There are a number of different agencies/professionals that may get involved when a child or young person has been abused or harmed. These agencies have different roles and the aim is to achieve an inter-agency approach when the services are required. The earliest point of harm or abuse may be identified by Midwife’s or Health Visitors. These professionals are best placed to identify risk factors during pregnancy‚ birth and the early months of a child’s life. Due to their close contact with parent’s
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1 MU 2.9: 2.2.6 Explain why and how referrals are made to different agencies Referrals are important for the child to get the best possible outcomes and by practitioners doing observations and recording evidence this is made possible for the child to be referred to the correct professional‚ for example; a child with hearing difficulties may need to be referred to a support service for deaf children or children who have impaired hearing. Panels are usually made up of different agencies and these
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EYMP 1 CONTEXT AND PRINCIPLES FOR EARLY YEARS PROVISION Question: An explanation of the legal status and principle of the relevant Early Years Framework and why the early year frameworks emphasise a personal and individual approach to learning and development 1.1 The statutory framework for the EYFS sets out the legal requirements relating to learning and development and the legal requirements relating to welfare. The EYFS framework has statutory force by virtue of Section 44 of the Childcare
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How democratic is the UK? It can be argued that Britain is both democratic and undemocratic; this can be shown via a range of issues relating to British politics and the society in which we live. The generally accepted definition of a democracy is a form of government in which the major decisions of government and the direction of policy behind these decisions - rests directly or indirectly on the freely given consent of the freely given consent of the freely majority of the adults government
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and as they are working with a range of people they need to know how to maintain a good and professional relationship and this generally means they need to be able to talk about the appropriate things to that specific person and should understand their boundaries. A practitioner will work with parents/carers‚ children‚ colleagues‚ students and multi-disciplinary teams such as speech therapists and each of these relationships will have different approaches. A practitioner working with the parents/carers
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Education and Care in the Early Years (3rd edition‚ Dublin 2007) 2 reasons why childcare is developing Increased participation by women in the paid labour force. Recognition of the value of play and socialisation opportunitites for children’s development. In Ireland today‚ women with young children are forming an increasing proportion of the paid labour around 60% of women with a child under 6 years are now employed and it is recognised that lack of childcare can act as a barrier to employment
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Early stimulations for infants are very important. They need a lot it for normal development. Children who are deprived of early stimulations are behind in cognitive development. These children will have emotional‚ psychological and behavioral problems in their lives. Studies found Romanian orphans that was deprived of adults’ interactions in the early age had poor emotional and cognitive function. They scored below average on intelligence test (Berk‚ 2013). Because of these‚ I tried to interacts
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Human Resources Welfare Provision and Flexible Working Practices Michelle Kirkham 16/11/2012 Introduction This report will investigate the implications of introducing flexible working and welfare at Paragon. It will support this investigation by identifying welfare provision within Marks and Spencer and Google and compare how effective the initiatives are within their organisations. It also highlights to Keith Teaming‚ the need for welfare provision and flexible working within Paragon. This
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During this assignment it is aimed to explore the subject of growth and development in the early years‚ this will be done by using research regarding the chosen topic of identical twins. The differences between growth and development as well as the relationship between the two concepts will be examined throughout‚ to support this examination the stages and patterns of the growth and development of identical twins‚ concentrating on the physical aspects of the topic in particular‚ will be discussed
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It is very important for adults who are responsible for children in there formative years to know this. Children are influenced by everything they see. Adults should also be aware of the years in which they have the skills able to identify and do what they see. Children do not all develop at the same rate; therefore‚ making it harder to identify this stage of life. Children are more influenced by people that they respect a lot‚ like parents‚ than they are by people they just know‚ babysitter. Basically
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