3.1 Explain why it is important to take a balanced approach to risk management What is a risk assessment? A risk assessment is an important step in protecting the staff and children‚ which follows the policies and procedures. It helps focus on the risks that really matter in the setting – the ones with the potential to cause harm. In many instances‚ straightforward measures can readily control risks‚ for example‚ ensuring spillages are cleaned up promptly so children do not slip or cupboard drawers
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Sharon Moss History of Childcare Institutions and Qualifications 1/1/2011 Assignment 1.2 “Really Useful Knowledge” History of Childcare Institutions and Qualifications During this essay I will be outlining the history of childcare institutions and qualifications and how they have developed in relation to the needs of the country‚ family needs and society. I will be looking at the following occupations wet nurses‚ governesses
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Unit 066 Promote children’s welfare and well-being in the early years Outcome 1 AC1 In my setting we promote the children’s welfare by making sure we follow our policies to make sure the children are safe. We make sure that if any of the children are sick and they have to go home that we let the parent’s know how long the child has to be off for. After the child has left we will clean all the toys so that we do not pass on any more infection to any of the other kids. When
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There are many sociological explanations for female inequality in society. Inequality is where something/ someone is seen as not equal compared to something else. For example men have more opportunities than women in life‚ suggesting females suffer huge inequality in many factors of life. Firstly‚ Anne Oakley speaks about how women suffer inequalities in the work place. Oakley notes that after the industrial revolution in Britain acts were passed to limit women working; in 1851 one in four married
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Integrated working is when different services join together to offer more effective care for babies and young children‚ where multi-agency working is when different services work together to meet particular needs of babies and young children‚ along with their parents and/or carers. Multi-agency teams are made up of members of the children’s workforce drawn from a range of different disciplines who met for specific reasons on a regular basis; all the professionals will have joint aims and goals.
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Baddeley and Hitch (1974) developed an alternative model of short-term memory which they called the working memory model. The working memory model consists of four components. The central executive which controls and co-ordinates the operation of two subsystems‚ the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad. The central executive controls attention and coordinates the actions of the other components‚ it can briefly store information‚ but has a limited capacity. The phonological loop consists
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is working in partnership between parents and practitioners in early years settings and primary schools and how can we make this as effective as possible? Chapter 1- Introduction. The purpose of this Independent Study is to investigate and determine how working in partnership between parents and practitioners affects the lives of the children‚ their families and the staff at the setting. I will focus my research predominantly on how we as parents and professionals can ensure this partnership has
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the different reasons people communicate and to explain how communication affects relationships in the work setting. Main Body People communicate for different reasons; these reasons vary and are as follows; * To maintain and promote good working relationships * To encourage the children to communicate effectively * To share knowledge and information * To ensure that everybody knows where they stand * To get their point across and ensure safety in the work environment *
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by the Multi-Store Model was far too simple. Following the Multi-Store Model‚ it is believed that STM holds limited amounts of information for short periods of time with relatively little processing‚ it is believed to be a unitary store. This means that due to its single store it has no subsystems‚ unlike the Working Memory Model which has many subsystems. This proves that the Working Memory is not a unitary store. Working Memory is STM. In contrast to the Multi-Store Model‚ where all the information
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1.1 The health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting we follow the health and safety act (1974)’ we ensure everything in the nursery setting is safe and secure and clean and tidy for all that use the setting. 1. We ensure all staff are given an induction when they start the nursery and given all the appropriate information and training to comply with the health and safety rules. This helps staff be aware of things such as who is the first aider‚ where the first aid box is kept
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