Task 1
Duty of care means as a practioner you need to be reasonable to everyone around you and make sure you do NOT neglect an individual and you need to meet everyone’s individual needs. As an early years practioner your duty of care is important because the children are dependent on you to take care of them while their parents/carers are working/studying throughout the day. As an early years practioner your care is important to these children because the children are relying on you to take care of them while they are not with their parents/carers, also if a child does something wrong you cannot shout at them just speak to them in a calm manor and explain to them what they done is wrong and they are not allowed to do it, the children do not understand what is right from wrong this is where you come in and explain what is right from wrong but explain it in a simple way so they will understand you.
As an early years practioner your duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of each individual in your setting. Children under the age of 3 years they are dependent on adults to look after them in ways they can protect the children from harm, to safeguard the children you carry out risk assessments in your setting taking precautions to prevent likely hazards and risks which may lead to harming the children by accident of by infection, you should set rules on what the children can do and what they cannot do, the children should be aware of these so that they can harm themselves or the other children in the setting, these rules should be simple in a way the children can understand them. As an early years practioner you should be able to notice signs of a child being abused if you notice these signs while the child is in your care as an early years practioner you should follow the policies and procedures you have in place at the setting.
Task 2A
There are potential conflicts or dilemmas which could occur between the duty of care and