pieces of legislation covering home-based childcare are the Children Act (2004) and the Childcare Act (2006(. Children Act (2004) This influential piece of legislation arose from the Green Paper ‘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 child minder. Childcare Act (2006) This Act introduced the Early
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2‚2.3‚2.4‚3.1‚3.2‚4.1‚4.2‚4.3‚5.1‚5.2‚6.1‚6.2‚6.3‚6.4‚6.5‚7.1‚7.2 Health and safety policy is to make sure that all the staff ‚children ‚young people and parents and carers are safe and protected from any harm when they are a the work setting .Every work setting has a Health and Safety policy and every worker should be aware of the Health and Safety policy. The two main pieces of health and safety legislation which promote safe working practices in a child care environment are Control of substances
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To begin‚ the population of interest is childcare professionals such as teacher’s assistants or lead teachers who work in daycare centers. They are a group of low-wage workers and therefore‚ more likely to experience chronic stress. There are 1.3 million childcare workers in the United States‚ a third of whom are women of color. Childcare professionals make about $8.87 per hour‚ which is about half the living wage in North Carolina. Being a member of several vulnerable populations‚ specifically being
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HOW TO SET UP A HOME BASED CHILDCARE SERVICE 4) UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT OF ROUTINES FOR HOME BASED CHILDCARE 4.1 EXPLAIN HOW ROUTINES ARE BASED ON: * Meeting a child’s needs * Agreements with parents * Participation of children 4.2 Explain how they would adapt routines to meet the needs of children at different ages and stages of development 4.3 Explain how they ensure that each child is welcomed and valued in the home based work setting 5) Understand how to provide
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By: Trevor Agenda Setting in the Internet The 2000 Presidential Elections are upon us and who do we turn to for information regarding the candidates? What issues will be the hot topics for the election race? For that matter‚ what will be the hot topics in the media for next week? Just as this paper must be structured‚ organized‚ and center around a main idea‚ so must all information presented to an audience. Information can only be easily processed if it contains some kind of structure. This
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affecting the children development‚ and I could make different right from the start of my working life in my setting. The legislation for safeguarding and child protection‚ passed in Parliament it includes: The Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. These Acts is to aim for simplifying to work together when child abuse is suspected and our duties to protect children and young people in our setting. Working together to safeguard children (1999) is guideline for me in England and Wales to help them
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Unit -1 an introduction to working with children E1 Statutory setting Tassoni states “these are services that have to be available by the law” Tassoni (2007 p.g3) this is a government funded organisation‚ which caters for children from the age of 4-11. It is a legal requirement and failure to attend will lead to fines or prosecutions. Statutory settings all follow the national curriculum which dictates how any particular subject is taught i.e. programme plans‚ lesson plans objectives and lesson
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Does early childcare really develop the cognitive and social aspects of children? My research will determine whether or not childcare facilities are really beneficial. Millions are spent on childcare every year. Figuring out whether they are advantageous or not will lower a lot of families’ expenses. Usually‚ children are placed in child care because both parents are working. However‚ sometimes‚ parents are advised by a professional to enroll their child in child care because this environment will
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Child care today is very important to a lot of people researchers has found. It is also found that being in childcare plays a huge role in children development. It is known to be valuable to young children‚ especially single parent homes. Research has also showed that high quality child care can have a positive influence on children’s development and school readiness by providing valuable educational and social experiences. However‚ in finding child care it also brings about concerns. Finding child
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Health and safety policies in the work setting Provide all staff with first aid training. All accidents and any incidents are recorded in an Accident Report Book. All accidents are accurately notified to the parent/carer as soon as possible. Hygiene rules relating to bodily fluids are followed with particular care and all staff are aware of how infections can be transmitted. Running risk assessments for al activities and for the general running of the nursery e.g. checking nursery grounds to
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