It is important to adopt a balanced approach to risk management which includes taking into account the child or young person’s age‚ needs and abilities: An activity such as climbing needs to be appropriate for both the age and the ability of the child. Many Adventure Playgrounds and parks have age restricted play areas which take into account the safety of the child‚ for example Harewood House Adventure Playground. The older childs play area is inappropriate for a smaller child‚ with a
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202 Safeguarding children and young people 1.1 Within our school there are policies set in place and it is important that staff know the proceedures. The school has various policies and procedures including Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Communicating Health and Safety Information Electrical Equipment First Aid and Medication Serious Injuries Fire Prevention Fire Alarm Procedure Security Confidentiality I ensure i always follow these policies and proceedures
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Unit 4 health and safety. 4.3 Evaluate own practice in promoting balanced approach to risk management. It is important you have a balanced approach towards risk assessments. You must always make sure that children are not at any risk but sometimes you may give them the freedom to do something knowing they won’t hurt their self but will learn from it. For example if a child was walking along a balancing beam that wasn’t very high with a soft surface underneath then they wouldn’t be at risk of any
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Credit Value 4 Candidate Name: School: Assessor Signature: Date of Assessment Completion: Verifier’s signature: Date verified: Section sign off Section 1: - The pattern of development from birth to nineteen 1.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth to 19yrs 1.2 Explain the difference between sequence of development and rate of development and why the difference is important Section 2 – The factors that influence development 2.1 Explain how children and young
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The main current legislations and guidelines that apply within England UK are: Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010 It provides statutory and non-statutory guidance to organisations and practitioners on how we should work together to safeguarding children. It applies to people who work in education‚ health and social care and also to the police and probation service. It states: • What abuse is and the impact of abuse and neglect • What better practise looks like • The roles and responsibilities
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CYP 3.3 Types of schools Community schools - A community school in England and Wales is a type of state-funded school in which the local education authority (LEA) employs the school’s staff‚ is responsible for the school’s admissions and owns the school’s estate. Foundation/trust Schools -- are a kind of "maintained school"‚ meaning that they are funded by central government via the Local Education Authority‚ and do not charge fees to students. As with voluntary controlled schools‚ all capital
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COMMUNICATION The main focus of communication is in relation to the health and well-being of the child or young person. Particularly within my workplace‚ we attempt to establish the most effective methods of communication‚ and enabling children and young people to participate in communication. As well as communicating with children and young people‚ we also communicate with other professionals and non-professionals involved in their care. Communication is the sharing of information‚ ideas‚ views
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CYP Core 33 6.1 Explain how to support children and young people’s self-confidence and self-esteem It is important to support children’s confidence and self-esteem because it will help them grow into confident adults. Support will add value‚ faith and confidence and they will be more likely to lead a happy and productive adult life. Self-esteem is a way a child feels about themselves. Everyone has it in different degrees. A child with high self-esteem generally feels good about themselves
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CYP Core 33 4.2 Describe the actions to take if a child or young person alleges harm or abuse in line with policies and procedures of own setting If a child or young person alleges harm or abuse in our setting we would follow the following guidance‚ policies and procedures: Listen to the child and take whatever he/she is saying seriously as the child will only disclose such information to somebody they feel they can trust. Offer support without judging or criticizing anything they are saying
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TASK 1 CYP 3.4 -1.1 DESCRIBE THE FACTORS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN PLANNING HEALTHY AND SAFE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE Health and safety factors will change significantly for children and young people depending on age range and ability. Factors to be taken into account when planning an indoor activity are: AGE AND ABILITY OF CHILDREN • From birth to crawling babies will have many stages of development and these will need to be adapted according to age
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