Home Based Child Care

The assignment discusses the concept of home-based child care, which involves providing care for kids by creche, nursery, or childminder. It highlights the importance of play in cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of children, ensuring their well-being. The report concludes that understanding actual needs of children through collaboration with others is crucial to make them safe and confident.

Preparing to as a Home Work
Based Childcarer
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1

TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Legislation for home based childcarer.............................................................................1
1.2 Summary of current legislation........................................................................................1
1.3 Roles of regulatory bodies................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Importance of balanced risk management........................................................................2
2.2 Principles of safe supervision...........................................................................................2
2.3 Procedure related to medication.......................................................................................2
2.4 Risk assessment of home..................................................................................................2
2.5 Maintain safe and healthy environment of children.........................................................3
2.6 Actions take in certain situations......................................................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
3.1 Handout for parents and carers.........................................................................................3
3.2 Regulatory requirements for safeguarding children.........................................................4
3.3 Local authority safeguarding procedures.........................................................................4
3.4 Roles and responsibilities of home based carers..............................................................4
3.5 Signs, symptoms, indicators and behaviour.....................................................................4
3.6 Actions to be taken of harm or abuse is suspected...........................................................4
3.7 Procedures to be followed by lone workers.....................................................................5
3.8 Safeguarding policy..........................................................................................................5
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................5
4.1 Roles of home based childcarer in supporting equality, diversity and inclusion for children
................................................................................................................................................5
4.2 Impact of own attitude, values and behaviour..................................................................5
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................5
5.1 Children's well being in England......................................................................................5
5.2 Plan for children aged between birth to 7 years...............................................................5
5.3 Plan for children aged 7 years and older..........................................................................6
5.4 Strategies to encourage healthy eating.............................................................................6
5.5 Reasons for special dietary requirements.........................................................................6
TASK 6............................................................................................................................................6

6.1 Partnership established by home based childcarer...........................................................6
6.2 Benefits of working in partnerships.................................................................................6
6.3 How to establish partnership with parents........................................................................7
6.4 Support of working in partnership regarding home learning environment......................7
6.5 Boundaries of confidentiality...........................................................................................7
TASK 7............................................................................................................................................8
7.1 Areas of learning and development..................................................................................8
7.2 Factors influencing children development.......................................................................8
7.3 Difference between consequence and rate of development.............................................8
7.4 Key milestones in development from birth to 12 years....................................................8
7.5 Impact on children's learning...........................................................................................9
7.6 Factors influencing children's behaviour..........................................................................9
7.7 Strategies for managing children's behaviour..................................................................9
TASK 8............................................................................................................................................9
Covered in PPT.......................................................................................................................9
TASK 9............................................................................................................................................9
9.1 Learning about children through observing them playing...............................................9
9.2 Observations...................................................................................................................10
9.3 How early intervention supports children's development..............................................10
9.4 Work with others to make plan related needs and interests of children.........................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Home based child care refers to provide care of children especially by creche, nursery or
childminder while parents are working. It includes an action or skill of looking after children by
a day- care centre, nannies, babysitter, teachers and other care providers. However, parents who
are working and not able take care of their babies during their working hours then they prefer
home cased child care in which babysitters or nannies provide care to children at home (Raz‐
Yurovich, 2014). The present report will focus on legislation for childcare and importance to
consider balanced risk management approach. It will also include storage of medication and
understand about safeguarding, protection & welfare of children. This assignment will describe
about promoting equality, diversity & inclusion of children and strategies to encourage healthy
eating habits. It will involves benefits of working in partnership and areas of learning as well as
development in current framework.
TASK 1
1.1 Legislation for home based childcarer
The legislation can be described as legal rules and acts which are made for home based
childcarer that should be followed by them while providing care to children respectively. It
involves several laws such as The Care Act 2014 and The Children and Families Act 2014 which
should be followed by carers while providing care to children.
1.2 Summary of current legislation
The laws related to Health & safety of children are COSHH (Control of substances
hazardous for health) and manual handling operations regulations 1992. Moreover, legislations
for Safeguarding protection & welfare of children includes Food safety act 1990 and Children
Act 1989. Additionally, Equality, diversity & inclusion consists laws including Equality Act and
Children & Families Act.
