Promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Home-Based Childcare

This assignment explores the roles and responsibilities of home-based childcarers in promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. It explains how childcarers support legal requirements, British values, cultural awareness, and diversity in resources. It also discusses strategies to avoid stereotypical comments and challenge discrimination. Additionally, it evaluates the impact of attitudes, values, and behavior on supporting equality. The assignment further delves into planning for children's well-being, including diet, personal care, rest and sleep provision, and personal hygiene routines. It discusses strategies to encourage healthy eating and identifies reasons for special dietary requirements.

Unit 1 – Learning Outcome 4 – Understand How to Promote Equality, Diversity and
Inclusion
Plan 4- Welcome to your Home Based Childcare Award (HBCA)
As you are aware, working in the early years sector comes with a great responsibility and in return is
a rewarding role. Throughout the live webinars, alongside using your membership to access PACEY
resources, we will be supporting you to understand and provide evidence to meet the CACHE criteria
for you to achieve your Level 3 HBCA.
The live teaching session to support plan 4 can be accessed using the pink “files from course” square
on your portfolio home page. Here you can see a timetable of all the live Zoom sessions for the
month. In addition to this there is a recorded webinar on this subject. Please see below.
Live Zoom - Recorded webinar - Please see last page of this plan for further guidance to help
support you.
Unit 1- Learning outcome 4: Understand how to promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
We live in such a rich diverse society, in this learning outcome you will explore how to embed
equality, diversity and inclusion in your practice much of which is now governed by law (see unit 1
LO1)
C3AHBC1-4.1 Explain the roles and responsibilities of the home based childcarer in supporting
equality, diversity and inclusive practice.
C3AHBC1-4.2 Evaluate the impact of own attitudes, values and behaviour when supporting equality,
diversity and inclusive practice.
Verbs Explained -
Explain - Give clear detailed information giving reasons, and showing how or why.
Evaluate - Review evidence from different perspectives and come to a valid conclusion or reasoned
judgement

In this assignment you need to meet Assessment Criteria 4.1 & 4.2
Assessment Criteria: 4.1 - Explain the roles and responsibilities of the
home-based childcarer in supporting equality, diversity and
inclusive practice
Provide a detailed explanation of your roles and responsibilities to
include how you will do the following:
 Meeting legal requirements under the Equality Act 2010 and
the statutory framework (EYFS)
 Supporting British Values
 Being culturally aware
 Keeping up to date with legislation
 Reflecting diversity amongst your resources
 Avoiding stereotypical comments
 Challenging discrimination
There are several roles and responsibilities that need to be
performed by home-based childcare while promoting
equality, diversity, and inclusive practices so that child can
live better lifestyle. The childcare need to follow all legal laws,
values and ethics while performing several task and activities
so that end objectives can be achieved. Therefore, various
roles and responsibilities which needs to be played by
childcare is as follows:
 Meeting legal requirements under the Equality Act
2010 and the statutory framework (EYFS): There are
several laws and legislation that has been made by
government to regulate childcare so that all children are
given equal support and care for their better treatment.
Like early year foundation stage is responsible for
setting various standard related to development,

learning and care of children from birth to age group of
5 years old. So, childcare by following all principle and
commitment mentioned in the frameworks can
delivered best experienced to all children.
 Supporting British Values: Another role and
responsibilities which needs to be performed by
childcare is supporting British value and ethics while
completing its several activities and task. Such as ensure
justice and fairness towards all children so that they are
delivered qualitative services.
 Being culturally aware: Moreover, it can be stated that
childcare while delivering its services needs to have
cultural awareness. Cultural awareness will help in
better understanding of child problem or issue thus
providing it best services so that it can learn and
developed.
 Keeping up to date with legislation: Childcare
professionals need to keep itself updated with recent
legislation and laws so that it can abide to them while
delivering several services to all children.
 Reflecting diversity amongst your resources: There are
several resources which are being required by childcare
while promoting equality and diversity practices. So, it is
roles and responsibilities of childcare professionals to
arrange diverse range of resources so that child can
provide better support and care for its overall
development. For examples: food, hand soap and
healthy environment where it can grow and developed.
 Avoiding stereotypical comments: Childcare needs to
ensure that it does not make any type of stereotypical
comments while providing treatment to children. For
example: childcarer needs to have equality thinking
while treating several individuals.
 Challenging discrimination: It should also ensure that

equal treatment is provided to each child so there
should not be any type of discrimination

