CHCECE002 Ensure the Health and Safety of Children: Assessment 31823B/01

This assessment covers the unit CHCECE002 and includes short answer questions, case studies, and a table on common illnesses. Learn how to support each child's health needs, provide opportunities for rest and relaxation, implement effective hygiene and health practices, supervise children to ensure safety, and minimize risks.

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CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
CHCECE002 Ensure the health and safety of children
Assessments: 31823B/01
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Getting started
The assessment activities in this booklet have been designed to allow you to provide evidence that
demonstrates your competence in the unit CHCECE002 Ensure the health and safety of children.
Your trainer will:
 answer any questions that you might have about the assessment
 assess your competence as required by the unit of competency, by making judgments about the
evidence you have presented in line with the rules of evidence: validity, authenticity, currency
and sufficiency
 provide feedback on the outcomes of the assessment process.
Introduction
For CHCECE002 Ensure the health and safety of children, you are required to complete one written
assessment task, which has three components, short answer questions, case studies and table on
common illnesses.
In completing the final assessments, you will show evidence of your ability to:
 support each child’s health needs
 provide opportunities to meet each child’s need for sleep, rest and relaxation
 implement effective hygiene and health practices
 supervise children to ensure safety
 minimise risks
 contribute to the ongoing management of allergies
 contribute to the ongoing management of asthma.
Assessment number Assessment deliverables
31823B/01 Written assessment
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3. 31823B/01 Written assessmentA) Short Answer questions
Student instructions Answer the questions that follow. Your responses may be recorded or presented in a written format. Written responses for each
answer should be approximately 100 words in length. The written responses may be presented in
narrative or bullet point format. To help answer questions accurately you may refer to applicable legislation in your state or
territory, recommendations from a recognised health authority, your organisation’s policies and
procedures, position description and duty of care responsibilities, or other sources of information
such as professional readings and the course textbooks. Where applicable, acknowledge and cite your sources accordingly. This is important whether you
use your own words or use the author’s own words.
 When referring to organisational policies and procedures, or position descriptions submit with
your assessment to support your answer.
Short Answer questions
1. List four (4) things educators can do to prevent infection and the spread of infection in an early
childhood education and care setting.
1. It can be done by Hand Hygiene while sneezing or coughing.
2 Cleaning and disinfections of classrooms, play area, corridors on regular basis.
3.Frequent hand washing before eating or after playing.
4.Food safety.
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2. List three (3) indirect ways infections can be spread.
1, In children, infections can be lead by mosquito bite. Most common diseases that
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can be listed as Pneumonia, Typhoid or Viral fever.
2. Infectious diseases can be transmitted through via food and water. In which
E.coli is often transmitted disease.
3. Airborne transmission which is via air.
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3. Identify three (3) occasions or situations when an educator should wash their hands.
1.An educator should wash their hand on the arrival at service.
2. Before and after going toileting
3. After wiping nose or blowing their own nose.
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4. Outline two (2) ways you can respect a child’s need for privacy during toileting, dressing and
undressing times.
1. Keeping distance from child to give them privacy. One should not stare while
they doing toileting, dressing or undressing.
2 Helping them if they ask or if they need assistance.
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5. Complete the following sentences about the correct way to administer medication.
a. Medication given to a child in care must be authorised by doctors.
b. The medication must be clearly labelled with the expired date and original label.
c. The age of the medication must not exceed the expiry dates.
d. The medication must be in its original packets.
e. The parents must fill in a medication authorisation form for the child with the name
of the medication, amount, time of dosage dose, time of last dose and the way to
take dose with water or milk.
f. Medication should be stored well away from children.
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6. Briefly explain the key environmental factors that can impact on rest and sleep within an early
childhood education and care setting.
While sleeping, there are factors such as lightening and temperature of room may
negatively influence on the sleep of children and the disturbance while sleeping
may promotes psychological distress within children development. Child may feel
headache and frequent irritation. Addition to this ambience of room can impact oj
the sleep of children.
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7. Outline two (2) strategies you can implement to adequately supervise children to ensure safety.
1. Establishing clear and simple safety rules for all and ensuring them, if they are
being followed.