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1.3 Roles of regulatory bodies
The regulatory bodies plays an important role in relation with home based carers in terms
of providing appropriate guidelines to them and make sure that they are following them in proper
manner (Lee, Shin and Recchia, 2016). However, they have main role to protect, promote and
maintain health & safety of children with the help of ensuring correct standards in practices of
child carers.
TASK 2
2.1 Importance of balanced risk management
The importance of balanced risk management is all about to managed them to avoid their
negative impacts of lives of kids. It is necessary to first determine indoor and outdoor risk so that
they can be removed appropriately. Moreover, indoor risk includes slippery floors, fire, poor
lightning & unsafe machinery whereas outdoor risks consist of railroad track, ponds, sharp
branches of plants and garages (Recchia, 2015).
2.2 Principles of safe supervision
The principles which should be followed in home based settings includes general
supervisions involving equipments & chemical must be stored carefully, areas of water and
dustbins should not be accessible to children. Meanwhile, gates must be securely fastened,
overall paved areas should be safe and plant life in garden is required to be secure.
2.3 Procedure related to medication
The respective procedures are given below –
Storage of medication – This involves storage of medication in dry and cool place with
required temperature mostly including 2-8 degree Celsius.
Administration of medication – It involves to take medication through certain routes
such as oral, otic, rectal and subcutaneous (Frimpong‐Manso, 2014).
Record keeping with regard to medication – The process includes Unique Clinic
Identity Document, Integrate accurately & completely, Record only through EMR and Patient
records on cloud is better.
2.4 Risk assessment of home
Risk assessment –
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Indoor risks – This includes electrical equipments, unsafe machines, slippery floors, fire,
sharp instruments and glass products.
Outdoor risks – It consists of ponds, railroad tracks, roads, vehicles, garden area, garage
and pets.
2.5 Maintain safe and healthy environment of children
a) Preparing formula feeds – It involves to clean hands with soap and water before preparing
baby food and feeding them approximately.
b) Sterilisation of feeding equipments – This includes to use sterilising tablets, boiled water
with using brush and steam sterilising respectively.
c) Preparation & storage of food – It consists to prepare ready made baby food or it can be
home made by mashing certain fruits or cooked vegetables. They can be stored by making ice
cubes of mashed food through freezing (Ireland and Glasper, 2017).
d) Safe disposal of waste – This involves composting & vermicomposting, land filling and
incineration.
e) Care of pets – Separate them from baby's room and do not allow pets to stay nearby new
born.
2.6 Actions take in certain situations
Actions to be taken are given below –
Accidents – Fire: Alert everyone, call fire brigade, try to take steps on individual level to prevent
fire from spreading and stay outside with baby & other few valuable things.
Incidents – Child fall down from bed: put clean cloth to stop bleeding and take immediately to
hospital.
Emergencies – Child not eating anything and crying: Try to analyse desire of baby and get
immediate medical treatment accordingly (Forbes and Jackson, 2014).
TASK 3
3.1 Handout for parents and carers
Safe guarding refers to protect children from harm or damage with an appropriate
measure or technique.
Duty of care can be described as a moral or legal obligation to make sure the safety or
well being of children.
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Child protection can be explained as to save kids from violence, exploitation, abuse and
neglect.
3.2 Regulatory requirements for safeguarding children
The regulatory requirements motivate a person to follow correct guidelines in respect of
safeguarding children. It involves legal rules relevant to child care which are mandatory to
follow for every citizen of country.
3.3 Local authority safeguarding procedures
The procedure of local authority for safeguarding consist, setting of desired policies,
monitor to ensure for obeying guidelines, enquiry about related issue and promote required
principles including empowerment, protection, prevention, proportionality, partnership and
accountability.
3.4 Roles and responsibilities of home based carers
They have certain roles and responsibilities to make sure safety & healthy of children
including several tasks such as personal grooming, meal preparation, feeding and light
housework.
3.5 Signs, symptoms, indicators and behaviour
Signs and symptoms
Domestic abuse – Limited contact of child with others, inappropriate academic results,
trauma and physical injuries.
Neglect – Poor growth, hiding food for later and dental or psychological problems.
Physical abuse – Unexplained injuries like bruises, Fractures or burns with unmatched
explanations.
Emotional abuse – Loss of self confidence, social withdrawal, depression, desperately
seeks affection and delayed emotional development (Rosenthal, 2014).
