‘Every Child Matters’ and identifies five outcomes for all children: * Be healthy * Stay safe * Enjoy and achieve * Make a positive contribution * Achieve economic well-being These outcomes should underpin all practice of a childminder. Childcare Act (2006) This Act introduced the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum into England and Wales‚ and place a statutory duty on the local authority to work towards ensuring the five outcomes set out in the Children Act (2004)
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childcare professionals are not required to have a GCSE grade C or above in English and maths. However‚ this would apply to new nursery staff only. This proposal caused a lot of concern with both parents and also early year’s practitioners such as childminders & nursery staff. They felt that the increase in children to staff ratio’s would jeopardise the quality of car and the safety of the children‚ especially in the case of fire evacuation‚ as one person cannot carry four babies. The staff member
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and that I would listen and do my best to communicate in a way that he was comfortable. (Case Study) C You have children in your setting whose parents do not come to the setting as they walk there or are dropped off by day nursery staff or childminders. How do you ensure parents get the information they need. At the school that I work we send regular letters home to all parents and carers and on a weekly basis we send a newsletter home with every child‚ when in placement I hand each child
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bodies Home-based childcarers must be registered with the regulatory body for their country before they can care for other people’s children in their own home. All the regulatory bodies publish requirements‚ or standards and procedures that childminders have to meet in order to be registered. It is a fineable offence to work as a home-based childcarer and not be registered. The regulatory body in the UK is Ofsted. The registration system exists so that Ofsted can make sure that I: * Meet
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welfare of the child is paramount. It forms the legal framework that sets quality standards in most voluntary and private sector children’s services‚ and enables Ofsted to operate a registration and inspection system for the following services: • Childminders • Crèches • Day Nurseries • Out of School Clubs / Holiday Playschemes • Playgroups • Private Nursery Schools However‚ childcare provided by nannies‚ au pairs‚ and for children over the age of 8 are not registered or inspected. Ofsted checks
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PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR CHILD THROUGH THE CURRENT LEGISLATION AND THE REGULATORY BODY IN ENGLAND - A SMALL GUIDE FOR PARENTS - In order to reassure you Parents that I will provide your child with the best care possible‚ I would like to outline part of the up to date Home Based Childcare Legislation. In England‚ there are numerous laws relating to children. The most relevant one being the CHILDREN ACT (2004). It is an act that all practitioners working with children
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Washing & Bath Time: most early years settings will only need to keep children’s face and hands clean but adults working in home-based care are likely to be involved in washing and bath time. hand washing is the main way by which we can prevent infections. it’s important to check the water temperatures all the time. lukewarm water with soap should be used role modelling is very important for all children and for babies and toddlers downwards gentle strokes method should be implemented. before and
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for provision.’ (http://www.silkysteps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13241&highlight=scope) Because of this the early year’s sector provide many types of provisions to meet the needs of families. Other provisions include: Nurseries Childminders Pre-schools Crèches Parent and toddler groups Children centres EYMP 4 Task 3 The effective provision of pre-school education (EPPE) project is the first major European longitudinal study of a national sample of young children’s
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Unit 8 caring for Children Assignment guidance E2‚ E3 Criteria E2 Collate information about how care for children may be provided within families and society. For this section you need to gather and present information on the many ways children are cared for by families and society. Remember to collate information in the form of screen dumps‚ images‚ leaflets and other relevant documents with written descriptions and appropriate referencing. You could use a spider diagram to illustrate the different
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and First Aid if an accident or emergency situation occurs or if a child is taken ill. I will seek medical treatment if necessary. I am also committed to protect the children from the spread of illness and infectious diseases. As a registered childminder‚ it is an OFSTED requirement that I hold an up to date Paediatric First Aid Certificate. Policy for Accident and Emergency If any child in my care has an accident or an emergency situation‚ I will ensure that they are safe aswell as all
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