Keeping Children Safe

We help the children develop these skills by interaction with each other, singing songs, reading and sharing books as well as talking with them and

Social and emotional development of babies and young children should be encouraged. This can be done through activities provided at any childcare settings or within the home. They should be given opportunities to interact with other children and adults. For example, they should play with their parents and have playdates with other children

The main features of the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) is that it requires certain health and safety procedures to be maintained in a health and social care setting, for example, the act explains that there must be, safe operation and maintenance of working equipment, plant and system, maintenance of safe access to the workplace, safe use, handling and storage of dangerous/hazardous substances, training of staff to ensure that there is health and safety, to provide welfare for staff at work.

1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedure within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.

In summary, young children learn many skills while they play and interact with the others. Therefore, it is important to create activities that enhance the child’s development, such as social skills, speaking skills, motor skills, cognitive skills, and emotional competence. Draco who is preschooler, he demonstrates learned skills and learns new skills while he play with friends and interact with the teachers. Draco’s social skills is thriving because he enjoys and engage in the group activity, the dramatic play. Draco’s speaking skills is at the Early Production stage because he responses in short-phrases and have a simple conversation. Draco has a good coordination of large motor skills and small motor skills because he demonstrates that

We also use communication books to for each child, this makes it easy for parents/ carers to communicate messages to a child’s key worker and to inform them of their child’s daily activities at nursery. This helps to build a good positive relationship with parents/carers and also offers us the opportunity to include parents in the further development of their child at home too. (Parents and practitioners can have a lot to learn from each other).

There are several key pieces of legislation that impact on how schools manage the health and safety of both their employees, and others who come into contact with the school e.g pupils, support workers and parents. These pieces of legislation are:

When I went to the local toy store, I tried to get the perspective of a toddler by crouching down during my observations. The first thing I noticed was the wide variety on display. The store seemed to have everything, from dolls to Legos to play

Policies and procedures are set in place to not only protect children and young people but also adults who work with them. It is vital that all professionals follow safe working practices to ensure that not only children are protected but also themselves. I have chosen to talk about in a childcare setting for this unit. An example is, if a disclosure is made by a child to a member of staff, it is vital that it is always taken seriously even if it is proven to be untrue or inaccurate. The child or young person should be listened

Making relationships: children play co-operatively, taking turns with others. They take account of one another’s ideas about how to organise their activity. They show sensitivity to others’ needs and feelings, and form positive relationships with adults and other children.”

Here are the main current legislations, guidelines, policies and procedure. They are put in place for protecting and safeguarding children again abuse.

Section 2 of the HSW Act deals with employersʹ duties, and states: ʺIt shall be the duty of all employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health safety and welfare of all their employees whilst they are at work.ʺ

1.1 Identify the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures of safeguarding the welfare of children and young people

The Act, when first introduced, provided an integrated system dealing with workplace health and safety and the protection of the public from work activities. By placing general duties upon employees,employers,the self-employed,manufacturers,designers and importers of work equipment and materials, the protection of the

Policies and procedures are in place for all employers and employees to follow. The Health and Safety Act 1974 is like the overall