national quality standards

Respecting children and help them to develop in a positive, caring, nurturing and responsive childcare environment.

All members of the staff must act as professionals while at work, especially with young children. The administrative and teaching staff must work together to ensure their practices are developmentally appropriate, and share new and/or creative ideas with one another. It is also the responsibility of a teacher to establish an open, trusting relationship with the parents of each children in their care. Thus, parents can freely communicate their thoughts, concerns, and/or suggestions about their child or the program. Parent satisfaction is something that every child care or development center should strive for.

* 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.

A day care is daytime care for people who cannot be fully independent, such as children or elderly people. Day care takes place outside the home by someone other than close family and does not involve overnight care .They are many type of day cares available such as: child care on non-domestic premises these are day care for children under eight for a continuous period of hours they are mainly nurseries and children centres. Pre-schools or play groups these are day care for children under eight for sessions that are less than a continuous period of four hours in a day. They either attend in the morning or the afternoon sessions Out of school care these are also day care for children under eight which operate before school, after school or during school holidays. Crèche’s provide occasional care for children under eight; they can be in permanent premises to care for children while parents are taking part in activities such as shopping or sport. Crèches can also be on a temporary basis to care for children while parents are attending conferences, exhibitions etc.

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.

As a home based child-minder the safe supervision of children both in and out of the home is ultimately my complete and main responsibility. When considering the level of supervision required it is important to remember that ’supervision’ can be interpreted into 3 different level types- I.e. the depth of supervision that you adapt, and that safety requirements outlined by Ofsted determines supervision to be adapted at all times of children in my care primarily in the following activity areas;

The ideas and concepts gives you knowledge how to provide quality care and work alongside parents, also it can give you guidance on how to set up an activity to help the child get the most out of it. The four sections are:

These form the basics of Occupational Standards, they are documents on different aspects of childcare roles. They lay out the basic framework on how to act in an occupation. National Occupational Standards are used within recruitment and to devise job descriptions in order to find the best person available for the job and what the best skill set is for the job.

When considering a child’s needs and routines in your setting, it is important that we communicate with the parents and find out a little about the home setting so we can carry it on when they come into our care, the more we talk to the parents the more we can help the child’s emotional needs and routines.

1.2-Describe with examples the importance of all staff consistently and fairly applying boundaries and rules for children and young people’s behaviour in accordance with policies and procedures of setting.

Using the headings provided, briefly describe the key points of each of the following guidelines and legislation. (1.1) and analyse how these guidelines affect the day to day work with young children (1.3)

1 Understand the Policies, Procedures and Practices for safe working with children and young adults

Describe, with examples, the importance of all staff consistently and fairly applying boundaries and rules for children and young people’s behaviour in accordance with the policies and procedures of the setting?

For the children’s learning to be successful, parent involvement is critical. An orientation will occur prior to the children attending. Parents will be updated with the day care policies, the lay out of the day care, the expectations and the introduction of their child care provider. This is done to allow both the parent and child care provider to get to know each other and allows them both the opportunity to discuss the care the child will need. It is very important for communication between the parent and the day care staff to be consistent. Parent involvement can provide feedback to the parent in regards to what the children are learning daily. This helps with their child’s assessment of the program to

While there are some caregiver’s that are only in the human service field to earn a paycheck and with the lack of parental involvement in their child’s life, it can make a caregiver’s job more challenging. Daycare centers serve as a stepping stone for a child’s future that will teach them how to establish appropriate skills and aid in the development of their cognitive abilities. Positive child interactions not only aid in the development of social and cognitive development, but also in the child’s self-esteem and it lets them know they are important and loved.