Home Based Childcare Essay

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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