2. Motivating each individual to adopt safety practises which are determined to
ensure safety within children.
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8. In the table that follows, identify four (4) potential hazards that you might find in an early
childhood and education service (inside and out). Then clearly state the action you would take to
eliminate or minimise risk.
List of potential hazards Action you would take
Communicable diseases
Determining safety and hygienic rules such as
frequent hand washing, wearing masks. Also,
promoting learning and awareness of
communicable diseases by discussing in class
and parents.
Slips, trips and falls
One should always administer the frequent
used areas by children that if they are dry and
free from hazards for children to walk.
Secondly, caregivers and educators should be
there to assist children so they can minimise the
risk of slips and falls.
Bullying and teasing
It can be minimised by spreading a better
understanding of loving and respecting others.
Accidental eating of foreign material
For this educators needs to observe each kids
keenly so that kid do not eat any foreign
material.
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9. Identify four (4) signs that you should look for in an attack of asthma, which may indicate an
appropriate time for a child to use an asthma reliever.
1. Coughing
2.Shortness of breath
3. Wheezing, a whistling sound while breathing in or out.
4. Kids generally grunt while eating, which is also a sign of asthma.
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10. State what steps you can take to actively implement an early childhood education and care
service’s procedure for the safe collection of children to avoid releasing a child into the care of a
non-authorised person.
Children are only collected by the persons who are authorised in the enrolment
records. All family members should be aware of needs to sign their child in and out
timing each day. The sign in/out should be checked each day in order to ensure
children are signed in and out safely. Parents should be made aware about the
policy, children cannot able to released from the care centre to unauthorised
person, if there will no parental permission. Parents should inform via phone or
writing if they are sending unauthorised person to collect their child.
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11. There are many causes for childhood injuries, many of which can be avoided. For each of the
below identify two (2) preventative measures (actions) you can take in an early childhood
education and care setting to reduce the risk of injury.
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5. Injury 6. Possibly caused by 7. Preventative measures
8. Choking 9. Swallowing small objects
such as food, batteries,
bottle caps, coins or
balloons
10. Keeping hazardous way
from reach of children and
also by promoting
awareness and
understanding of choking
of items by educator can be
helpful to lower the risk.
11. Poisoning 12. Ingesting medicines or
cleaning products
13. The primary measures
which should be considered
that keeping medicines
away from the reach of
children, if in case a child
has consumed it any way,
kid should be taken to near
by doctor immediately.
14. Drowning 15. Unsupervised water play 16. There should be presence
of security measured near
the activity area. The
consistent assistance
should be provided to kid.
Also swimming tools such
as tiers, glasses should be
used while playing activity.
17. Burns or scalding 18. Stoves, ovens, steam from
kettles or hot liquids, fire
19. Educator should maintain
first aid kid, in which
ointments for burns, or
scalding should be there.
Primary aid should be given
to them, after primary, a
kid should be taken to
doctors.
20. Strangulation 21. Necklaces, drawstrings on
clothes, cords on toys,
appliances or window
blinds
22. There should be keen
observation that can be
helpful to prevent the
accident.
23. Sunburn 24. Inadequate sun protection 25. Before exposure of sun, sun
cream should be applied to
kids in order to avoid
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sunburn.
26. Head injuries 27. Falls from high chairs,
slippery floors or a fall
from the play equipment
The kid should not be allowed to
high chairs, if in case kid used
high chair and fallen, primary
first aid should be given first aid
28. Eye injuries 29. Dust, sand or chemical
sprays
30. Eyes should be washed
thoroughly and eye drops
can be used after the taking
permission from parents.
31. Fractures, sprains,
permanent disability or
death
32. Hard falls
Running out into the service car
park or road
33. Strict observations
34. Bumps, scrapes or
bruises
35. Falls, inside and/or outside
Collisions
Bites
36. application of ointments
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12. Responsibility for the management of asthma is shared. In the table below, or similar, identify
five (5) actions that parents, the service and educators should do to work together to provide a
safe and healthy environment for children with asthma.
Five (5) actions under each heading must be recorded.
