2.2 Explain How To Follow Policies And Procedures

Following the policies and procedures insures the well being of all individuals involved in the setting. They also provide clear instructions and guidelines on what must be done in a particular set of circumstances or with an issue. Policies and procedures allow a common understanding and agreement on how things should be done. In an event that a legal matter has arrived, if everyone has followed the policies and procedures the practitioners cannot get into as much trouble as they would if they hadn’t followed them. A practitioner needs to follow the legal requirements otherwise the consequences could be, job loss, written warning, child’s death, child’s injury, anything major or even minor can affect the practitioner or child, so it is required