Explain Why It Is Important To Maintain The Standards Of Practice And Care To Children

All children are entitled to good standards of practice and care from practitioners. Good standards of practice and care require professional competence; good relationships with children, children’s families and colleagues; and commitment to and observance of professional ethics. When working in an early year setting, practitioners must ensure that their daily practice must be kept professional all the time to maintain their current professional and competent practice. Early years settings must ensure that staff members are kept up to date with changing legislation, current and relevant framework, and policies and procedures and implement these in their practice to ensure that they are providing high quality care to children.
Recording your CPD: Recording your CPD is one of the ways practitioners can maintain current and competent practice. It is important that practitioners keep all records of any CPD activities that they undertake as this can become useful to them when applying for a senior role, gaining promotion, applying for a new job or embarking on higher
Seeking and learning from feedback on own practice from colleagues, children and parents can also inform them on how to maintain their current and competent practice. It is important that practitioners also learn how to reflect on feedback and professional guidance they get: such as from an inspection or a one-to-one supervision with their manager/supervisor. Being quick in making changes to practice where necessary shows ones’ competence and willingness to maintaining good practice. It is also professional requirement for practitioners to use appropriate methods to seek feedback from children, colleagues, and parents, as well as being able to reflect on whether their practice is contributing to meeting the individual needs of the