Unit Eight – E2 ‘’Collate information about how care for children may be provided within families and society’’ ‘’Child care (or "childcare"‚ "child minding"‚ "daycare"‚or "preschool") is the caring for and supervision of a child or children‚ usually from newborn to age thirteen. Child care is the action or skill of looking after children by a day-care centre‚ babysitter‚ or other providers. Child care is a broad topic covering a wide spectrum of contexts‚ activities‚ social and cultural conventions
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of the practitioner in caring for children Introduction Unit 8 - Caring for children looks at the range of settings and providers that care for children across the private‚ voluntary and independent sectors. The following report outlines the care needs for children. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E1 - Collate evidence which describes the role of the practitioner in caring for children The role and responsibilities
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E1: Describe the development of children in a selected age range and in TWO (2) areas of development/E2:Describe the development of children in a selected age range‚ different from E1 and in TWO (2) areas of development. I am going to describe the development of children aged birth to three years and three to seven years and also describe two areas of development which are: physical development and social development for the selected age range. Children from birth to three months start to develop
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Unit 3 – Supporting Children (E1+E2) There are several laws that influence working practices in a setting for children that are currently in place. The Data Protection Act 1998 contains 8 principles to keep personal data safe. The principles state that data must be; obtained and processed fairly and lawfully‚ used only for specified and lawful purposes‚ adequate‚ relevant‚ not excessive‚ accurate‚ kept up to date‚ processed in accordance with the individuals rights and is kept secure (www.legislation
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Unit 10- Task 2 Some reasons that children may need to be looked after outside their homes‚ may include; neglect‚ abuse‚ financial difficulties‚ illness or family breakdowns. The cares that can be given to these children include; adoption‚ foster care‚ respite care‚ emergency care‚ shared family care and care within a residential setting. Adoption may be seen as a last resort‚ as it involves the children being taken out of the home permanently‚ and being placed with another family. This often
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Student Handbook Caring for Children and Young People. Once you have read this handbook‚ it will help you understand why many children often end up being looked after by other people rather than their parents. When a child ends up getting” looked after” it means the local authority has placed a care order to be put in place for them to be placed in someone else’s care. There are two types of care that a child can enter into. One is voluntary where their parents put them in care because
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P3 Children Act 1998 The Children Act 1998 aims to protect children who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harms. The act has reformed the law relating to children over the last century 1989‚ and did not come into force until 1991. The act states that the child’s welfare is paramount and that the concept of parental responsibility replaces that of parental rights. The act also promises to safeguard the child and make certain services available for children who are cared for by their
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Unit 8- caring for children E1 In a childcare setting the practitioners has an important role in supporting children. In a childcare setting the practitioner needs to help the children learn and achieve their full potential in their development stages; they must understand where the children are at in their development and know what they should be trying to achieve next‚ the practitioner can do this by spending time with the child and learning what the child can do and what they are struggling
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Unit 8 Caring for children E1 It’s important for practitioners to meet the needs of all children as children are the main priority and many children have different individual needs. Children get look upon as a group of children and sometimes these individual needs are not met. Practitioners must identify children as being unique‚ having their own individual interests and talents. It’s vital the children’s needs are met so activities can be planned around them in order to make everyone feel
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Unit 8 promote and implement health and safety in health and social care Understand own responabilites and the responabilities of others relating to health and safety 1.1 identify legislation relating to health and safety in a health or social care work setting The legislations are: * the health and safety at work act 1974 * management of health and safety at work regulations 1999 * manual handling operations regulations 1992 * health and safety first aid regulations 1981
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