How and when to access information

Describe how and when to access information, advice and support about diversity, equality and inclusion.
If you require information, advice and support about anything while working in a nursery, you would speak to a supervisor or manager or colleagues. For advice about a particular child you would speak to their parents/carers or families.
If you required information etc about anything while in college, you would visit your tutor or another member of staff.
Out of college or in your spare time, you can get advice/information by studying the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. More information could be found on the internet or in books, journals and leaflets.
Below are two examples of how a member of nursery staff may deal with certain situations to help a child feel included and secure.
When a child comes from a different culture
If a child comes from a different culture/background, there will be certain things they cannot do/do not do/eat/do not celebrate. But, if many other children around them come from the same culture that is different to them, they may celebrate/eat these things/do these things that that child doesn’t do, so they will feel left out. So an adult in charge of these children will have to sort something out before these things that are eaten/celebrated/done, occur.
For example: there is a child in a nursery who is a Muslim; activities that involve celebrating such things as Easter or Christmas will not be something they will be involved in. But, this will leave the child feeling left out when the time comes to celebrating these things. So, in order to make sure the child can be happy doing something else, the nursery manager should call the child’s parent(s) before the activity, letting them know that it will be happening so then the parent(s) can give advice on what their child should do instead.
When a child feels insecure
If a child is feeling insecure for a certain reason, they will want to receive advice either from family members, friends or teachers on how to either make themselves feel better, ignore anything that may be the reason to why they are feeling insecure etc.
For example: if a child is being left out of their friends games on the odd occasion, this not only will make them feel lonely, but it will make them feel like it is because of something they do/wear, so this will lead to them feeling insecure. A member of staff should be aware of anything like this occurring, so should be the first to talk to the child, after this they will have to talk to their parents about it (if they don’t already know) so that they can help their child too.