Assessment Task 5 THE KEY COMPONENTS OF A HEALTHY & SAFE HOME BASED ENVIRONMENT As a home based child minder it is vital to understand the key components of a healthy and safe home environment as these are set out as requirements of the registering body in the U.K - OFSTED. The Ofsted publication ‘Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage’ clearly outlines the specific areas for The safeguarding and Welfare Requirements. These areas can be clearly defined under the following
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A healthy and safe home based environment. It is my responsibility as a professional childminder to do everything possible to keep all children safe at all times and prevent accidents‚ to do so: • I will ensure I keep appropriate supervision of children at all times. • I have in place a thorough risk assessment which I enforce and revise regularly. • I use only equipment with children that is age appropriate and in safe working order and complies with national safety standards. • I keep my
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Explain key components of a healthy and safe home-based environment. To ensure a healthy environment you must meet the four coloured EYFS themes and legal requirements (ACT 2006) and also children’s (ACT2004). Every child matters: .Be happy .stay safe .enjoy & achieve .make positive contribution
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CS I: Safe Healthy Learning Environment Safe: All children have right to be safe.where I work as a teacher‚ I will commit to my school and class to keep safe and I will teach my children to have right to be safe.I will ensure that children explore the concept of safe unsafe and emergencies and they develop an understanding of the warning signs. I will teach children about the relationship and what is fair and unfair. I will build an environment that children can develop an understanding of trust
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The main factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments are; • Risk assessment; a risk assessment is a process that identifies and assesses the importance of risk in a situation and then assesses the measures that control it. A risk assessment should be undertaken before a planned outdoor learning experience‚ and the main findings recorded. • Contact details; you should always make sure that you have up to date emergency contact numbers‚ for all staff
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Unit 3: Safe‚ healthy and nurturing environment for children. Snack time at my placement is at 9.30am. The children at my setting all have a story leading up to snack time‚ whilst a story is being read to the children I help the children to come in pairs to wash their hands in the bathroom. Once the children have all washed their hands they go back into story room and then when the story is over they line up at the door in story room then walk into red room and sit around the tables in there. Once
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My Healthy and Safe Home Setting As a Registered Childminder‚ I have a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of all children placed in my care. There are many different factors to consider when maintaining a safe and healthy home‚ and I have identified the following as the key components: Environment- Home and Garden Equipment and Resources Fire Safety Storage and Handling of chemicals‚ medicines and first aid items COSHH General Hygiene Personal Hygiene Animal Safety and Hygiene
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Competency Goal 1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment Functional Area 1: Safe One of my goals in the functional area of safe is to prevent or reduce injuries while children are in my care. This is an important goal for the age group children in my care because young children are often not aware of hazards in the environment or of behaviors that could cause injury. One of the ways I do this is by supervising children at all times. I always make sure children
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Goal # 1: To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment Safety at Precious Moments Daycare is our utmost priority as well as a very important daily task. A child’s growth is essentially influenced by a safe and healthy environment this is why it is very important to follow our licensing regulations. We arrive fifteen minutes before the 1st child arrives to ensure we go over our daily safety checklist‚ this includes making sure electrical outlets are covered and cords are our
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Competency Goal 1 To establish a safe‚ healthy‚ learning environment Functional Area 1: Safe One of my goals in the functional area of safe is to prevent or reduce injuries on the playground while children are in my care. This is an important goal for the preschool age group because young children are unaware of the hazards in the outdoor environment and of behaviors that could cause them harm. I can accomplish this by being aware of the areas that are “hazardous” and making sure that I am supervising
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