Values of Care

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Working With Other Professionals

  • Sometimes it is necessary to work with other professionals or agencies that support children
  • For example school nurse, health visitors and social workers
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Working With Other Professionals

  • Sometimes it is necessary to work with other professionals or agencies that support children
  • For example school nurse, health visitors and social workers
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Maintaining Confidentiality

  • Information shared on a need-to-know basis
  • Children's personal info - under lock and key
  • Staff have private convosation's about children in private
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Anti-Discriminatory Practice

  • Staff = role models - no using discrimminatory language e.g. no racist or sexist comments
  • Discrimminatory comments or behaviour should be challenged
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Ensuring Equality Of Opportunities

  • Meeting children's needs e.g. religious, cultural, moblity, dietry, communication etc.
  • Staff should be aware of, and follow, the equal opportunities policy
  • Activities accessible to all - variety of resources and one-to-one support if needed
  • All areas accessible to all - adjustabe tables for wheelchairs and ramps
  • All children treated fairly
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Valuing Diversity

  • Different cultures, beliefs and needs should be refelcted - through books, displays and toys etc.
  • Celebrate a range of festivals - Diwali, Christmas, Chinese New Year etc.
  • Welcome sign in different languages
  • Meet individual communication or mobility needs - all children are valued
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Encouraging Children's Learning And Development

  • Activities = stimulating and interesting - siut children's developmental progress
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Working In Partnership With Parents/ Guardians

  • Environment should welcome parents/guardians - open days to meet staff and look around
  • Daily diaries - showed to parents at the end of every day 
  • Information settings - potty training, tantrums and picky eaters
  • Award certificates sent home
  • Parents/guardians invited in to discuss behaviour or other issues
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Keeping Children Safe And Maintaining A Healthy En

  • DBS - safeguarding check
  • Lanyards - identification
  • Regular fire drills, risk assessments and first aiders avaliable - health and safety procedures
  • Approprite staff to child ratio
  • Bullying policy
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Making The Welfare Of The Child Paramount

  • Child-centred approach where needs come first - eg healthy, safe, happy and achieving
  • Never be humilliated (publically been told off)
  • No verbal abuse
  • No physical abuse - smacking
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Maintaining Confidentiality

  • Talk about residents in private - no ear wiggers
  • Personal information under lock and key
  • Shared information - need-to-know basis
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Promoting Individual Rights And Beliefs

  • Care environments provide a prayer room or transport to church - hospitals or care homes
  • Right of choice - asking a prenant women if she wants a home or hospital birth
  • Catering for all - vegetarian, gluten free, halal, kosher
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Promoting Equality And Diversity

  • Non discrimminatory language by staff 
  • Not patronising residents - calling them by their name not "Dear"
  • Challenge discrimmination - racist/sexist remarks made by staff or resident
  • Specific needs met - ramps, zimmer frames, shower help
  • Trips out - somewhere with wheelchair access and a hearing loop system
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