Another responsibility that practitioners have is to communicate effectively with parents, children and colleagues; this is to ensure that practitioners talk to everyone in a repossession and non-judgmental way; this is to also show everyone that they respect that person. Maintaining confidentiality is another responsibility that practitioners have when maintaining professional relationships this is to ensure that no personal or important information gets said to the wrong people and even if you are talking to a parent or a colleague you need to keep some things confidential.
One other responsibility that practitioners have when maintaining professional relationships is to ensure that children’s safety is not at risk; this could be something as simple as keeping doors and gates locked and carrying UT regular risk assessments to ensure that no children in the setting get hurt. This will also satisfy parents as they know that their child is safe at all times and allows them to communicate effectively with practitioners. E.
Communication is an important part of most people’s everyday lives. Without good information we would not gain information, form relationships or maintain friendships. Babies and adults trust adults around them to be good interpreters of their body language and first words. Children can pick up on poor relationships and will become unsettled and anxious if they sense ensign and discord. Communication is also the central basis for all children’s learning and social development.
Early years practitioners have a vital role in supporting the communication development of all children, especially those with a communication disability. Projects such as the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (PIPE) and Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) have been helpful in emphasizing the long term impact that high quality early years provisions can have on young children. “Communication in childcare is the one of the greatest ways to provide the best are for the child on both ends – for parents and providers.
Not only is this the best way to provide the best possible care for the child, but it makes for a great relationship between parents and providers” (http://www. Embarrassment. Com/ articles/articles. SHTML) It is serious that you follow to confidentiality unless it is legally compulsory to be shared. Keeping reliable restrictions and rules is important in order for the child to become familiar with the rules and for them to develop an understanding of what they are and are not allowed to do. The responsibilities vary a bit while working with parents.
It is still important to maintain confidentiality as not only is it obeying with the law, it also helps to develop a trusting relationship with the parent, which will allow them feel secure enough to confess to the practitioner any problems they or the child may have. The practitioner should also ensure they maintain a friendly relationship with the parent whilst being careful and not to get over aware and remaining objective. It is important to remember that the parents know the child the best, so you must work with them in order for the child to be cared for as best as possible.
The parents need to trust you to look after their children, you can increase their trust by being open and honest with them, answering any questions they may have and sharing any information you may have about the child, for example if the child had any problems such as an accident during the day or even any additional needs that they have noticed through observations. For example if a practitioner had noticed that a child has a speech impediment the practitioner can then talk the parents about the support that can be offered for the child.
E. There are many benefits of a multi-professional approach when working with tooth children and parents and one of these would be early intervention; this means with a multi-professional team there is more chance of noticing additional or diverse needs in children. This is because there are professionals around the setting that help identify these things early, before practitioners can notice the additional needs and help to support children and their family.
Another benefit of a multi-professional approach is that they can offer a wider range of support (outside the setting) or even in the setting with professionals who can help support the child and the child’s family when getting to improve the child’s placement and learning. Reduced need for more specialist services is another benefit of having a multi-professional team; this is because all the support that is needed for children and families is in one place which means they don’t have to find a specialist outside the setting.
It is also easier for children and families to see someone that’s close and someone they know because communication skills would be easier if you stay within the setting. Also information can be passed to other professionals that look after the child in the setting to help improve their development. For example in my setting we have a play therapist and he asses on information to other practitioners such as doing an activity that the child is interested in.
One last benefit of a multi-professional approach could be that children have improved achievement in education and better engagement in education; this is because the setting has the support and resources that are needed in order for the child to engage better in education and achieve more. For example if a setting did not have the resources that were needed for a child with additional learning needs, that child would not be able to learn as well as other children in the setting. E.
Reflective practice allows you to look at what you do and make it better. You have the chance to reflect on your teaching practice, skills and knowledge seeing what worked and what could be better. It also allows you to identify areas in which you need help – i. E. Professional development such as behavior management skills. It’s a nice chance to stop and think – ‘Yeah. That went really well and I liked what did” or instead – “Oh no, that could have been better. What will I do next time?? ‘ There’s always room for improvement.
There are many benefits of having practitioners who use reflective practice and one of these s that it helps to improve activities for children, which also means that their learning can be improved as well as their holistic development. E. When working in a setting with children there are ten principles that underpin most codes of practice. ‘These are influenced by the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child (INCUR), and are designed to ensure that every child has the right to quality care and education” (Tattoos et al, 2007,IPPP).
