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This work book has been designed for learners to help them provide the evidence needed to achieve unit R/602/2954 Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health, social or children and young people’s settings, which has been added to the following qualifications

1.1 Explain how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies related to positive behaviour support are applied to own working practice.

* Ensuring the environment is clean – Although the nursery has daily cleaners who clean the nursery at the end of play and who twice a week carry out a deep clean, it is the collected responsibility of all staff to ensure the environment is kept clean throughout the day. This means cleaning up any mess or spillages using the appropriate cleaning tools and products. The practitioners, along with the help from the children, are also required to tidy away the toys and playing equipment, and wipe down tables before each meal time so the area is clear for the arrival of plates, cutlery and food and drinks. This is to ensure a healthy and safe environment when eating.

My responsibilities as a trainee nursery practioner include: providing physical and emotion support and care for the

A. As we (as nursery nurses) are the ones that spend time with the children and look after them, we are the first contact for not only the children but for their parents too. So it’s very important that we are seen as professional and competent people at all times. I, as an individual, work alongside a small team of professional childcare workers to support, inspire, care for and look after all the children within my care. I will maintain a safe environment for the children to explore, learn and play in. I am polite to other staff, children and parents and communicate well with everyone.

Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health, social care or children and young people’s settings

1.1 Explain how legislation, frameworks, codes of practise and policies relating to positive behaviour support are applied to own working practise.

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.

Ensuring children and young people’s safety and welfare in the work setting is an essential part of safeguarding. While children are at school, practitioners act in ‘loco parentis’ while their parents are away. As part of their legal and professional obligations, practitioners hold positions of trust and a duty of care to the children in their school, and therefore should always act in their best interests and ensure their safety – the welfare of the child is paramount (Children Act 1989). The Children Act 2004 came in with the Every Child Matters (ECM) guidelines and greatly impacted the way schools look at the care and welfare of pupils. Children and young people should be helped to learn and thrive and be given the opportunity to

I, as with any member of staff am involved in the planning and delivering of learning programmes which support personal and behavioural change, with direction and support from my senior.

201: Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health, social care or children and young people's settings

On their first day with the nursery staff receive an induction, which makes them fully aware of the nursery policies and procedures and outlines their role and responsibilities and what is expected of them as an employee of the nursery. The induction also covers the emergency exits and evacuations procedures, safeguarding and child protection, inclusion and equality policy and the general health and safety for the nursery as a whole.

The private day nursery is a small organisational structure that is situated on the outskirts of a small market town. Within the organisational structure there are numerous different roles including: 25 nursery practitioners with qualifications ranging from level two to level five and with one Qualified Teacher Status, with thirteen members of staff part time, doing various hours throughout the week (Ofsted, 2014). With the structure being small, staff have more than one job role to contend with. However, the staff within the setting

give an example of how you would change an element of the customer service system in response to the complaint about the quality of the meals

I have always enjoyed working with young children and it been a dream of mine since I was young . I have had experience of working in a nursery when I done work experience during my time at school. I worked at Pinocchio's nursery for 2 week which in my time at Pinocchio's I worked with different age groups from babies to pre-school. During my time I help with certain activity's such as helping with feeding, going out walking/playing, napping and reading stories. I also have two younger brother who have recently just turned two and I am fully hand on when it come to looking after them I love taking them out places and have enjoyed seeing them grow up from being babies to young boys, seeing them take their first step, first words etc. In