Are Child Proof Containers Really Child Proof??

In a nursery a child minder is only allowed a certain amount of children at a time with them, due to having too many and not abiding to the ratio, if the child minder got distracted with one of the other children and another child had accidently swallowed an object this could cause the child to choke on the object they would have to try and get the object out of the young child’s mouth if this fails to work they would have to ring a ambulance , if the child minder had all the children in sight where she could see all of them this incident would have occurred. This could link to expose to danger.

The point is children are people to who need extra protection rather than less than that of an adult.

Young children are extremely vulnerable and rely on adults to meet all their basic needs. This includes providing food, warmth, shelter, as well as

Explain how the procedures of the work setting protect both children and young people and practitioners.

It is important to ensure children and young people are protected from harm within the setting, as the parents are leaving their children in your care with the expectation that they can trust you and your colleagues to keep their children from harm. It is difficult for parents to leave their children in an education or care setting and then go to work; they need to be confident that their children will be in safe supportive hands with people that will help them develop.

Adults working with children should be careful if taking photographs of children for displays or for any magazine. Parental permission should be taken before giving their photographs for any publication or media. But If they are approached by a police for some investigation then their photographs should be given even if there is no parental permission for this.

Childminders must ensure the premises and equipment used for the purposes of childcare are safe and suitable and must undertake a risk assessment of the premises and equipment at least once in each calendar year. Childminders must ensure that all necessary measures are taken to minimise any identified risks.

In order to ensure a safe and healthy environment and services for children/young people there are some factors which need to be taken into account. These include any equipment which they will be in contact with, such as electrical equipment, anything which may pose a fire risk, any damaged furniture or fixtures which they may come into contact with. If there are any cables or anything they may trip over as well as any spillages or anything they may slip on and fall. All if these issues need to be taken into account

In the setting, we provide a healthy and safe environment for children. For children’s safety, all visitors must sign the visitor’s book, security camera systems are in place, password protection for children and marked registration. So the setting tries to protect children from harm.

It is important that children and young people are allowed to exercise their rights and choices, whilst health and safety requirements are maintained. This can lead to a dilemma when children and young people wish to undertake a task that you may feel is not within their capabilities, or that is not safe for them to do so

It is very important to let children asses’ danger for themselves in a secure environment. It is not good for them to be cooped up and have somebody tell them that one thing is bad and will hurt them and another will keep them safe they need to identify these things for themselves to enable them to live a positive life as an adult and to gain confidence in themselves and their own abilities. At the same time the children need to be given this chance in a safe and secure place whereby I as the carer know they will not come into any danger.

When working with children and young people, we need to be aware of local and national guidelines for safeguarding on a day to day basis. The kinds of issues which may arise in schools may vary however you should always be alert to any safeguarding concerns and ensure that you are acting appropriately and within the appropriate guidelines.

The safe guarding of children has only been developed in the last 50 years. However it is a vital part of working with children. The legislations, guidelines and policies for safeguarding are updated all the time for the best interest of the children. The current legislations are as follows;

Children are not always able to make safe choices as they may not be aware of dangers or they may purposefully take a risk in order to push themselves or their friends. This could flag a risk in health and safety or go against regulations. However it is important to allow a little risk to enable the child to learn from it.

After seeing all the breaking news and newspaper headlines about children being poisoned by prescription drugs, cosmetics, laundry detergent, and even gummy vitamins it is obvious that childproof containers aren’t protecting kids well enough. I decided on my science fair topic because of how many children are at risk for being poisoned in a world where medicines work faster and more effectively than ever before and since my stepmom who has a job in finance for a pharmaceutical company, told me about how hard it is to develop child proof containers. Along with this I had never done an engineering science fair project so the prospect of it interested me.