The practitioner’s responsibility in a professional relationship is that they should be able to work as part of a team and provide a high quality care and education for children, you would do this by following legislations. By following all your settings principles, policies and procedures you would be promoting and encouraging the children's safety. You as a practitioner would always maintain a high level of safety by following the settings policies and procedures and be being aware of any emergency procedures. Also if you believe a child is being harmed you should always report it as the child may be being abused etc. . . "Policies in early years' settings are there to guide the actions which practitioners need to take to fulfil the vision and aims of the setting and to act as a point of reference against which decisions can be made." Early Years Update. Also for practitioners to be in professional relationship they should be able to keep confidentiality, effective communication and professionalism. The reason a practitioner should keep confidentiality about the children in the group or the parents, is because each child is different with different needs. If the practitioner went around talking about children to other parents, they would tell other parents that, for example: her daughter can’t do that while mine could do it a year ago. This would make the parents judgemental about other children and upset the parent of the child. You do not share information with any other people other than care staff, unless there is an emergency where medical practitioners may need to access the information. A When talking to a parent you should exchange information in an appropriate area, so in a spare room this is to keep confidentiality and if any information is given ensure that the information is kept out of view from other parents. A Tassoni 2007 pg 219
When communicating with parents, staff and visitors ensure that you are honest, specific, keeping parents informed