One main principle that I am going to talk about is ‘confidentiality’; this is where you have to appropriately pass on information about children to other repossession or parents without telling anyone else. Another main principle is ‘keeping children safe and maintaining a healthy and safe environment’ this means that the child should be in an environment where there are no risks and dangers that could cause the child harm. One other principle is ‘valuing diversity’ these is where you’re showing the children that not everybody is the same and everybody may look or speak differently. Working with practitioners’ is another main principle out of the ten that there is; this principle means that you have to have good relationship with practitioners in order to work effectively together. One last principle I am going to talk about is ‘working in partnership with parents/families’ this principle means that if you work with parents/families you can improve children’s learning and development. E. It is very important that practitioner’s value children’s interests and experiences; this is because children feel valued if they are listened to and are talked to about their experiences.
This also boosts their confidence and self- esteem and encourages them to speak out loud whenever they want to share something whether it’s an interest or an experience. Another reason why it is important that practitioners value children’s interests and experiences is because it shows children that they have respect for them and shows that they want to listen to what the child has to say. If the practitioner does not listen to a child when they are trying to talk about their interest or experience the child may get upset and feel isolated as the practitioner is not listening to them.
Another reason why it is important to listen to children is so that practitioners can plan activities around the child’s interests which can also help improve development and encourage learning. One other reason why it is important to listen to children is so that practitioners can form effective working relationships with the child; again this would make the child feel valued and could make the child feel like they are being respected. E. Play England is a current initiative that allows children to get out of the house and enjoy their childhood and express themselves through play.
On this day of fun, thousands of families get out and enjoy all the activities that are set up in their local area. See appendix for more information. The Changeling scheme is a current research that has been put into place to elf overweight and obese children. This scheme hands out information packs on how they can help to improve their child’s lifestyle and it offers recipes and exercise tips on how to keep a child’s diet balanced and how to keep fit. Del .
As part of being a practitioner it is important to carry out reflective practice because we work with children and our helpfulness will have an impact on them and their learning and development. Reflective practice means thinking about and assessing what you do and discussing any changes which could be made. This means focusing on how we co-operate with colleagues, the environment ND the children. It means thinking about how we could have done something differently, what we did well, what we could have done better.
How we can improve what you have done to ensure that the needs of the children and the learning needs are met. It also means reflecting our own values, beliefs and experiences which form our thoughts and ideas. This will then allow us to gain a clearer picture of our own behavior and a better understanding of our strengths and weaknesses- so that we can learn from our own mistakes and take appropriate future actions. Reflective practice allows us to support the children deter, if we have worries about how the activity went we can look back and work out what more we could have done for the children.
For example we may have used one resource and found it useful and then chose it again with another child. It helps to have something to aim for, it helps with job satisfaction. This means that practitioners can feel proud of their job if they are reflecting back on their actions which can then be turned into better things that can help improve children’s learning and development. DO. The two strategies that am going to talk about that help improve my won learning and performance are: promoting participation and challenging discrimination.
I can use promoting participation to help improve my own learning by telling children what the activity is and how they can get involved in it. Another way I could do this would be to encourage children to try out new activities that they may never have tried before. For example science making planets. Another way I can promote participation could be that I could send out letters to parents telling them that children can dress up as their favorite book character so it would be more exciting for the children to take part in.
I can use challenging discrimination to help improve my own learning and performance by making sure the activity is suitable for all ages, gender, religions and children’s needs. For example if I was to do a cooking activity I would make sure that everyone could take part in it and also make sure that I am using ingredients that everyone can eat. Another way I could challenge discrimination could be that I do a different cooking activity each week, for example making foods that people eat in different countries. CLC. Confidentiality is one of the ten main principles that underpin work with children.
This supports the practitioners practice in the setting because it is a very essential part of being a professional early years practitioner because. “In order for parents to trust workers, it is very important to respect their right to privacy and confidentiality” (Tattoos et al, 2002, IPPP) this is because the practitioner has the responsibility of that parents child and the parent has to trust that the practitioner is going to keep the child safe within the setting. Confidentiality is also important because you need to ensure that information does not get into the wrong hands, which could then put the child’s safety at sis.