Assessment Criteria: 4.2. Evaluate the impact of own attitudes, values and behaviour when supporting equality, diversity and inclusive practice
Provide 1 or 2 examples for each category below.
Caring for a Disabled Child
Attitudes (how you treat others &
approach situations – way of
thinking/feeling)
Values (what is important
to you – judgement of what
is important to you)
Behaviours (your
approach to
situations – how you
act towards others)
Impact – (what is the effect on your
practice)
Example - I don’t have any
experience or sufficient space
I am generous and calm I listen and
communicate well
It may prevent me from being inclusive
and a barrier to offering my service to a
family
I need to have positive and patient
attitude towards each child.
I should behave ethically
and abide to all moral
principle while delivering
several services to child.
I needs to behave
professionally while
interacting with
different children. I
treat each child
equally and provide
excellence services or
support
All these attitude, value and behaviours
have positive impact on my practices as I
am able to treat child in better manner.
I can improve myself by working ov
by understanding condition of child
strategy that could be fruitful in trea
Caring for a Child Whose
Home Language is not English
Attitudes (how you treat others &
approach situations – way of
thinking/feeling)
Values (what is important
to you – judgement of what
is important to you)
Behaviours (your
approach to
situations – how you
Impact – (what is the effect on your
practice)

act towards others)
I will have pleasant and supportive
attitude towards the child whose
home language is not English.
I will not discriminate
among child that does not
have home language
English
I will try to behave
politely with
children's and help
them in learning
English language or
provide necessary
support
All this attitude, values and behaviour
has good impact on my practices as I will
be able to deliver qualitative
experienced to children.
I have planned to improve my work
behaviours and attitude so that chil
appropriate support.
Caring for a child from a
different race - including
colour, nationality, ethnic or
national origin - than your
own
Attitudes (how you treat others &
approach situations – way of
thinking/feeling)
Values (what is important
to you – judgement of what
is important to you)
Behaviours (your
approach to
situations – how you
act towards others)
Impact – (what is the effect on your
practice)
I will have kind, pleasant attitude
towards people that belong to
different race including colour,
nationality, and origin from various
places.
As a childcare I will ensure
that all individuals are given
equal chances or respect
and support.
Moreover, I would
have positive
behaviours toward
child that belong to
different race.
All over all these will have better impact
on my practices as I am able to treat
child in better manner.
I have decided to improve my attitu
so that provide better care to childr
different race.

Congratulations, you have completed this plan, it is ready to be submitted for assessment and for you to
receive feedback on your progress.

Unit 1- Learning outcome 5 : Understand how day to day care routines promote children’s well-
being.
Care routines provide a valuable opportunity to check a child’s well-being and support
independence, in this learning outcome you will explore healthy eating, dietary requirements and
personal care.
C3AHBC1-5.1 Discuss children's wellbeing in relation to current frameworks
C3AHBC1-5.2 Plan to meet the needs of a child aged between 0 and 7 years in relation to:
• diet
• personal physical care needs
• rest and sleep provision
• personal hygiene routines.
C3AHBC1-5.3 Plan to meet the needs of a child aged and 7 years or older in relation to:
• diet
• personal physical care needs
• rest and sleep provision
• personal hygiene routines.
C3AHBC1-5.4 Explain strategies to encourage healthy eating.
C3AHBC1-5.5 Identify reasons for special dietary requirements.
Verbs Explained –
Discuss - Give a detailed account including a range of views and opinions
Explain - Give clear detailed information giving reasons, and showing how or why
Identify - List or name the main points
Plan - Organise information in a logical way using an appropriate format
Assessment Criteria: 5.1. Discuss children’s well-being in relation to current frameworks
In this task you are required to discuss (provide a detailed account including a range of views and
opinions) how the EYFS aims to support children to be happy, healthy and kept safe. You need to –
 Provide a definition of the term well-being
 Read section 3 of the EYFS Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements.
 Discuss your role as the children’s key worker and how you intend to make children feel safe
and secure, include -
o how children develop relationships

