Career investigation of Early Childhood Education Submitted by: Maeve Monaghan Description: When working with children you must nurture and care for them. Supervision is a key point you must always be watching the children ensuring their safety. Childcare workers organize activities for children‚ help children explore individual interests‚ and help keep children healthy. Skills and Qualities: Essential skills for this career include communication skills and also Creativity skills. Essential qualities
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Unit 4 Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety 1. Describe the factors to take in account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. Regarding EYFS the components of a safe environment include: Safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare - All practitioners should have an up-to-date understanding of safeguarding children issues and be able to implement the safeguarding children policy and procedure appropriately. Staff should be able to respond
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ensure a consistent and flexible approach to children’s care‚ learning and development in order for the child to meet the five every child matters outcomes. The welfare requirement is enforced by Regulations made under Section 39‚ (1) (b) of the Childcare Act 2006. There are six area covered by the early learning goals and educational programmes. Which are:- -Personal‚ Social and Emotional Development -Communication‚ Language and Literacy -Creative Development -Physical Development -Problem-solving
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Legislation Governing Childcare Services There are a number of laws in the UK that affect children and childcare services; some are designed to give children certain rights‚ whilst others are aimed at protecting them from harm. Below is a brief summary of some of the relevant legislation. The Children Act 1989 This Act aims to protect the child from harm and to work in partnership with parents‚ ensuring that the welfare of the child is paramount. It forms the legal framework that sets quality
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1.1 A good practitioner would make it their main priority that every child learns to the best of their ability in the setting. They would ensure that the child’s every need is met. In every way possible‚ they would make sure the child’s welfare and well being is promoted. There are certain welfare requirements which need to be taken in to consideration to promote the well being of a child. They are as follows: Child protection Providers‚ other than child minders‚ should always be alert to any
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In your opinion‚ why do you want to become an early childhood education teacher? In my opinion I want to become an early childhood teacher because I love teaching the children new things. In your opinion‚ what type of teaching position do you hope to obtain‚ and why? In my opinion‚ I would like to become a two and a half year old teacher because I could teach them a lot of new things. What are the factors that influence your decision to pursue this career? I have always loved
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Unit 8 –Caring for Children Portfolio Assignment Task For unit 8 you must put together a portfolio of research into a number of different topics as indicated by the headings below. The portfolio should include current and relevant research‚ information and materials from a variety of sources‚ refer to child development and identify‚ where appropriate‚ the relevance of current legislation. The portfolio may include documents generated through different
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Unit 0.3 Outcome 1 Understand the importance of equality and inclusion 1a. What is meant by diversity The term ’diversity’ means difference. Diversity recognises that though people have things in common with each other‚ they are also different and unique in many ways. Diversity is about recognising and valuing those differences. Diversity consists of visible and non-visible factors‚ which include personal characteristics such as background‚ culture‚ personality and work-style in addition
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Children go into care either under care order‚ voluntary agreement by their parents‚ or for reason of police protection. Different care system depends on the individual circumstances and needs of each child. 62%‚ the majority of looked after children‚ are provided with a service due to abuse or neglect. Where children are exposed to neglect or abuse‚ local authority should be efficient and quick to bring them into care‚ either placing them in foster care‚ children’s home‚ special guardianship or
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Childcare and the Working Parent Tammy SOC 402 Contemporary Social Problems & the Workplace Instructor: Shannon Sellers December 16‚ 2013 Childcare and the Working Parent Since the 1970’s‚ one of the most drastic changes in the structure of the American family has been increased employment of mothers outside the home. The need for alternative childcare has become an issue. The need for childcare is an issue that most parents face when one or both parents work outside the
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