Importance of Ensuring Health and Safety of Children in Early Education and Care Services

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Knowledge Questions
Qualification national code and title
Unit/s national code/s and title/s
CHCECE002 Ensure the Health and Safety of Children
CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drink
Cluster
Health
Assessment type ():
☒ Questioning (Oral/Written)
☐ Practical Demonstration
☐ 3rd Party Report
☐ Other – Project/Portfolio (please specify)
Assessment Resources:
Computer with an internet connection to access the Blackboard Learning Management System
and required websites.
National Quality Framework
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/national-quality-framework
National Quality Standards
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard
Early Years Learning Framework
Early Years Learning Framework - acecqa
Child care Risk Assessment
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/2008-09/key_skills/disc1/KSCHIL/KSCHIL12.pdf
Safe sleep and rest practices | ACECQA
Oral health: an essential part of care in early childhood
National Asthma Council Australia
https://www.nationalasthma.org.au/
Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia
https://allergyfacts.org.au/
National Child Care Regulations
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-law-regulations/national-regulations
Asthma Policy on Blackboard
Assessment Instructions:
This assessment is designed to assess the knowledge evidence requirements of CHCECE002
Ensure the health and safety of children.
You have to answer 9 knowledge questions.
 must answer each question correctly in order to meet the requirements of this assessment.
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1. Assessm
ent 1
Knowledge Questions
Qualification national code and title
Unit/s national code/s and title/s
CHCECE002 Ensure the Health and Safety of Children
CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drink
Cluster
Health
 will need to access the above resources to answer the questions.
 must demonstrate your knowledge by answering each question in your own words (do not
copy and paste from the website or use others work).
You can request further support from your lecturer to review and explain the requirements of this
assessment.
Submit your completed assessment to the Blackboard Learning Management System.
Guide – 1 bullet point = approx. 1 – 70 words (you will need to include enough information to
address the question asked)
Question 1
The National Quality Framework (NQF) provides a national approach to regulation, assessment
and quality improvement for early childhood education and care
National Quality Standard (NQS) set high national benchmarks for early childhood education and
care and outside school hours care in Australia. The NQS includes 7 quality areas that are
important outcomes for children.across Australia
The National Law and National Regulations outline the legal obligations of approved providers,
nominated supervisors, and educators and explain the powers and functions of the state and
territory regulatory authorities and ACECQA
Using a computer, undertake a search for the following organisations.
 Provide the web address to acces the listed organisations
 Identify in the National Quality Standard which Quality Area and Standards guide practice
for health and safety of children in early education and care services.
 Navigate through National Education and Care Services Regualtions document to find the
the Part/s and Division/s that outlines the legal obligations for health and safety of
children
Web address Quality Area and Standards Education and Care Services
Regulation: Part/s and Divison/s
http://
www.qualityfor
NQF makes the use of different
quality standards in order to assess
There are legal obligations related to
health and safety of children because
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ent 1
Knowledge Questions
Qualification national code and title
Unit/s national code/s and title/s
CHCECE002 Ensure the Health and Safety of Children
CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drink
Cluster
Health
um.org/
Home.aspx
the quality of the different services
which are provided effectively and
efficiently to ensure that the
judgement of the quality can be done.
the children should be provided a
safe environment in which they can
play.
Question 2
Learning about children’s wellbeing can be affected by all their experiences within and outside of
their early childhood settings. To support children’s learning, it is essential that educators attend to
children’s wellbeing by providing warm, trusting relationships, predictable and safe environments,
affirmation and respect for all aspects of their physical, emotional, social, cognitive, linguistic,
creative and spiritual being Using a computer research the EYLF (Belonging Being Becoming)
 Identify the Learning Outcome and elements that relate to Children’s Health and safety.
 Provide 2 (two) practices you can implement to support these elements
Learning Outcome
 Children have a very strong sense of identity
 Children are effective communicators
Elements of this Outcome
The elements of these outcomes are that the Children are well-aware about the different types of
needs and requirements which they have and thus it creates an impact by ensuring that they are
able to understand these particular needs and requirements appropriately.
Practice 1:
For supporting the sense of identify of Children the parents can ensure that they are able to
provide the right support to their Children since a young age which helps them to be able to attain
the goals and objectives.
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Knowledge Questions
Qualification national code and title
Unit/s national code/s and title/s
CHCECE002 Ensure the Health and Safety of Children
CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drink
Cluster
Health
Practice 2:
For supporting the communication of the Children it is crucial that they are motivated to
communicate with the other children since a young age which will enable them to be able to
develop the communication skills effectively and efficiently.
Question 3
All children have the right to experience quality care in an environment which provides for their
health and safety. The service has a duty of care which extends to ensuring that appropriate sun
protection policies and practices are implemented to adequately protect children, educators/staff
and visitors from ultraviolet radiation from the sun. The Cancer Council advises that one out of two
Australians will develop some form of skin cancer during their lifetime, with childhood sun
exposure being an important risk factor. Young children have very little skin pigment (melanin) to
protect them from sun exposure.
Using the link below search for POLICY Sun Protection
https://unicare.net.au/policies-and-constitution/
• Provide in your own words the service Goal/Aim of this policy and note the Regulation it relates to.
 Identify 2 (two) procedures that you will be required to provide for all children’s sun protection.
The policy aims to make sure that the young children are protected from the harsh effects of the
sun. This helps in ensuring that the safety of these children can be maintained in the right
manner.
The procedures which can be adopted for the children's sun protection are explained as follows-
 The different types of problems which are being faced by the children due to the sun
should be identified.
 The actions should be taken so that the protection of the children from the harsh effects of
the sun can be done.
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