o their levels of independence
o if they are happy and enjoy being in your home
o how you care for children
o the opportunities you provide for physical exercise
o how children manage their own personal hygiene
o how you help children prepare for transitions in their lives
How are you going to support ALL of the above?
 Give your views on why the EYFS safeguarding and welfare requirements are important and
what the impact would be on children’s wellbeing if you did not follow these.
Make it Relevant - COVID-19
See the following link from the NHS - Looking after children and young people during the coronavirus
outbreak
Also see the document in your orange resource tab – COVID 19 for more information and links.
Wellbeing is the experience of happiness, prosperity, and better mental health for high life
satisfaction. In another words, it is positive outcome which is essential for people that are living in
society as it contained detailed related to the way lives goes. So, it specific about condition of
specific individual in positive manner.
Covid-19 has adversely impact on mental and well-being of children that are living in society, so it is
key responsibilities of childcare to develop strong relationships with them. Loving and nurturing
relationships is important for growth and development of child or provide it support so that it can
live healthy or happy lifestyle for many years.
Childcare also plays an important role in providing necessary importance to level of independence of
children so that they can easily grow and learn new thing.
It is responsibilities of childcare to provide healthy and safe environment to child thus if it is
comfortable in home then such environment needs to be provided so it can easily learn and grow.
There are few things which need to be considered while caring a child such as understanding the
way it will grow and develop, provide better and healthy environment where it can easily learn new
thing. Moreover, childcare needs to effectively understand child emotions or problem it is facing
thereby find alternative solution which could be used to support child.
There are various ways through which childcare can provide opportunities to child to take active
part in physical activities. Such as it need to provide safe environment, active toys and schedule a
time frame in which they can do physical exercise.
Child to save themselves in context of COVID-19 -19 can maintained personal hygiene by washing
their hand at regular interval, making use of mask and wearing cleaned and washed clothes.
Children should be aware about their daily routine and schedules, remind them of upcoming
transitions and use of music to ease the transitions.
EYFS safeguarding and welfare requirements are important as they include both learning and
development and safeguarding and welfare of child that helps in promoting better health and well-
being of child. So, if the childcare will follow all the guidelines that I would able to delivered better
care services to child to protect it covid-19.

Assessment Criteria:
5.2 - Plan to meet the needs of a child aged between 0 and 7 years in relation to:
5.3 - Plan to meet the needs of a child aged 7 years or older in relation to:
1. Diet
2. Personal physical care needs
3. Rest and sleep provision
4. Personal hygiene routines
Planning for a child’s diet include:
 EYFS requirements for food and drink
 Nutritional requirements
 Weaning
 How you will make sure you are aware of any special dietary requirements, cultural or
religious Supporting independence
 Incorporating learning opportunities
 Safety
Planning for a child’s physical care needs include:
 Handwashing
 Preventing spread of infection
 Hair care
 Skin care (including protection from sun)
 Opportunities for exercise
 Provision of healthy snacks and meals (you may choose to cover this aspect under diet in
which case you don’t need to repeat yourself)
 Examples of what you will need to be aware of e.g. cultural requirements, family
preferences, SEND & allergies
 Supporting independence
Planning for a child’s rest and sleep provision include:
 The importance of rest and sleep for development
 How much sleep is required and how rest and naps will be fitted into routines appropriate to
the child
 Safety during sleeps
 Checking sleeping children
 Providing and changing bedding
Planning for a child’s personal hygiene routines include:
 Toileting and nappy changing
 Supporting independence
 Specific considerations re boys and girl’s toilet hygiene

 Providing privacy
 Support during puberty
 Disposal of waste
 Supporting children with SEND
You are required to plan for the following children taking into consideration the guidance above.
Birth to 6 months
This is Jane, she is 3 months old. What type of development/personal
care routines would you be seeing in the following areas?
There is various type of development/ personal care routines that
need to be provided to Jane. Such as raise chest and head when it is
lying on the stomach. Grasps and shakes hand toys and provide
healthy and nutritional food are some of the daily personal and development care routine for
Jane.
Diet:
0-3 months diet
Breast milk or formula milk is the diet to provide to a baby such as Jane which belong to age group
of 0-3 month.
3-6 months diet
On the other hand, rice infant cereal is only grain which could be provided to baby that is before
six month or between age group of 3-6 month, just if the parents require.
Physical Care Needs:
Clean nappies,
Carer to feed
Bath them on regular basis -by the parents
Comforting them when they are crying.
Personal Hygiene Routines:
 Washing the hand on regular
basis
 Trims the nails.
 Regular bath
 Clean clothes

Rest and Sleep Provision:
Jane needs to take at-least 12-16 hours of sleep.
3 – 4 years
This is Alfie, what type of development would you be seeing in the
following areas?
There is various development in child of age group of 3-4 in terms of
language such as they start saying their name, age ask questions and
250 to 500 words. Cognitive milestones and Movement milestones are some of the development
in child.
Diet:
 Fresh and healthy fruits and vegetable
 Low fat dairy products like yogurt, cheeses.
 Whole grain cereals and bread
Physical Care Needs:
Plenty of fresh air
nutritional food
Shelter
Personal Hygiene Routines:
Regular brushing
Bath
Trimming of nails
Rest and Sleep Provision:

