Assessment Task 5 HOW TO ENSURE SUITABILITY OF EQUIPMENT FOR CHILDREN AND THAT IT MEETS SAFETY REQUIREMENTS In a home based childcare setting it is the responsibility of the child-minder to ensure that all of the equipment that children may come into contact with in that setting is both suitable and safe. The “safety requirements” standards in the UK are set out by the registering body Ofsted within the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage‚ The regulatory body says; Safety
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The Concerns of Obesity in Children and Young People Introduction Fat adults are fat because they eat too much fatty food and do not get enough exercise. Fat children are healthy and cute. Fat teenagers are not. Fat people are funny. Fat people can lose weight if they really wanted to. These are just a few common perceptions the public have of people who are over their ideal body weight. What most people do not know is that being overweight or obese carry with it a myriad of health
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D1: Evaluate the regulation of care provision for looked after children and young people. The organisation that support carers and who regulates them include: The General Social Care Council (GSCC) is responsible for the registration of all people who work in social services in England and for regulating their education and training. This includes those working with adults and with children. Local Authority Children’s Services: Ofsted are responsible for the inspection of local authority arrangements
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Promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour (1.1) Understanding polices and procedures for promoting children and young people’s behaviour. When managing pupils behaviour‚ all staff are made aware of the school’s behaviour policy.(A brief summary is attached) Every class has a copy which includes anti-bullying and child protection. There is also a Health and Safety policy which is available from the schools office. (brief
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Sharing literature with children at a young age is very important to their childhood development. “Sharing books with very young children not only helps them learn to listen but also to be more attentive and relate various stories to their own life” (Children’s Literature‚ 2009). After doing Jumpstart for a year I noticed that children would be more engage based on the strategies you used when reading with them. Something as simple as putting more excitement in your tone and changing your voice with
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Understanding safeguarding of children and young people ( for those working in the adult sector ) 1:1 Some of the Policies and procedures along with practices include : The Children Act 1989 allocated duties to local authorities‚ courts‚ parents and other agencies in the United Kingdom‚ to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. Its focus is on the idea that children are best cared for within their own families; however‚ it also makes provisions for instances when parents
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Home Schooling is better for our Children There is a huge trend in education that has many parents pulling their kids out of public schools and beginning a home school routine. That trend is higher ACT scores and GPA’s for home schooled children. Since 1999 there has been a 75% increase in the number of children home schooled‚ bringing the new estimate to over 2.04 million. (Burgess‚ 2013) When asked why they chose to home school their children‚ the majority of parents said that it was due
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normal development within each | | |stage. | | |Children more or less develop in roughly the same order. E.g. sit-up - crawl - walk. Sequence of development is the | | |expected order most children will reach key milestones in their development. Development is principally affected by | | |two key principles. Nature‚ in which the pre-programmed genetics affect development
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Unit 10 caring for children and young people assignment 2 of 2‚ report There are 3 types of maltreatment: abuse‚ neglect‚ bullying and harassment. Abuse can be physical‚ emotional (intellectual) and sexual. Signs of physical abuse are: * Unexplained injuries that sound untrue or doesn’t fit in with the injury * Injuries on a non-mobile baby or head injuries on a child who is less than one year old * Nervous behaviour‚ jumpy‚ watchful and cautious‚ scared of psychical contact – shrinking
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If the governing board does not perform well‚ then they will be held responsible. Thus‚ it can be hard for a nonprofit organization to represent the community due to the lack of guiding forces. Additionally‚ the customers are in a competitive environment and the dual bottom line. Therefore‚ the nonprofit board has responsibilities that they must follow. The governing board is expected to follow legal responsibility of the duty of care‚ loyalty‚ and obedience
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