The current legislation for home based childcare ensures children are cared for in a safe environment by carers who are committed to providing each child with the skills for their future. The Law The Childcare Act 2006‚ all childcare providers must promote the 5 outcomes for children. They are considered to be essential to children becoming happy and successful adults. 1. Help us achieve well and enjoy what we do. 2. Protect us from harm or neglect and help us stay safe. 3. Help us
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The Importance of Confidentiality & Data Protection for a home based childcare service In order to run a childcare service there is a need to retain a large amount of information on each child. The Data Protection Act 1998 covers correct storage and sharing of both manual and electronic information. There are eight principles put in place by the Data Protection Act 1998 to make sure that information is handled properly: * fairly and lawfully processed * processed for limited purposes
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| |Option 5 - Understand how to set up a home based childcare service | |Task 2. In order to operate a registered home base childcare service the following policies and procedures must be in place: accidents‚ illness | |and emergencies; behaviour; safeguarding; equal opportunities.
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Outline the current legislation for home based childcare Produce an information sheet which clearly outlines the current legislation for home based childcare More than ever‚ Child protection is a topical issue. That’s why many years ago the British government‚ aware of the fragility and vulnerability of children to adults‚ has implemented a number of laws relating to children and young people in the UK. These laws are made to define the inherent right of children‚ and also to define the implication
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digital format (including smartphones and photos on digital cameras)‚ I would probably need to notify the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that I was a "data controller" for data protection purposes. The ICO is the UK’s independent public body set up to promote access to official information and protect personal information. The ICO enforces and oversees the Data Protection Act 1998. Since 2008‚ as part of the Early Years Foundation Stage‚ childminders in England have been
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Current legislation covering home-based childcare 1.1 The Children Act 1989 aimed to ensure that the welfare of the child is paramount‚ to work in partnership with parents to protect the child from harm. The Act was intended to strengthen the child’s legal position. To give them equal rights‚ consider their feelings and wishes and to ensure children were consulted and kept informed. Special Educational Needs (SEN) Code of Practice 2001 it focuses on preventative work to ensure that
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The importance of Confidentiality and Data Protection for home based childcare Childminder must handle all information that she has on the child as confidential and should be shared only with the child’s parents and the child. It is essential to handle data about children and families in a confidential way‚ due to that they have a legal right to privacy. It is equally important that information should not be passed on without written approval of the parents or carer‚ because they have the
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CACHE level 3 understand how to set up a home based childcare service Task 1 Produce and information sheet which outlines the following Current legislation for home based child care. In this section I will discuss the legislations that are current for home base childcare. There are several legislations that are currently set in place that childminder have to adhere to. The Children’s Act 2004 – This act provides the basis for how social services and other agencies deal with the issue relating
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Legislation regulating home based child carer’s and the role of Ofsted the regulatory body All people working with children are governed by legislation that is in place to protect your children and the child care provider. In this document I have listed four important legislations that are of particular importance to home based child care providers and noted how I aim to incorporate them into my practice. Child care practitioners also have a regulatory body; in England it is Ofsted. This document
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after months of child abuse at the hands of her great aunt Marie Therese Kouao and her boyfriend Carl Manning. The eight year old came into contact with health‚ police and social services on several occasions‚ and also taken to hospital twice with injures. The green paper built on existing plans to strengthen preventive services by focusing on four key themes; * Increasing the focus on supporting families and carers. * Ensuring intervention takes place before children reach crisis point and protecting
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