facilities educate and care for infants‚ toddlers and preschool age children. Childcare may not seem like a hazardous occupation‚ but every workplace has hazards and risks. Childcare workers should pay attention to their own safety while they nurture children. 1. Electrical Hazard; Staff and children can get electrical shocks or burns from using faulty electrical equipment. Over use of extension leads‚ can cause electrical overloading and fire. The risk; a child putting there fingers in
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Competency Goal 1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy‚ learning environment Functional Area 1: Safe My goal is to prevent or reduce injuries while the children are in my care. This is important because young children are often not aware of hazards in their area. One of the ways to do this is by supervising the children at all times. You should always be able to see and hear the children. Another way I can do this is by checking the childcare environment‚ both inside and outside‚ every
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The current legislation for home based childcare ensures children are cared for in a safe environment by carers who are committed to providing each child with the skills for their future. The Law The Childcare Act 2006‚ all childcare providers must promote the 5 outcomes for children. They are considered to be essential to children becoming happy and successful adults. 1. Help us achieve well and enjoy what we do. 2. Protect us from harm or neglect and help us stay safe. 3. Help us
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their accounting method. 2.Industry Profile Child-care centres provide supervision and educational programs for pre-school and school-age children. Most commercial companies operate child-care centres that are open to the public‚ but some operate corporate-sponsored centres for employees’ children. Most commercial facilities concentrate on a small age range‚ since each age group requires a different program. (http://www.hoovers.com/child-care-facilities/--ID__67--/free-ind-fr-profile-basic
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A population was a group of potential participants to whom a researcher wanted to generalize the results of a study (Leedy & Ormod‚ 2013). The population for the study was licensed early childhood centers in Illinois. The research population for the study was early childcare staff from childcare centers‚ home based programs in Illinois. The sample consisted of early childcare staff from a major Midwestern town in Illinois. The childcare staff included teachers‚ aids‚ home visitors‚ directors‚ executive
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relating to the welfare of Children but the ones which are most relevant to home based child care are the following: The Children Act (1989) This is the first acknowledgement in UK law of Childrens’ Rights and is where the phrase “the needs of the child are paramount” The Children Act (2004) followed this and arose from the green paper “Every Child Matters”. It identifies five outcomes stating that every child should * Be healthy * Stay safe * Enjoy and achieve * Make a positive
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the welfare of the children is paramount. Practitioners that work in early year sector contribute to children’s care‚ learning and their development‚ and protecting children who are in a safeguarding issue example‚ abuse. This is reflected in every aspect of practice in the settings and the service provision practitioners will work with parents and their families who are partners in the care‚ learning and development‚ safeguarding of their children and are the child’s first and most enduring carers
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ABC Learning Centres There are few barriers to entry and expenses are low‚ so the childcare industry is a licence to make money. A Gold Coast real estate agent and ’child-care specialist’‚ Bryan Hayden‚ says: ’I’ve got a client and he’s got 20 bottle shops‚ 10 hotels and three child-care centres. I say to him‚ ’I’m 77 and the child-care business is the best business I’ve ever seen in my life.’ The Government pays subsidies‚ the parents pay you two weeks in advance and property prices keep going up
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Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. Task A- Short Answer Questions Ai) Imagine you are a newly appointed supervisor/manager within your service. You need to update your staff handbook to reflect current employment law. Identify three different sources of information you could use to enable you to do this. (3 marks) * The Government website www.gov.uk is one source of information that could be used. It has information
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and back to work advise and training and health care issues. They also offer places to children between 0-5. Playgroups and crèches These provide services for the under 5’s and can be run & organised by organisations and voluntary led groups. Often services are for a more limited period of time and / or require the attendance of an adult. Childminders Provide care from their own home for children 0-8 years +. They can only care for 1 child under 1 year and no more than 3 in the early years
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