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37. Parents or guardians 38. Service 39. Educator (staff)
40. Healthy relationship
with patients
41. Proper healthy diet should
be recommended
42. Comfortable surroundings
for individuals
43. Person centred care 44. Frequent respiratory
check-ups
45. Counselling
46. Cautions in regards with
medication and asthma
pump
47. Palliative care from nurses 48. Health information should
be shared with peer groups
49. Regular communication
with individual
50. Healthy environment for
patient
51. Empathetic toward the
patients
52. Socialise 53. Attained information of
patient's medical
conditions should be
shared with family
54. They should have
appropriate medical
resources in order to treat
the patients in medical
urgency.
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B) Case Studies
Student instructions
 Read the case studies that follow, and then answer each question.
 Your responses may be recorded or presented in a written format. Written responses for each
answer should be approximately 100 – 200 words in length. The written responses may be
presented in narrative or bullet point format.
 To help answer questions accurately you may refer to applicable legislation in your state or
territory, recommendations from a recognised health authority, your organisation’s policies and
procedures, position description and duty of care responsibilities, or other sources of information
such as professional readings and the course textbooks.
 Where applicable, acknowledge and cite your sources accordingly. This is important whether you
use your own words or use the author’s own words.
 When referring to organisational policies and procedures or position descriptions please submit
with your assessment to support your answer.
Case study 1
Jeng, a child age two, has a suspected case of hand, foot and mouth disease. Jeng’s mother has been
contacted and has come to pick him up. She is very upset and wants to know why Jeng
must be excluded – to her he seems well, and she cannot take time off from her job to
stay home with him.
1. Outline the points you should discuss with Jeng’s mother.
I would like to provide information on hand, foot and mouth diseases and how it has
communicable nature that increase risk factors for other kid. I would advice her to
provide him antibacterial drug (paracetamol) that will help to lower down the fever. I
will also asked to give him fluid diet but can avoid drinks that contains acid.
Exposure of cold drinks and ice blocks generally good to ease pain of mouth in
infection. I would suggest Jeng's mother to visit doctor if fever persist. In addition to
this, I would tell her blisters should need to dry naturally.
2. State what documentation could be referred to when discussing the situation with Jeng’s
mother, and explain why this would be helpful in the discussion.
The documentation that could be referred as Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and
Control of Infection in Healthcare 2019 introduce through government to aware
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population in regards with infections. The information of risk associated with
infections would be demonstrated to Jeng's mother.
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Case Study 2
Monica is a 19 month old who attends your service. Soon after arriving she appears flushed and
warm to touch. She is generally an outgoing child however today does not want to play
with the other children. She remains seated on floor cushions near you while others play
with toys nearby. Before morning tea she has diarrhoea, which has escaped her nappy.
She has two similar episodes in the next two hours and a temperature of 37.2 degrees.
When you contact Monica’s father to ask that she be collected he says he is unable to get there for
another two to three hours due to an important work meeting.
1. What would you do to comfort Monica?
I would like to provide comfort to Monica by keeping wet cotton strips that will help to lower down
the temperature. I will make sure about the noise level of classroom so that she can take rest on
the cot. Additionally, I would make fluid level of Monica should up to ensure, Monica is staying
hydrated.
2. What would you do to minimise the risk of infection to other children and staff?
The active hand washing in order to minimise the risk of cross infections, separation the unwell
child away from other kids that can facilitate to protect other kids, disinfecting the surfaces on
regular basis with germ killing cleaning products and also I will suggest to stay Monica at home
until and unless she recovered. This will also lower risk factors for other kids.
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Case Study 3
Caden has been absent for a few days. When he returns to care his mum, Angie, tells you that he is
recovering from an ear infection and that he needs to take antibiotics twice a day and have ear drops
administered every 4 hours.
She provides a medical certificate stating Caden is well enough to return to care and a letter from his
Doctor detailing the medication he has to take. You will need to give Caden the antibiotics at 5.00pm
as his mother does not collect him until 5.30pm and also the ear drops at 11.00am and 3.00pm.
1. Summarise what you need to do to ensure the medication can be administered to Caden whilst
in care. Ensure your answer is in accordance with best practice outline in the latest edition of
Staying Healthy: Preventing infectious diseases in early childhood education and care services.
