Violations Between Gold Seal Accredited Facilities And Child Care Facilities

In my child care setting, I work hard to provide all children with a safe and healthy learning environment. I research and follow strict standards available from the state related to preventing and reducing injury and illness, helping children feel safe, following sound nutrition and fitness practices, and creating an enriching learning environment.

Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and

Any childcare setting should have clear policies and procedures that cover all aspects of safeguarding. This should include policies and procedures for:

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.

The duty that a setting has to safeguard its children, staff, parents carers & support its community and regulators in their inspection processes is paramount, this means that recommendations within serious case reviews offer the opportunity to examine current practice, what's happening and how it happens, within the setting and externally with other organisations, agencies and service providers.

In order to ensure the safety of the children and young people in our care there are a number of policies, procedures and practices that must be adhered to.

This is a report which has been created to introduce new childcare practitioners to safeguarding within a childcare setting. This will help new practitioners to understand current legislations within the United Kingdom.

Ensuring that children are growing up in safe circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care.

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

Analyze how national and local guidelines, policies, and procedures for safeguarding affect day-to-day work with children and young people.

Needs to be assurance from governing bodies such as DOCS that all aspects of the wellbeing of the child can be met

Risk assessments should be carried out regularly to make sure that there are no safe guard threats towards the children in the setting. Childcare settings need risk assessing for example is there entrances and exits to the building that an unauthorised person could use? Could a child leave the setting without anyone noticing? Could a child get seriously hurt due to a broken piece of equipment?

Staff suitability/CRB checks/ DBS checks: Childcare providers must gain an enhanced criminal records disclosure in respect of every person aged 16 and over who works openly with children, lives on the premises on which the childcare is provided and/or works on the premises on which the childcare is provided.

The National Association for Regulatory Administration are regulations that educational programs must adhere to. NARA purpose is to help families feel at ease while their child is a t daycare. This is done through the regulations that are focused on the health and welfare of the children. According to NARA Licensing (2013) since 1976 this association has been representing all the licensing for human care. This includes the well-being and protecting of the youth, children and adults who are placed in some type of care outside of the home.

* Childcare act 2006 - this sets out the statutory framework for assessment of settings including health and safety in the EYFS in force from september 2008