Childcare Level 3 Unit 5

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Unit 5 – The principles underpinning the role of the practitioner working with children E1 All early year practitioners have a responsibility to have a professional relationship with the children parents and colleagues. Each setting should have a code of practice this is rules which tell you how to work at placement, this relates to how you must work with the children, parents and colleagues in a professional way. The code of practice responsibilities are that ensure that all the child’s needs are being met so they can continue to develop in all ways. Teachers and practitioners should do this by through planning and setting out different activities and using different resources to help every child reach their full potential as they would be provided with both encouragement and equipment needed. The environment which we provide for the children must be a safe (ensuring risk assessments are completed for new equipment, day trips etc), warm and welcoming to help encourage the child to develop. Having a professional relationship with the children’s parents/guardians by using good communication skills such as good eye contact, good listening skills, good body language etc and also most importantly keeping all information about the child and thier family confidential as families have the right to confidentiality this also helps build a professional and trusting relationship with the parents, and will make them feel more comfortable in approaching you if they have any concerns with their child, or some advice e.g. if the child’s behaviour started to change at home. Having a good relationship with the parent also helps so they can have a good role in their education, so you can work with the parents as a team, for example if a child wasn’t behaving they may have a reward chart, parents may like to carry this out at home aswell. Your relationship with your colleagues is

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