They can also give them support in making referrals for other services. Sure start gives families parenting information; they have support groups and can give support within the home. Sure start provides good quality support in play, learning and child care know-hows for children, both group and those which are home based. They provide healthcare, advice and support for children with special needs through signposting to more specialised services where necessary. “Examples of specific services offered through projects include: Home based ante natal care, Breastfeeding Support Groups Advice, support and information on health related topics Early Language Development Programmes Play development for all ages and stages Age appropriate physical development opportunities High quality crèche sessions Promotion of the creative arts Support for smooth transitions between pre school and school.” (EarlyYearsSureStart) Nursery schools - Provide early learning and childcare for children between three and five years old.
Building trust with parents or carers will result in them knowing that the nursery is a very good place for their child as it offers a great amount of help and support, which is especially important for new parents or carers. Other professionals It is also important to partner with other professionals as they will offer the support and services, where needed, to improve the overall development of the child. For example, a speech and language therapist may assist a child with communication difficulties. Another example would be a play therapist to diagnose, prevent or resolve a child with psychosocial challenges. Multi-disciplinary teams It is very important that everyone in a multi disciplinary team work in partnership.
Planning and decision making – Many settings share their planning with parents and encourage them to contribute ideas. Working alongside practitioners – Parents are invited to come and work alongside carers at open mornings, drop in sessions or just to help out in general. Parents may also continue activities at home that have been started at a setting. Practitioners learning from parents – Parents are the experts when it comes to their own children so it makes sense for practitioners to learn as much from parents about the child as they can. This is especially true when a child has a medical condition or disability.
This could be in a residential care home, a community care setting or in an individual’s home. The activities stimulate new interests and skills, and are designed specifically to meet individual’s needs. These workers promote social activities within, and outside their care setting. Training/qualifications: Activities co-ordinators will usually have experience of working with vulnerable adults in a residential, community or voluntary setting. Grades A – C in GCSE Maths and English are usually required.
Lastly achieving economic well being covers continuing in further education, going into employment or training once left school, that the individual is ready for employment, has access to transport and material goods, doesn’t end up on low income. There are various types of interventions that could become involved with the child and family, and the intervention may involve multiple agencies that have to work together to support parents, carers and families so they can help children achieve the positive outcomes, improve their lives and fulfil their potential. There are many professionals that are involved with interventions; one is the SENCO this is the person within the school/preschool/nursery that has responsibility for co-ordinating the support for the young person and also to give advice to other members of staff. Speech and language therapists are another professional that will give support to children that have difficulty in communicating they can also give advice to other people working with the young
CU1531 Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role My duties and responsibilities in my work role are outlined in my job description, of apprentice nursery nurse, such as to complete assignments on time given to me by my tutor. Also to attend team meetings and inputting ideas e.g. nursery meetings, staff meetings, department meetings and training and being involved in discussions that take place and also input ideas towards paperwork such as policy reviews. I am to provide all aspects of care for children including washing, changing and feeding under supervision. This also includes comforting, welcoming, playing with, teaching, observing and protecting the children.
Explain ways to embed elements of Functional skills in your subject area. Functional skills are basic skills of literacy, language, numeracy, and ICT. These elements are transferrable and are necessary for all individuals to progress confidently in work and society. As a tutor I would recognise LLN needs through pre-course assessment. I would approach the learner discreetly and encourage them to seek adult learning support.
Evolve Case Study Assignment Guidelines PURPOSE This assignment provides students the opportunity to apply knowledge of the nursing process to clients presented in case study format. It also provides the student the opportunity to practice NCLEX style questions. The case studies are housed and maintained by Evolve, reflect content from the adult health nursing textbook, and are an integral part of student success. COURSE OUTCOMES This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: CO#1. Provide effective professional nursing care for adult patients and their families in a variety of healthcare settings using the nursing process.
I get feed back from others in supervisions which is 1-6 with the line manager this helps me to develop and is where I can ask for training. 1 Michael Eilbeck 01/09/132 Principles of personal development in adult social care settings 3.1 A personal development plan is where you make a plan to develop your self to make you better as a person and at your job this can be done during your supervisions where you can ask for training to make you better at your job and to set goals. 3.2 The people who could be involved in your personal development plan process will be me and either your line manager or manager. 3.3 You can get sources of support from the local office, managers, working policies, colleges assessments, local library and the internet. 3.4 The benefits of using a personal development plan is to make me better at my job, make me more confident in what im doing and to make me more flexible at my job.
Within my setting I constantly reflect on how I work and try to think of ways that I can improve or different strategies that may improve my practice. This will then benefit myself, my colleagues, the children, the parents and carers within my setting. K3D223 How learning through reflection can increase professional knowledge and skills As a childcare practitioner we have a professional duty to reflect on our practice and to develop it to ensure we provide the best for our children and their families. Every day new and exciting ideas come along and practices within childcare change, that is why it is important to keep up to date with what is going on and evaluate your own knowledge and skills against what is best practice. Reading articles, keeping up to date with training and being aware of the national standards and legislation will ensure that you remain competent and well informed, this will help you to provide the best care to your children as you can.