For example if a child’s parents have divorced and the main parent does not want the other parent to know any information and the practitioner tells the other parent, this would then put the child in danger. Keeping children safe is another one of the ten principles that underpin work with children. This supports the practitioners practice in the setting because it allows practitioners to think about the safety of children and also allows them to think what can be done further to ensure that parents/families are satisfied with what is being done to keep their child safe from any dangers.
For example to help keep children safe, all practitioners in the setting must carry out regular risk assessments so they can identify risks that may cause harm to children or practitioners. Confidentiality is also involved in keeping children safe because if information about children gets into the wrong hands it could put the child’s safety at risk. Valuing diversity is also one of the ten main principles that underpin work with children. This supports the practitioners practice in the setting because it allows practitioners to talk to children about how every child is different ND unique which ties in with Every Child Matters. Recognizing diversity is about understanding that children come from a variety of backgrounds and family structure, and that is reflected in many ways including the languages they speak, their culture, beliefs and even care needs” (Tattoos et al, 2007, up). Valuing diversity also supports the practitioners practice in the setting because recognizing diversity means responding positively to the difference and valuing all people which also will improve practitioners practice and experience in this.
Working with professionals is another one of the ten principles that underpin ark with children. This supports the practitioners practice in the setting because it allows everyone to work together to ensure that the needs of all children are met. This may be something like organizing meetings to discuss activities to help children learning or to help meet children’s individual needs. For example making a long term plan for children who have additional needs that need to be met. Working in partnership with parents/families is the last main principle I am going to talk about.
This supports the practitioners practice within the setting because t allows practitioners to work closely with parents/families to help improve children’s learning and development. It also helps practitioners form a bond between parents/families so they can communicate effectively with each other when talking about their child. However, seeing parents regularly several times a week means that childcare practitioners are uniquely placed to play a vital role in supporting parents and families. Bal.
Play England is a current initiative ‘Where everybody can fully enjoy their right to play throughout their childhood and teenage years” (http:// YMMV. Playground. Org. K/about-us/about-play-England. Asps). It also allows children to get out of the house and discover new things and ways of playing and enjoying themselves. One example would be a child that was not very physically active, getting involved with sports activities such as football or running. Practitioners follow the Play England scheme in settings to try encourage children to get out and about and to become more active than usual.
An advantage of Play England would be that it shows how lack of time and spaces for play, and unfriendly attitudes towards children playing outdoors can have damaging effects for children’s health and happiness. This means that Play England is working towards a scheme that will enable children to have the time and space to play outdoors so they can benefit from this. Another advantage of Play England is that it enables children of all cultures and races to get out and play and it does not stop children that are less able, to get out and enjoy themselves.
One other advantage about the Play England scheme is that it offers a wide variety of different activities that children can take part and is done in many local communities all over the country that families can enjoy for free. Aside from the advantages there are some disadvantages about Play England. One of these may be that a Play England day may not be in a community, this may be because they didn’t think that families in the area would be very interested in taking part in the event.
Another disadvantage may be that event days could be ruined by weather, for example it could rain, which means that activities could be ruined and families will not turn up. One last disadvantage could be that Play England didn’t gather enough resources for children to use, which will then mean that some children would have to miss out on the activity. AH. Changeling is a current research which was created after the Bristol research of childhood obesity 2005 was carried out by the Pen Green Centre and ICANN. This research was carried out to see how many children were obese.
This research was then developed into the ‘Changeling’ scheme by the government to help improve children’s diet and lifestyle. Practitioners follow the Changeling scheme in settings to try encourage parents to think about their child’s health and weight. Settings put up posters and offer leaflets to help parents manage their child’s lifestyle better, but there can be mom disadvantages to putting posters up in settings. Parents may get offended and think that the setting is trying to say that their child is obese or overweight.
Another disadvantage could be that parents just don’t want to get involved with the initiative or just don’t care about what their child’s lifestyle is like. Another disadvantage for this scheme would be that parents would be in denial about their child’s health and weight and would then again feel like people are pushing them towards going ahead with the scheme. However there are lots of advantages to putting these posters up in settings. One of these could be that the bright colors and the familiar Changeling logo is attracting parents and then they would ask for more information on how to get involved with the scheme.
Another advantage would be that it is nationally advertised and is noticed by many people, this would then encourage families to get involved more because it has been advertised and is familiar to people. Another advantage about the Changeling scheme is that it gives parents and practitioner ideas of how to keep children interested in keeping fit and healthy, for example playing games such as wiggly worms. The scheme also gives parents species that they can follow to help improve their child’s diet.