Sexual abuse – Blood in child's underwear, statements of sexually abused and
inappropriate sexual behaviour.
3.6 Actions to be taken of harm or abuse is suspected
Child abuse or consciously harm is a legal offence so that if such issue will get disclosed
then it is necessary to ensure the same and them report it to their desired legal departments. It is
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essential for complaint to police departments, NGOs and Child care homes about child abuse
immediately.
3.7 Procedures to be followed by lone workers
The processes followed by lone workers includes medical test to ensure fitness, leave
written details about working hours, changes in plan should be report to managers immediately,
access to adequate first aid facilities and respond correctly in emergency
3.8 Safeguarding policy
The safeguarding policies involves anti- bullying policy, child sexual exploitation policy,
Domestic Abuse & Operation Encompass Policy, and health & safety policy to save children
from different harm or abuse.
TASK 4
4.1 Roles of home based childcarer in supporting equality, diversity and inclusion for children
Home based childcarer plays an important role in supporting equality, diversity and
inclusion through behaving in equal and fair manner with each child. It involves to generate
inclusive culture for children and make sure about equal access to several opportunities and
enable them to develop to their full potential.
4.2 Impact of own attitude, values and behaviour
My own attitude, values and behaviour effects my way of supporting the equality,
diversity and inclusion among children which are helpful to me while establishing fair
environment with equal opportunities for them (Williams and et. al., 2014).
TASK 5
5.1 Children's well being in England
In context of England, it is analysed that problem of child poverty is more in England
than other respective countries of United kingdom. Poor condition of parents is observed in
England which impact negatively on condition of children in terms of their requirements.
5.2 Plan for children aged between birth to 7 years
The plan of children aged between birth to 7 years required sensitive care, safe &
interesting environment, address their curiosity, responds to growing understandings, coordinate
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with their physical abilities, communicate with them regularly, help them to learn new aspects
and access to developing opportunities.
5.3 Plan for children aged 7 years and older
The plan for 7 years and older children should involve to make them able to conduct
regular physical activities, balance diet, perform simple chores including making their bed &
sweeping floors, provide frequent encouragement, render growth opportunities for studies and
healthcare needs.
5.4 Strategies to encourage healthy eating
Strategies for healthy eating –
 Have regular family meals.
 Serve a variety of healthy food items and snacks.
 Be a role model for child by eating healthy food.
 Avoid battles over relevant to food products.
 Involve kids in this process and avoid junk food regularly.
5.5 Reasons for special dietary requirements
The reasons for special dietary requirements is basically to avoid health problems which
are given below –
 Lactose intolerance which requires to avoid milk and its relevant products.
Diabetes that needs to avoid sugary eatable items and high fat food (Royer and Moreau, 2016).
 Coeliac disease which requires to eat gluten free diet.
 Extra weight gain or obesity to avoid fat consisting products.
 Cystic fibrosis which needs to eat more to gain desired nutrients in body.
TASK 6
6.1 Partnership established by home based childcarer
Partnerships made by home based carer are given below –
 Partnerships with parents of child.
 Partnership with reporting manager.
 Partnership with social workers.
 Partnership with health visitors.
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6.2 Benefits of working in partnerships
Benefits –
 It helps to make appropriate decision making for child care.
 It supports to reduce inequalities in health actions of professionals.
 This will provide support to enhance learning and development of child in proper
manner.
 It is helpful to maintain health of child in correct way.
It will render support to fulfil every need of child properly to facilitate their development in
future (Thompson, 2015).
6.3 How to establish partnership with parents
Partnerships is considered as reciprocal process which consists listening and sharing
views of each other. The establishment of partnership of parents with carers through realising
family dynamics and adjust yourself with them to work together in order to provide care for
child. Moreover, co- creation of child care goals, involve parents to make respective decisions
and discuss about development of their kid along with sharing own views & listening their
opinions.
6.4 Support of working in partnership regarding home learning environment
Support for learning environment by partnership working –
 It is helpful to find out distraction free zone at home for learning.
 Make best use of learning materials with mutual understanding.
 It will facilitate to establish motivated environment for development of child.
 The parents and child carers must have positive attitude and behaviour towards child.
