Promote Children’s Development
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Promote Children’s Development
K3M202
At the crèche we all adhere to the Data Protection Act 1998 ensuring confidentiality when dealing with children’s personal details and information. I view all information given to me by parents as confidential, and will only ever pass it on if its in the childs interest to do so to the relevant parties if I suspect that there is a serious problem. The types of information that I treat confidentially include the childs contact details, medical information and all of the childs records and child observations. If I feel that the child could benefit from me passing on information to a colleague, I would always ask the parents consent first. The only time that a parents consent would not be sought would be if there were a potential child protection issue, where talking to the parent may put the child in the way of further harm. All information given to me by a parent is always pass on to the manager or assistant manager at the crèche.
K3M203
Observation, assessment and planning all support children’s development and learning. Planning starts with observing children in order to understand and consider their current interests, development and learning. Observation describes the process of watching the children in my care, listening to them and taking note of what I see and hear. I assess children’s progress by analysing my observations and deciding what they tell me. I also need to find out about children’s care and learning needs from their parents and from these I can identify the children’s requirements, interests, current development and learning. I can plan for the next steps in children’s development and learning. Much of this needs to be done on the basis of what I have found out from my own observations and assessments as well as information from parents. Observation is the formal term for one of the most important aspects of day-to-day professional practice when working with children of all ages. It is how I...
K3M202
At the crèche we all adhere to the Data Protection Act 1998 ensuring confidentiality when dealing with children’s personal details and information. I view all information given to me by parents as confidential, and will only ever pass it on if its in the childs interest to do so to the relevant parties if I suspect that there is a serious problem. The types of information that I treat confidentially include the childs contact details, medical information and all of the childs records and child observations. If I feel that the child could benefit from me passing on information to a colleague, I would always ask the parents consent first. The only time that a parents consent would not be sought would be if there were a potential child protection issue, where talking to the parent may put the child in the way of further harm. All information given to me by a parent is always pass on to the manager or assistant manager at the crèche.
K3M203
Observation, assessment and planning all support children’s development and learning. Planning starts with observing children in order to understand and consider their current interests, development and learning. Observation describes the process of watching the children in my care, listening to them and taking note of what I see and hear. I assess children’s progress by analysing my observations and deciding what they tell me. I also need to find out about children’s care and learning needs from their parents and from these I can identify the children’s requirements, interests, current development and learning. I can plan for the next steps in children’s development and learning. Much of this needs to be done on the basis of what I have found out from my own observations and assessments as well as information from parents. Observation is the formal term for one of the most important aspects of day-to-day professional practice when working with children of all ages. It is how I...