10-12 hours a day it needs rest and sleep.
7-9 years
This is Sophia, she is 9 years old, what type of development would you
be seeing in the following areas?
 Physical growth and development
 Thinking and reasoning
 language development
 Emotional and social development
 Sensory and motor development
Diet:
 Milk
 Fruit and vegetable
 Breads/ cereal
 Others food that has high protein.
Physical Care Needs:
 Safe environment
 Clothes
 Physical exercise
 Nutrition food
Personal Hygiene Routines:
 Washing hair and body with soap
 hygiene clothes
 Brush and floss
Rest and Sleep Provision:
9-12 hour rest is need to child that are between age group of 7-9 year old.

Assessment Criteria: 5.4. Explain strategies to encourage healthy eating
Include the following –
 The value of a balanced diet and why this is important
 Including children in food preparation
 Providing healthy options and alternative variations for children who have special dietary
requirements.
 Food presentation
 Social development aspect of mealtimes
 Making children and families aware of healthy eating and the impact of poor diet choices
(obesity, tooth decay)
 Working in partnership with parents and carers and how you can do this

1. There are various benefits or value of balanced diet for an individual as it is
fruitful in building muscle, losing fat and improve athletic performance.
Balance diet is crucial in every aspect of lives as well-balanced diet include
vitamin, mineral and necessary nutrition. Various benefits are control body
weight, fight off disease, helps in enhancing energy and many more.
2. Effectively food presentation also motivates children to intake tasty and
delicious food to stay fit and healthy for more time frame.
3. Moreover, childcare needs to aware children as well as their families about
healthy eating habit and whatever negative impact of in-taking poor diet
choice. So, all these are several strategies that could be used to encourage
healthy eating habit among children.
4. Food presentation is art of decorating and providing food to children so that
it is motivate to intake in order to have better health.
5. Better mealtime provide opportunities to adolescents as well as children to
easily learn and listen the way they need to interact in conversations.
6. Poor diet choice resulted in bad health and well-being such as obesity and
tooth decay so efforts needs to made to aware families as well as children.
7. I can work in partnership and parent by informing them about things or type
of food children needs to intake in order to stay fit and healthy for more time
frame.

Assessment Criteria: 5.5. Identify reasons for special dietary requirements.
Special Dietary Requirements –
 Cultural and religious beliefs
 Allergies
 Intolerances
 Other medical conditions that can impact on diet
Reason for the special
diet
Describe the term Give an example.
Religious and cultural It refers to myths, ritual
belief that are created by
human which give them
meaning to live.
Likewise, people intake
type of food in their diet
as per their religion and
culture. For example:
Fish, chips, dinner and
sunday roast are some
of the food preferred by
British people.
Medical Illness and the way it can be
treated through medicine.
For example: Children
that have health issue
needs to eat food as per
their medicine. Fatty fish
needs to be eat by
people that are suffering
from heart diseases.
Parents preferences Parent preferences can be
termed as things that are
mostly preferred by parents
for their child.
Most of the parent prefer
that their child eat more
healthy and nutritional
food such as fresh
vegetables and fruits.
Allergies It can be stated that
immune system that
response to foreign
substance which may not be
harmful for the body.
Like some children have
food allergies, seasonal
and severe allergies.
Like children have
allergies from fish,
peanuts and lupin.
Intolerances. Food intolerances can be
stated that someone body is
not capable to digest the
food
Such as Some children's
does not capabilities to
digest the food. Dairy
products and caffein are

intolerances food.
Stretch and challenge. The five most common allergens
The food Standards
agency lists 14
allergens that you
need to be aware of.
Name the 5 most
common ones.
 Mustard
 Fish
 Soybeans
 Peanuts
 Lupin
 Please remember that your best source of information is always the
parent / carer /family. They will be able to tell you any specific
requirements or tailored care plans for their child.
 When dealing with parent’s preferences it is very important that you
monitor the welfare and wellbeing of the child. Be aware that some
of the more extreme diets are not sufficient in nutrients etc and the
child may ‘fail to thrive’.
 Please note that allergies can be life threatening and you will need
to put strategies in place to ensure the safety of the child. The
parents and health care professionals will help you with this.
Congratulations, you have completed this plan, it is ready to be
submitted for assessment and for you to receive feedback on your
progress.