s learning and development • Recording assessment • Role of assessment in informing planning and responding to learning needs • Key issues in recording assessment Working with others • Outside agencies • How outside agencies contribute in settings. • Inclusiveness with parents/guardians and why it is important. • Importance of including parents/guardians in planning.
This approach is also a very important part of the government framework of Every Child Matters which states that we should be working together to achieve the best possible outcomes for children in our care. The Early years foundation stage, states that different professionals working together will help to improve outcomes for children both in their learning and development. So by sharing records or observations of a child by a professional such as a speech or language therapist may contribute to further assessment. Inclusion is an important
All GP’s should have regular training and update their training when necessary. Teacher’s roles and responsibilities are to create and maintain a safe learning and friendly environment. To identity any concerns and to act on them upon information. Staffs are to attend child protection and first aid courses, staff should have special training on training on safeguarding all children. Understand the importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection in the work setting.
Safeguarding Safeguarding is a term for the protection of people with a strong emphasis on prevention. when this refers to children many organisations could be involved within that process such as schools, social workers, GP and other medical or therapeutic services. All these may be needed to ensure the child's well-being and be a long-term help to the whole family. Safeguarding is important as it means all adults working with children have a responsibility to protect children from harm, we should always report our concerns so that the appropriate action can be taken and the right agencies involved to help resolve the issue raised. Dwelling on and ignoring our concerns only increases the risk to the child.
I feel it is important to take into account the personalities of the children, as learning may be inhibited if one child is particularly domineering or intimidating. It is also necessary to look at the subject being taught and be flexible in the grouping of children. I personally feel that for subjects such as Literacy and Numeracy, where there is pressure for academic success the children should be split into ability groups. I feel by working in ability groups, the children are still able to support each other and there is still a hint of Vygotsky’s ZPD theory being practised, as there is still a range of abilities within an ability group and the more able of one particular ability group, can support the others in the group. It is important to remember that no one child is the same as another, even if they are classified as being of similar ability.
Working together for the benefit of children and young people (Linked to unit CU1535 - Promote children’s welfare and well being in the early years) Using the chart provided list agencies you may work with, describe their function and give an example, include how and why referral would be made and how working in partnership delivers better outcomes for children and young people Document attached at the end of this 1.4 Explain common barriers to integrated working and multi-agency working and how these can be overcome Although a person is trained for a particular role, it may be challenging for them to be managed by someone who docent possess the same skills as them. they may have a different area of expertise and could not be used to sharing the information that they have with other people. Each profession will have its own ‘specific’ language and whilst this will not pose a problem when they are communicating with someone from the same profession, but may well confuse someone from a different sector. To enable professionals to work together successfully then they need to discuss matters before the partnership fully takes effect. Guidelines should be drawn up to outline what is expected of each department, how reports should be written and discuss the best way to work as part of a multi agency team.
Multi-agency practise take place where children spend most of their time and feel secure - this could be a children’s centre, school, health centre etc. It is important to realise what some of the barriers to effective working might be:- Where people have been clearly trained for a role they may find it odd to be managed by a person with different skills and expertise (which could happen in settings such as children’s centres) They may behave in a different way in dealing with risks and have different priorities in their work practise with children They may not be used to sharing their expertise and knowledge Each profession may have their own language-termology only recognised by their own profession They have chosen a specific profession and may feel upset that they have to widen their working practise and find new ways of working In order for these working partnerships to be successful, it is important that every