Key Person
– Foundation Degree Professional Studies in Early
Key Persons in the Nursery Peter Elfer; Elinor Goldschmied and Dorothy Selleck David Fulton Publishers, 2003
Name of Visual Creator (as appropriate): M Allan
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What is the key person approach? is a way of working in nurseries in which whole focus and organisation is aimed at enabling and supporting close attachments between individual children and individual nursery staff. The key person is an involvement, an individual and reciprocal commitment between a member of staff and a family. It is an approach that has clear bene fits for all involved.
THE KEY PERSON APPROACH
benefits of being and becoming a key person is the sense that you really matter to a child and to their family. You are likely to have a powerful impact on the child's well-being, their mental health, and their chances to think and learn. powers and responsibilities will engender feelings of pleasure and pain, the joy and relief of partings and reunions, and the satisfaction and anxiety of being a key person in a child's formative early years care and education.
For the nursery: The key person approach leads to better-satisfied and engaged staff, improved care and learning for the children, and a parent clientele who are likely to develop a more trusting confidence in the competencies, qualities and devotion of professional staff. There are indications that this approach reduces staff sickness and absence, and develops involvement and attitudes to professional development within staff teams.
Why 'key person' and not 'key worker'?
The terms 'key worker' and 'key person' are often used interchangeably in nurseries as well as in other areas of social care, for example in hospitals or in work with people with mental or physical disabilities. We would like to draw a clear distinction between the two terms. A 'key worker' is often used to describe a role in which the focus is on liaison or coordinating between differ ent
Key Persons in the Nursery Peter Elfer; Elinor Goldschmied and Dorothy Selleck David Fulton Publishers, 2003
Name of Visual Creator (as appropriate): M Allan
CHAPTER
What is the key person approach? is a way of working in nurseries in which whole focus and organisation is aimed at enabling and supporting close attachments between individual children and individual nursery staff. The key person is an involvement, an individual and reciprocal commitment between a member of staff and a family. It is an approach that has clear bene fits for all involved.
THE KEY PERSON APPROACH
benefits of being and becoming a key person is the sense that you really matter to a child and to their family. You are likely to have a powerful impact on the child's well-being, their mental health, and their chances to think and learn. powers and responsibilities will engender feelings of pleasure and pain, the joy and relief of partings and reunions, and the satisfaction and anxiety of being a key person in a child's formative early years care and education.
For the nursery: The key person approach leads to better-satisfied and engaged staff, improved care and learning for the children, and a parent clientele who are likely to develop a more trusting confidence in the competencies, qualities and devotion of professional staff. There are indications that this approach reduces staff sickness and absence, and develops involvement and attitudes to professional development within staff teams.
Why 'key person' and not 'key worker'?
The terms 'key worker' and 'key person' are often used interchangeably in nurseries as well as in other areas of social care, for example in hospitals or in work with people with mental or physical disabilities. We would like to draw a clear distinction between the two terms. A 'key worker' is often used to describe a role in which the focus is on liaison or coordinating between differ ent