Ensuring children and young people’s safety and welfare in the work setting is an essential part of safeguarding. While children are at school‚ practitioners act in ‘loco parentis’ while their parents are away. As part of their legal and professional obligations‚ practitioners hold positions of trust and a duty of care to the children in their school‚ and therefore should always act in their best interests and ensure their safety – the welfare of the child is paramount (Children Act 1989). The Children
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Financial Policies and Procedures Omanie Wyatt HCR/230 January 6‚ 2010 Sharlene Batts Effective Financial Policies and Procedures In a medical office‚ a financial policy must be easily understandable to the patient when reading his or her policy. In order to provide proper answers to any patient with a question regarding the material a trained staff member should be provided to inform the patient of what the policy means. The basic elements on effective medical office financial policy are that
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Chapter 5 1. Why is important to help children develop cognitive skills during the preschool year? According to Rike‚ Izumi-Taylor‚ and Moberly (2008)‚ it is the richness of a child’s experiences that directly affects the development of the brain. They say: “[R]ecent brain and educational research clearly shows these neural pathways can be made richer and stronger through appropriate early care and challenging experiences that take place in carefully designed‚ nourishing environments”
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eventually mastered. Why then do we expect children to be able to communicate with us correctly all of the time? Working with children requires us to build positive relationships with them quickly‚ but also in ways that are professional. The quality of the relationships that we have with children and young people has a huge effect on the way in which we can work with them. Positive relationships with children and young people are important as when children feel comfortable they can separate more
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promoting children’s safety and welfare as well as protecting children when abuse happens. It has only been developed in the past 50 years‚ and the need for improved legislation has been highlighted by cases such as Maria Colwell (1973) and Victoria Climbie (2000) as these cases showed weaknesses in procedures. The United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (1989) is an international human rights treaty that grants all children a comprehensive set of rights. The convention has 54 articles
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A child’s development is measured through social‚ emotional‚ physical and language development milestones. Although each child will follow a sequence of milestones throughout their development‚ the rate at which they reach those milestones may differ between each individual. Development is broken down into a series of age groups:- 0 - 3 years 3 - 7 years 7 - 12 years 12 - 19 years These development rates are guides based on various research undertaken. A child’s physical development
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When working with children you should be aware of all possible social‚ economic and cultural factors which may impact on the upbringing of children and young people attending the school setting. These factors are issues within society which will or can affect children or young people’s lives at some point. The social factors that can impact on a child’s upbringing are; • Poor parental supervision/neglect. Without guidance children do not learn the correct ways to behave. This will cause them
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Why effective communication is important in developing positive relationship with children‚ young people and adult An effective communication skill is very important to develop a positive relationship with people. It builds trust and confidence between members and helps share more information between parents‚ teachers and staff. Building a positive relationship with children‚ young people and adult helps teachers understand more about students and be able to help them in areas they need help
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Social Policy Outcome 3 HNC Social Care 8th July 2012 Remediation – 20th July 2012 Total Words = 1509 Remediation Word Count = 1679 StepDown Community Services‚ like any agency has key policies and procedures that as an employee I must adhere to. These policies are influenced by legislation and quality assurance systems and at heart promote the rights and responsibilities of the individuals that we care for. Three of the key policies at StepDown
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1.1 Describe the Social‚ Economic and Cultural Factors That Will Impact on the Lives of Children and Young People There are other issues in our broader society that will affect the lives of children and young people. Unemployment can lead to economic crisis resulting in difficulties in funding food‚ bills and cloths for children. Conditions in health or a cultural background can cause exclusion from certain activities in the setting. Being aware of the positive and negative issues that influence
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