(E1+E2) There are several laws that influence working practices in a setting for children that are currently in place. The Data Protection Act 1998 contains 8 principles to keep personal data safe. The principles state that data must be; obtained and processed fairly and lawfully, used only for specified and lawful purposes, adequate, relevant, not excessive, accurate, kept up to date, processed in accordance with the individuals rights and is kept secure (www.legislation.org.uk). The Data Protection Act was passed to control the way information is handled and to give legal rights to people who have information stored about them. Supporting children includes keeping them and their personal data safe. When working …show more content…
In order to achieve full inclusion within a childcare setting, childcare practitioners must remember to include parents as well as the children in the setting. In order to achieve this, childcare practitioners should constantly be reviewing their work and ask themselves if they are meeting the children’s and their families’ needs. Childcare practitioners should ensure that individual needs are met in order for them to be fair, just and inclusive.
Policies and procedures can promote fair, just and inclusive strategies in many ways. Childcare settings may have a settling-in policy, recognising that some children may need more time to settle into the setting. When creating an accessibility policy childcare practitioners should consider how people are coming into the setting, childcare practitioners that promote, fair, just and inclusive strategies would talk to the parents to find a way to meet their accessibility needs.
(A) There is a significant amount of legislation that influences working practices within early years settings. In a childcare setting it is a statutory duty to ensure legislation criteria is being met within the setting. Therefore, the legislation must be implemented in the working practices within the