The Responsibilities of the Practitioner in Professional Relationships

Practitioner’s expectations should be to become a valuable practitioner, to be reliable and build good relationships with children and parent carers, encouraging play whilst learning, and by having children’s best interests e.g. physical activities, outings, this would help them to enjoy their growth in knowledge and assist in enhancing their development as a whole. Also practitioners should work as a team with other staff members and parent/carers in order to support the children to promote the children’s initial learning so that the children will feel confident and would be able boost up their self-esteem, and this will also help them in their future, and prepare them in further education when they move onto school. Also the

All feedback needs to be concerned and supportive; it needs to include both negative and positive feedback. Positive can help us feel good about our self and positive about our skills that have been observed. However to develop further we need negative feedback to make improvements and grow as individuals, and

My duties and responsibilities within my work role is to establish good working relationships with children and parents and to support all staff and engage in a good staff team ensuring communication in paramount. To prepare and supervise suitable activities to help create and develop a stimulating environment in which children are encouraged to socialise and develop to their full potential. Care for the well-being of children including keeping their noses and faces clean, toileting and administering first aid. I ensure that all children are offered inclusive practise and

1.2 My expectations as a members of staff in my setting is to become a valuable practitioner, to be reliable and build good relationships with children and parents. I encourage children to play, learn and explore and I always keep in mind their best interests. I work well as a part of a team both with members of staff and parents in order to support learning and development. This will help children feel confident, safe and secure. It will make parents feel confident as well. I make sure I always follow policies and procedures in order to keep my work place safe following all the regulations and codes of practice.

The role and responsibilities of an early year’s practitioner follow a number of codes. When working with children there are many care needs of children, such as special needs, safeguarding children, children’s learning, behaviour, and working with parents. Early years practitioners have set responsibilities when working with children, like meeting the learning needs of a child, providing an environment which is welcoming and also they have to work together as part of a team to provide good service for both children and parents.

The responsibility of the practitioner is to work as part of a team with other professionals and staff members effectively to bring children and parents the best possible service i.e. working with social workers, speech and language therapists, and family support workers. Practitioners must also have a working partnership with parents, to work effectively with the child as the parents are the primary carers and they will know what the child is like at home and what the child’s interests are. For example they would have a policy called ”parents as partners”.

Feedback is important as it sets up targets; the person knows what to improve. It motivates people and helps them to focus. It helps identifying the strengths and weaknesses. It expresses what is important to the organisation and the job and reduces uncertainties in people.

In addition adults which working with children have an big impact on keeping children and young people safe within the setting, policies and procedures are very important an all staff that are working with children should have been informed and learned this is important because the workers must know what they have to do, what’s expected when they are working with children. Furthermore the policies in the setting will state what is expected as well as approved of the workers; they explain what the organisation does and how it should be carried out so that the child or young adult can be safe from abuse.

All staff working in an education setting have a responsibility to ensure that children are cared for and safe. The Children Act 2004 also requires that practitioners protect children as far as possible when placed in the practitioners care i.e. at school. This includes preventing any risks which may occur. Everyone who comes into contact with children, young people and families have a role to play; local agencies, including the police and health services, also have a duty under the Children Act 2004 to ensure that they are aware of the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children when carrying out their functions or duties. Under the same act a similar range of agencies are required to cooperate with local authorities to promote the safeguarding, well-being and protection of children in each local authority area. This cooperation should exist and be effective at all levels of the organisation.

All those working with children share the responsibility of identifying the needs of children which include care and welfare needs, of children and young people, and those who work in partnership with local authorities are required to put support in place to meet the needs of the child. Partnership is an important element when planning for learning and assessment of all children.

As a practitioner working with young people and children will come to know many of the personal information like date of birth , address , and contact details and some sensitive information like medical issue , behavioural issue , family background, parents divorced or living separated and so on. It is the duty of the practitioner to keep the information confidentially. The identity of the child like their work with and that of their families and casers should be protected.

As a practitioner it’s your duty to observe and maintain correct procedures to ensure that the children are offered a stimulating environment which will further allow optimum possibilities for development. All those who work with or amongst children and young people have a crucial role to play in helping not only to shape aspects of their lives, but to also aid in enhancing their future development. Therefore it can be stated that how we set up our own working practices can affect children and young people’s development, as will be identified by this essay; below are areas where one should concentrate in order to further

I have collated evidence which describes the role of the practitioner in meeting the children’s care needs. The evidence can be found in my appendix. The evidence I have collate includes the information on compliance with legal requirements , meeting needs and supporting rights of the children, working in a team with other professional’s, working with families, training and development, inclusive practice/ attitudes and values, positive environment and care of themselves( the practitioner).

Some of my roles and responsibilities are to; Ensure the safety and well-being of the children, Observe, plan and assess children's needs, Update all relevant paperwork, including children's assessments, Work together with parents and other members of the community, and as part of a team with my colleagues. Working as a practitioner has helped me gain confidence to talk to new people, as well as sharing my opinions and thoughts within a group environment through staff meetings and training courses. Not only this but it has supported me in becoming more organised, by meeting deadlines with paperwork. I do this by prioritising my workload.

Safeguarding of children and young people throughout their school years can only be provided by a strong relationship between the individuals and organisations that are responsible for their development in the different age groups. All children should be dealt with as individuals as they all have different problems. Some children have to be dealt with by specialists who have training in a specific area. Teaching staff must be able to recognise when children require specialised help, and they must support the work of these specialists. Staff at the school and specialist support workers must work together in partnership to ensure that the best service is being provided for students. Teachers must share all applicable information about children