6.5 Boundaries of confidentiality
The confidentiality has certain boundaries which are based on mutual respect, trust and
honesty while providing care to children (Reshma, Aithal and Acharya, 2015). It involves to
basically follow ethical and legal norms while considering boundaries of confidentiality for
maintain desired information about child secret. Moreover, child carer is required to obey The
Data Protection Act 1998 to secure sensitive personal information.
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TASK 7
7.1 Areas of learning and development
There are different types of areas in which learning and development are required
regarding growth of a child in proper manner. It involves several fields such as Education,
Emotional development, health, self care abilities, social presentation, relationships, identity and
family. Moreover, child carers are required to focus on such areas relevant to learning and
development to make sure about growth of child.
7.2 Factors influencing children development
The factors influencing can be considered as innate and environmental which should be
observed and analysed to avoid problems along with improving positive effects of such elements
respectively. It involves several components such as genetic endowment, prenatal environment,
temperament, nutrition, housing, medical care, basic safety, education and family support of a
child.
7.3 Difference between consequence and rate of development
The consequence of child involves their abuse and harm whereas development involves
their growth of skills & abilities. It is observed that cases of sexual, emotional and physical abuse
in children which impacts negatively on their rate of development. However, it is observed that
child abuse activities are increased which results into reducing of delayed or inappropriate
development (Raver, 2014).
7.4 Key milestones in development from birth to 12 years
Key milestones –
Physical development – These milestones includes both large and fine motor skills in
order to develop conduct regular activities, complete homework, sit up unaided, walk, roll a ball
and stand without assistance.
Social and emotional development – It involves milestones hold a cup of tea & drink,
imitate simple actions, feed themselves and express anxiety.
Cognitive development – These milestones includes imitate gestures, respond with
gestures & sounds and manipulate objects.
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Speech, language and communication development – It involves milestones like
understand names of many people, use body language & facial expressions to express their
feelings, halt their actions and pronunciation simple words.
7.5 Impact on children's learning
The positive and favourable environment is required to be established for learning of
children which provide support to learn new aspects of life in appropriate manner.
Positive relationships – The positive relationship with child facilitate to motivate them
for learning and clear their doubts properly and enhance their knowledge and capabilities.
Environment – It is essential to make effective environment for learning which render
help to children to gain better knowledge and skills for further growth in future.
7.6 Factors influencing children's behaviour
There are several factors which impacts on behaviour of a child and ensure speciality of
their nature as well. It involves various components such as heredity, environment, gender,
exercise & health, hormones, nutrition, family background, geographical influence, socio-
economic status and learning as well as reinforcement.
7.7 Strategies for managing children's behaviour
In context to manage children’s behaviour, it is necessary for parents of child carers to
establish strong relation with them which helps a child to feel safe and self-confident. It involves
to praise them by giving a special outing, stars on chart, provide special food or snack as reward
to motivate them for managing their behaviour.
TASK 8
Covered in PPT
TASK 9
9.1 Learning about children through observing them playing
By observing children an individual can learn about the behaviour and nature. This will
further assist a person in maintaining a proper relationship with them. Along with this, through
observation an individual can learn about how a children develop emotionally and morally.
Therefore, nurture and caring of children become easier with the help of observing children in a
better manner.
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9.2 Observations
To plan for individual children's need – Actions, expressions, gestures and behaviour
helps to determine needs of a child.
For early intervention – Affect disability and determine cause of delayed development.
To review the environment – People present in play area, books in hand and relevant
interest of children.
During transition – Needs of child during transition, behaviour and worried expressions
(Blevins-Knabe and Austin, 2016).
When working in partnership – To make correct decision about children with mutual
understanding to fulfil their actual needs accurately.
9.3 How early intervention supports children's development
Early intervention always helps children in using their skills and knowledge in an
appropriate manner so that they can be develop their intellectual mind. Other than this, early
intervention aid guardian in having proper information related to the needs and requirements of a
children so that it can be fulfilled.
9.4 Work with others to make plan related needs and interests of children
Working with others including parents and close ones of children will facilitate to
understand actual needs of them. It will provide support to make children safe and confident
along with fulfilling their needs as per their interests.
CONCLUSION
The above report conclude that home based child care can be described as to render care of
kids by creche, nursery or childminder. It includes that play is important for their cognitive,
social, emotional and physical development which ensure their well-being as well.
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