Childcare Unit 5

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E1: Describe the responsibility of the practitioner in professional relationships. It is important that as a practitioner you should each and every child safe by making sure that you count each and every child in and out of the classroom to make sure that you have not loss anyone. Also you should maintain confidentiality for each and every child’s information because that child’s information should only be shared with the parents/carers and colleagues (if they are going to work with the child.) this relates to practise because at placement we have an office which is locked at all times that has the child records in and any phone numbers are in a different folder that can be accessed by the computer so that you have to have a account for the computer. E2: Discuss TWO issues which contribute to maintaining professional relationships with children and adults. Being approachable will maintain professional relationships with children and adults because if an adult feels like they can talk to you about their child if they are having a problem you would be able to tell them what happened and how things were solved Also if a child is worried about something they will come and tell you what is wrong and you will be able to comfort them and make them feel happy. To maintain confidentiality in the care setting you and the staff must ensure that all staff is aware of the policy. In the childcare setting you must store all parents and child’s information in a locked place where only care staff can access it. You do not share parents and child’s information with any other people other than the staff and the service user. Unless there is an emergency where medical practitioner may need to access the information. Family and friends are not legible to access this information without the services permission first. Maintaining confidentiality of information is an important part
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