I would like to ensure the medications record is formulated for children that can contain required
medications at the childcare and have authorised to administer the medications which are signed
by child's parent or by their guardian. Along with this, rest requirements which should be followed
are along with original label clearly representing the name of the child, it should be from the
original containers and can include before the expiry date or used by date. There should be written
or verbal notifications are given to parents or their other family. I would like to take reasonable
steps to assure that mdication records are maintained in a accurate way.
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2. Outline (step by step) how you would administer each medication to Caden.
- The liquid antibiotics.
Collecting the medication record of child, collect the container, make sure child is feeling
comfortable and ask another teacher to be witness of the process, Following the ways through
medication records and its relevant details. Checking parent authorised signs, checking the name
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of medications against the medication record, checking used by date or expiry date and also check
the dosages. If the medication labelled may suggest another slots of dosage, in that case, parents
should be called to clarify the correct dosage again. After washing hands, pout the liquid. The
second members should check all details and confirm.
 The ear drops
Collecting the medication record of child, collect the container, make sure child is feeling
comfortable and ask another teacher to be witness of the process, Following the ways through
medication records and its relevant details. Checking parent authorised signs, checking the name
of medications against the medication record, checking used by date or expiry date and also check
the dosages. If the medication labelled may suggest another slots of dosage, in that case, parents
should be called to clarify the correct dosage again. After washing hands ear drops should be taken
with the help of dropper and gently insert in the child's ear.
3. State how medication provided should be stored whilst at the service.
The medicines should be stored in favourable conditions. As they are indicated on the label of
medicines cool or dry places. It should be stored out of reach of children. This can help in avoiding
accidental consumption of medicines by children.
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Case study 4
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Jackson, aged 4, at the moment is refusing to wash his hands before eating. He attends care 5 days
each week and has protested to washing his hands for the last 3 days. He seems adamant he does
not need to wash his hands and that they are clean.
1. Describe four (4) practices you could implement to support Jackson learn, and implement
personal hygiene practices.
1. it is important for jack to illustrate the understanding of importances of frequent hand washing
so he does not get sick and may not catches infections.
2. To inform jack that other kids also wash their hands before food and after they have been to
the rest rooms.
3. if jack follows all instructions, he should be motivated by getting rewards such as stickers, cards
and so on.
4. The general group discussion can also lead a positive results.
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Case study 5
Banjo is a 2 ½ year old who attends care three days each week. He is becoming increasingly harder to
settle after lunch for his sleep.
His mother, Kate, has stated he does not always have a day sleep at home, and that typically he is
asleep by 7pm. He sleeps 12 – 13 hours each night.
You have observed during the day Banjo does not tend to display tired signs or cues.
1. How can you ensure sleep and rest practices meet Banjo’s individual needs?
Children needs time to provide rest to their body and also their energy level, so they do not get
overtired. So even he or she not displaying signs of tiredness, he or she still needs time to sleep. In
order to meet his needs, the encouragement should be given also engaging himself into quite
activities such as reading or listening to a book and a calming music. The area should be calmed
and lights should be dimmed.
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2. How could information be shared with his parents about his daily rest or sleep at the service?
At the time of pick-up the information can be shared with individual’s mother.
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Case study 6
Neve, a 3 year old child with severe allergies is enrolled to start care at the service at the
commencement of the year. Neve is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts such as cashews, almonds and
hazelnuts, and egg.
Neve’s parents, Sarah and Michael, have told you that Neve can experience difficulty breathing,
swelling or tightness in the throat and a hoarse voice as a result of her allergies. Symptoms usually
appear within minutes of exposure to the allergens.
Neve has been prescribed adrenaline in an auto-injector, commonly known as an EpiPen ® for
administration in an emergency. She currently weighs under 20kg so uses the EpiPen ® Junior which
administers a smaller dose of adrenaline.
1. What information would you need to clarify with Neve’s parents when enrolling Neve into care?
I would like to ask his parents in regards with food needs and also his family eating patterns before
enrolling their child within services. There should special dietary plan can be formulated with help
of educator that can help to lower the risk.
