Childhood itself is a slightly ambiguous term‚ and is not a fixed definite period of life. The book “AS level sociology” written by Rob webb‚ Hal Westergaard‚ Kieth Trobe and Liz Steel defines childhood as “ a socially defined age status” going on to say that there are major differences in how childhood is defined‚ both historically‚ and culturally‚ similarly‚ Stephen Wagg says of childhood; “childhood is socially constructed. It is in other words‚ what members of particular societies‚ at particular
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A Career in Childcare The increased role of women in the labour force in Ireland over the last 20 years has created a new industry and a new requirement for society. Childcare‚ the paid care of children by people other than their immediate family‚ has been part of and subject to the changes in Irish society and is increasingly a crucial industry demanding our attention‚ concern and care. Many of the workers were unqualified and inexperienced due to the lack of legislation and protection covering
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In this TMA I have met the ethical requirements of the E105. I complied with the ethical guidance published by BERA‚ 2011 under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by informing parents and giving them the option to withdraw their child from participating; as some children were of an age where they had a limited understanding of the purpose of the investigation (BERA‚ Guidelines 16 - 21‚ 2011). I explained to parents and colleagues why I was carrying out the observations
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By Jobin Abraham [ CHILDLINE 1098] A Project on the Childline a 24 hours service for the children to help them face their problems in life and to find out a solution for them with the help of Cousellors and Social Workers. In 1996‚ Mumbai launched CHILDLINE‚ the country ’s first toll-free tele-helpline for street children in distress. As of March 2011‚ total of 21 Million calls since inception have been serviced by CHILDLINE service and operates in 172 cities/districts in 30 States and UTs
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E1. Statutory sector is where the government funds to provide education and care for children; this would be like most schools in my area. Flax Bourton Primary and Backwell juniors are funded by the government to educate and care for young children. Voluntary sector is the individual volunteer which fund by raising money for the cause they are representing; also this is where volunteers help with their free time to help educate children. Such as a Youth club‚ an older child can volunteer to help
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Unit 5 The principles underpinning the role of the practitioner working with children E1: The practitioner has several responsibilities when engaging in professional relationships with children‚ families‚ colleagues and other professionals. The first and foremost responsibility is the care and well-being of the children. That is the most obvious and vital area of childcare. A practitioner’s job is to keep the children safe and cater to their every need possible. A sign of a good practitioner is
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Title. My proposal is to undertake a systematic literature review to answer a question; ’What is the impact of a child’s traumatic experience on the relationships with a foster family?’ What the topic is about? Childhood experiences have a tremendous impact on the future development of a child. Positive and negative events within a child’s life can affect the health‚ mental health and social opportunities of children and adolescents lifelong. Early experiences are therefore a vital issue within
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psychological needs should ideally be met in an early years setting/nursery which offers care from 8am to 6pm five days a week. (17.5) * Having discussed the physical and psychological needs of a three year old relate these to relevant articles in the UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) which inform the statutory requirements for best practice in early years settings/nurseries in your country. (20) | Every child has needs. A need is defined as “a requirement‚ a thing necessary
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Sarah Brindley‚ Unit 3 - suppporting children. E1/E2- Five pieces of current legislation are‚ Children Act 2004‚ Human Rights Act 2000‚ UNCRC 1998‚ Equality Act 2006 and Protection of data act 1999. Children Act 2004 states that the interests of children and young people are better in all considerations of welfare and safeguarding and that safeguarding children is everyone’s responsibility. This is because safegaurding can only be achieved by building up a range of outcomes for children and
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SHC34 - 2.1‚ 2.2 & 2.3 Potential dilemma 1 - If a child in the setting is using their own language‚ religion and customs due to wishes of parents/family. Why is this a dilemma? This is a dilemma as the practitioners at the setting my not be able to understand the child‚ this means they will struggle to teach the child and help them develop. If the parent does not want the child to learn English it may be a problem‚ most of the school/setting will be speaking English. The parent may feel they
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