Learning outcome 4: Understand how working practices can impact on the development of children and young people.
4.1 – Children and young people need the sort of environment which is most likely to promote effective and confident child development, where they can experience an environment of mutual respect and trust and open communication. Where large numbers of children and young people are being cared for together, it is even more important to be aware of the influence of the environment on children and young people’s wellbeing and sense of self.
It is important to develop the skills of being a reflective practitioner. By reflecting on your own practice you can evaluate the contribution …show more content…
Do we plan activities to promote development for individual children?
After answering these question we can think of ways to improve or progress our practice effectively.
4.2 – Institutions, agencies and services is the best way of ensuring that all child or young person’s developmental needs are met. All agencies work by the five outcomes set out by ECM (every child matters). These outcomes tell us that children should; be healthy, be safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution, achieve economic well being.
By working in partnership with these outcomes multi-agencies can ensure that their only main concern is the development of children and young people they come into contact with. By using these outcomes we can be sure that children and young people’s development socially, emotionally and physically can be met.
They used agreed shared goals and values and offer regular communication between different agencies and teams of professionals to maintain a focus on the child or young person, improve communication and information sharing, support the early intervention process, work in an inclusive way and reduce inappropriate referrals and reduce duplication most importantly maintaining