1.4 Explain common barriers to integrated working and multi-agency working and how these can be over come. Multi-agency working brings together practitioners from different sectors and professions to provide an integrated way of working to support children, young people and families. It is a way of working that ensures children and young people who need additional support have exactly the right professionals needed to support them. Integrated working focuses on enabling and encouraging professionals to work together effectively to deliver effective care for children. Children in their early years may have a range of needs and the way that we work together as practitioners can have a positive impact on their health, development and learning.
A higher level of support for staff including training, induction programmes and regular meetings could help. Strong leadership and management are vital to the success of integrated working. As anyone working in a child centred environment it is essential to work together to safeguard children who are at risk and avoid further situations like that of Victoria Climbie. 'Best practice' advice to services and agencies that work within the setting It is important to ensure that all services and agencies and their teams have clear and specific aims to ensure
Projects such as the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) and Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) have been instrumental in highlighting the long term impact that high quality early years provisions can have on young children. “Communication in childcare is the one of the greatest ways to provide the best care for the child on both ends - for parents and providers. Not only is this the best way to provide the best possible care for the child, but it makes for a great relationship between parents and providers” http://www.myparentime.com/articles/articleS198.shtm Training and Development Practitioners have many teaching responsibilities to children, families and professionals. Using training and development helps to develop the skills, attitudes and practices of a competent teacher. It helps practitioners to provide new ideas and thoughts about practice and to feel confident about areas of work or knowledge that needs updating.
What is the effect on the market for an hour of babysitting services 14 years into the future, after the birth rate has returned to normal, by which time children born today, during this increased birthrate, will be old enough to work as babysitters? Explain the change, if any in the price of babysitting, and in both the amount of babysitting demanded and supplied, giving your reasons for these changes. There is the precise reverse result happening now. The baby population is back to normal; but there is an excess of potential babysitters. This will generate very good fees as the teenagers try to trade their babysitting packages.
Assignment 3 Q1. Define in your own words what is meant by Special Educational Needs (SEN). Special educational needs (SEN) is a term used in education to describe children in who needs extra support and resources within mainstream schools to ensure their needs are fully met. The need for the extra support can be for a number of reasons, whether it be a learning, social or behavioral difficulty or disability, which makes learning and developing harder for these individuals at the same rate as other children their age. The inclusive educational provision needed to meet the individual needs of children with SEN goes beyond that of normal educational provision of children without these additional needs and this is where is work of teaching assistants, HLTA’s and other colleagues alike play an important role in support and ensuring that these children extra educational needs are met.
Because children, young people and families needs can be very different, the composition of a multi-agency team will differ from case to case. It is important each practitioner brings with them their own specialist skills, expertise and insight so that the child, young person and family gets the best support possible. Benefits Multi-agency working provides benefits for children, young people and families because they receive tailor-made support in the most efficient way. The benefits of this include * early identification and intervention * easier or quicker access to services or expertise * improved achievement in education and better engagement in education * better support for parents * children, young people
Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided. Reflective practice is imperative in order to ensure that high standards are kept continuously as circumstances, children and environments change. In order to reflect one must continuously be aware of approaches used and how they can be changed or developed to improve. Continually improving and adapting approaches benefits both children and practitioners, ensuring that each individual child’s needs are catered for. Reflective practice involves evolving in a child centred approach.
LO 1.1 Explain why working in partnership with others is important when working children and young people. When working with children, it is vital that they receive all of the services they require. Unfortunately it is unlikely that one person or professionals is able to provide everything a child needs and also what their legal obligations may entail. Because of this it is important to work with partnerships to ensure they receive the right level of care and services they need. “Partnerships are there for a child’s wellbeing and protection” (Budden 2014).
The influences that repeatedly are being applied are examples such as partnership with parents. This is something within my setting that we are constantly trying to improve. We believe to have effective working partnership with parents and carers it provides the best care for the child, enabling them to learn and develop. McMillan was not the only pioneer who was a firm believer of this other examples include Froebel and Issacs. Wolfendale acknowledges that “the value of partnership with parents has been recognized since it was stated in the plowden report (1967) that by involving parents the children may be helped and the fact that many settings now routinely work closer with parents.” Brudenell, Kay (2008, p274) I believe as time goes on the Ideologies and theories will continue to be put into our practice within working settings.
CU1523 Working together for the Benefit of Children and Young People 1. Understand integrated and multi-agency working 1.1 Explain the importance of multi-agency working and integrated working * As an early years setting we have a responsibility to help the children in out care achieve the ‘every child matters’. To be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve. * Team work with outside professionals is imminent to our work practises and I feel that integrating will help us achieve the outcome that we would like for our children and this will help them in their development going forward. This is an integral requirement of the eyfs.