Task 13.1 As a practitioner it’s your duty to observe and maintain correct procedures to ensure that the children are offered a stimulating environment which will further allow optimum possibilities for development. All those who work with or amongst children and young people have a crucial role to play in helping not only to shape aspects of their lives, but to also aid in enhancing their future development. Therefore it can be stated that how we set up our own working practices can affect children and young people’s development. The necessity of encouragement and expression to children of the importance of good physical and mental health through their diet, exercise and healthy. If we do not promote and encourage a healthy and balanced lifestyle, it could results in the children having poorly developed immune system which in turn would cause them to be ill and have days off school which would affect their development.
Unit 008 (Level 4) Roles, Responsibilities and relationships in lifelong learning Learning Outcome 1 Understanding own role and responsibilities in lifelong learning 1.1 There are a number of regulatory requirements and legislation, as well as codes of practice that must be followed when teaching. A summary of these is as follows: • Children Act (2004) and Safeguarding which requires teaching to incorporate being healthy, staying safe etc, and having the responsibility for protecting the learners from harm. • The Equality Act (2010) is in place to ensure that no person may be discriminated against regardless of race, sex, religion, age or sexual orientation. • The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) provides the legislation for occupational health and safety at work. This puts the onus on both the employer and employee to work in a safe environment, and to protect others against taking risks that would put themselves and others at risk.
Reflective practice is essential to personal development and the goals and targets put in place at performance reviews can help to focus you and give you a renewed sense of ability to succeed and achieve. If needs have been identified then additional training can be arranged to help you become more effective in your role and improve your confidence. When considering reflective practice you need to be open to ideas and criticisms of others. Your should reflect on your own work and the work of others around you. You need to be constantly thinking of ways to develop and improve your practice and be able to
As you begin your practicum, it is important to list your desired outcomes for learning and then identify and arrange activities and experiences that will help you reach those goals. A learning outcome is what you gain, achieve, get exposed to, or master as you work toward professional competency. A learning goal is a broad description of what you plan to learn, and is not usually mea- surable. A learning objective is what you hope you will know or be able to do following your practicum and is usually measurable. Learning activities are the actual steps you take to help you achieve the outcomes you desire.
The reason this is important is so you can make changes to how you work that lead to continuous improvement in the way you provide services. Reflective practice can be an important tool in practice based professional learning settings where individuals learning from their own professional experiences, rather than from formal teaching or knowledge transfer, may be the most important source of personal professional development improvement. It is extremely important for individuals to reflect on the care that is given to always improve the quality of care given to service users. This makes sure
.To manage my work priorities and professional development requires me to be a positive role model to have good traits to ensure my work goals and plans reflect the organizations. 4 How
When the issues involve young children, then these provisions also apply to specialists who do not work directly with children, including program administrators, parent educators, early childhood adult educators, and officials with responsibility for program monitoring and licensing. (Note: See also the “Code of Ethical Conduct: Supplement for Early Childhood Adult Educators,” online at www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/ethics04.pdf.) Core values Standards of ethical behavior in early childhood care and education are based on commitment to the following core values that are deeply rooted in the history of the field of early childhood care and education. We have made a commitment to • Appreciate childhood as a unique and valuable stage of the human life cycle • Base
It is important that the two complement each other as individuals at this age are perceptive and aware to subtle differences. However, ethics have an important role, as the individuals at this age are coming to terms with their moral and social views (National Education Association Legislative Action Centers, 2015). The code of ethics provides the professionals with a guideline towards interactions with individuals at this age, which is also important in the promotion of professional maturity and high educational standards (National Afterschool Association, 2002). The legal and ethical considerations should overlap at this age. The moral obligations for individuals within this profession should be within the guidelines of the legal requirements.
1.2: Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals. We also have a duty to protect the children and young people from sexual, physical and emotional harm, preserving respect and dignity. If we find any unanswered marks on a child or their behaviour changes when certain interactions are made, documenting this on the appropriate documentation and informing the manager is high priority. We also have the duty to protect the children and young people from intimidation or humiliation, engendering trust. Along with protecting the children from any harm we also have to safeguard ourselves avoiding risk of accusations of misconduct in the work place, acting professional throughout the whole working day.
The chapter also deals with issues that may occur beyond gaining employment, such as work place discrimination, unfair treatment, or harassment at work. Occupational health and safety policies, and the importance of statutory declaration forms are also some of the many points that will be covered. Community Living Community is an important concept that encapsulates everyone. There is a need in today’s society to focus less on the ‘self’, and more about caring for others. As your children mature, it is important to impart to them the need to think responsibly about how their actions impact other people.