Unit 5 The principles underpinning the role of the practitioner working with children E1: The practitioner has several responsibilities when engaging in professional relationships with children‚ families‚ colleagues and other professionals. The first and foremost responsibility is the care and well-being of the children. That is the most obvious and vital area of childcare. A practitioner’s job is to keep the children safe and cater to their every need possible. A sign of a good practitioner is
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psychological needs should ideally be met in an early years setting/nursery which offers care from 8am to 6pm five days a week. (17.5) * Having discussed the physical and psychological needs of a three year old relate these to relevant articles in the UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) which inform the statutory requirements for best practice in early years settings/nurseries in your country. (20) | Every child has needs. A need is defined as “a requirement‚ a thing necessary
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Sarah Brindley‚ Unit 3 - suppporting children. E1/E2- Five pieces of current legislation are‚ Children Act 2004‚ Human Rights Act 2000‚ UNCRC 1998‚ Equality Act 2006 and Protection of data act 1999. Children Act 2004 states that the interests of children and young people are better in all considerations of welfare and safeguarding and that safeguarding children is everyone’s responsibility. This is because safegaurding can only be achieved by building up a range of outcomes for children and
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Title. My proposal is to undertake a systematic literature review to answer a question; ’What is the impact of a child’s traumatic experience on the relationships with a foster family?’ What the topic is about? Childhood experiences have a tremendous impact on the future development of a child. Positive and negative events within a child’s life can affect the health‚ mental health and social opportunities of children and adolescents lifelong. Early experiences are therefore a vital issue within
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SHC34 - 2.1‚ 2.2 & 2.3 Potential dilemma 1 - If a child in the setting is using their own language‚ religion and customs due to wishes of parents/family. Why is this a dilemma? This is a dilemma as the practitioners at the setting my not be able to understand the child‚ this means they will struggle to teach the child and help them develop. If the parent does not want the child to learn English it may be a problem‚ most of the school/setting will be speaking English. The parent may feel they
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training. By providing this it will ensure children are kept safe as the employees will have the relevant training. The Children Act 1989: The Children Act 1989 provided a stepping stone towards the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) being implicated within the UK. The act came into force in 1991. The Children Act 1989 is important as it emphasises the importance of putting the child first. The Children Act 2004 underpins all services for children and aim to focus on improving
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Children Bill (2004). (Now known as the children act 2004). The Children’s act is a joined system of health‚ family support‚ childcare and education services so all children get the best start possible. Through the range of measures brought in under Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme‚ organisations providing services to children‚ such as schools‚ hospitals and the police‚ they all work together and share information between each other‚ so that all children‚ and especially those from
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Critically analyse Hart’s Ladder of Participation. What are the types of decisions children and young people can be involved in‚ and what is the link between the children and the adults when the participatory approach is put into practice? When should adults be more active in guiding children‚ and when should they step back and allow the children to work autonomously? Roger Hart (1992) developed a model‚ the Ladder of participation‚ which is made up from eight steps‚ each step indicate increasing
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establishes clear obligations for member countries to ensure that their legal framework is in line with the provisions of the convention‚ to reinforce the importance of fundamental human dignity and to endorse the principle of non-discrimination. The UNCRC is also divided into articles. Some articles which may be relevant to children and young people are: Article 2 – the right to be protected against all forms of discrimination. Article 3 – the child’s best interests are paramount. Article 12 – each
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EDUCATION AND CHILD RIGHTS The importance of education cannot be denied because‚ it gives confidence and awareness of the world outside. However‚ not all the children around the world are not lucky enough to receive an education. There are various reasons why children cannot go to school. The main reason of missing out on an education is poverty. Poor families cannot afford to pay for school expenses such as books and uniforms. This leads to another problem:; parents make their children
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