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2. What procedures would you need to ensure are in place before Neve commences care?
I would like to ensure all other staff in regards with allergies of Neve. There should be undertaken
anaphylaxis training and each staff members should know in terms how to inject adrenalin auto
injections.
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3. What privacy considerations should be taken into account in relation to Neve’s health needs?
The health of individual needs extra assistance so that he cannot even mistakenly eat food items
which are allergic to his body. Also, I would like to give knowledge amount allergies and its
prevention ways.
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4. How would you ensure Neve does not eat nuts and eggs, and is catered for during meal times?
Through observing it can be prevented.
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5. What training would be necessary for the staff before Neve commences?
I would like to inform staff in regards with Neve's health factors and what area security measures
that could be taken.
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6. Develop an individual Anaphylaxis Plan to display at the service for Neve. Ensure that you
outline how to administer the EpiPen ® Junior in your plan.
You may like to refer to the ‘Action Plan for Anaphylaxis’ in your textbook, ‘The early childhood
educator for Certificate III’ to guide your answer. This action plan is also available on the
Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) website, allergy.org.au/.
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Case study 7
Jett, aged 9 months, has arrived at care for the last 5 days wearing a hooded jacket or jumper due to
the cooler weather.
Policies and procedures in place at the service ask that this type of clothing be avoided, in particular
for young children who have a sleep or rest when at the service for safety reasons.
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1. Outline the points you should discuss with Jett’s parents to ensure Jett is dressed appropriately
and in accordance with the service’s clothing and/or sleep and rest policies and procedures in
place. Ensure you state the potential hazards and risks that Jett could be faced with when
wearing a hoodie at childcare.
I would like to inform them about school do not allow to wear hoodies as this is against the
policies. If their child feels cold then he can wear blazer.
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55.C) Common Childhood illnesses
Student instructions Complete the table that follows, or similar, identifying typical signs and symptoms of each
identified common childhood illness and detailing an appropriate response or action to take in an
early childhood setting. Ensure to include in your answer when and how this information would be recorded and shared
with the child’s parents or guardians, and whether a service’s exclusion policy will need to be
enacted on in the action required. To help you answer correctly you may refer to the key resource for this Unit:
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC). (2012), Staying healthy: Preventing
infectious diseases in early childhood education and care services. 5th ed. NHMRC, Canberra. You may also refer to sample early childhood education and care service policies and procedures.
When referring to policies and procedures please submit with your assessment to support your
answer.
Sample early childhood education and care service policies are available in the online resource
library of PSC Alliance. To locate sample policies go to the PSC Alliance website,
ipsplibrary.net.au/.
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Common
childhood illness
Typical signs of illness Appropriate action /response
to be taken in an early
childhood setting
Notifiabl
e
Yes/No
Common cold
Running nose, headache,
feeling lethargic,
communicable disease
I will ask individual’s parents to
take their kid to hospital for
best recovery.
Yes
Conjunctivitis
Infection in eyes and can be
passed to one another.
The infected are should be
covered, I will ask parents to
take their child to eye specialist
for correct treatment.
no
Constipation Digestion issue and individual
experience no motion.
Medicine should be given after
asking their parents.
yes
Diarrhoea and
vomiting
(gastroenteritis)
Feeling puckish and digestion
issue
Primary aid can be given to
them, exposure of fresh air can
help to divert their mind.
no
Chicken pox Fever, chills, pimple all over the
body I will advice parents to take
their kid to doctor, as it can
spread person to person.
yes
Ear infections
Problem in listening
I will ask kid's parents to visit
doctor.
yes
Fever (39 degrees
and above
Headache, eyes gets red I will like to give paracetamol
and use cold water strips on
individual’s head that can
helpful to lower down the
temperature.
yes
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Head lice
Itching in head, part of an
infection
I will like to ask their parents to
assist a doctor in regards with
issue.
no
Hand, foot and
mouth disease Due to digestion issue and a
communicable disease Ask parents to keep their child
at home, this will help to
prevent infections to other kids
Yes
Whooping cough Initial stage of asthma.
Should be reported to parents
and ask them to visit doctor
with their kids
No
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