The responsibilities of the practitioner in professional relationships: • Following the laws and legislation. • Following policies and procedures. • Maintaining confidentiality • Thinking about the child’s safety and development. • Understanding the importance of teamwork. • Respect views of parents, children • Respect the principles of confidentiality. • Be committed in meeting the needs of children. • Respect parents and carers. • Communicate effectively with parents and other team members and other professionals.
Professional practice includes: • Developing relationships with parents. • Understanding your responsibility. • Working as part of a team. • Knowing how to reporting and get clarification on your role. • Understanding what is meant about confidentiality and your role in holding information that parents or others share with you. • Respecting and listening to children. • giving children chances to choose. • giving children directions which are realistic. • avoid labelling children. • keeping safe and supervising children at all times. • not imposing any child for special attention.
Practitioners in professional relationships have to: • Share responsibility to meet needs of children • Create a sense of belonging and sharing problems, difficulties and success. • Balance weakness with others strengths. • Be positive role models and work alongside each other to help children benefit from services and equipment being provided to them. • Be responsible for their own actions. • Express feelings without being unpleasant. • Value everyone’s views and their right to express feelings and choose.
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When working in multi professional teams it is important that we: • understand what information other agencies can offer and share with parents/ carers. • work effectively with others to improve services offered to