CHC30113 & CHCLEG001: Legal and Ethical Compliance in Early Childhood

This document presents a student's written assessment for CHCLEG001, a unit within the CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care. The assessment addresses key components of the National Quality Framework (NQF), including the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), National Quality Standards (NQS), and the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010, explaining their influence on educators' practices. It also defines 'duty of care' and provides examples of how to exercise it in various situations, such as ensuring safe equipment, managing snack and meal times, and supervising outdoor play. Furthermore, the assessment emphasizes the importance of understanding workplace policies and procedures, detailing the review process, frequency, and stakeholder involvement. This resource is useful for students seeking to understand legal and ethical responsibilities within early childhood education, and Desklib provides additional study tools and solved assignments for further learning.

CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically

33489B/02 Written assessment
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Assessment number Assessment deliverables
33489B/01 Quiz
33489B/02 Written assessment
33489B/03 Project
Part A – Short answer questions
 Answer the following questions.
 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 answer questions accurately, please use the additional resources and the course content
within OpenSpace. Make sure to refer to applicable legislation including the National Quality
Standard and Education and Care Services National Regulations, along with the Belonging, Being
and Becoming – The Early Years Learning Framework, the Early Childhood Australia Code of
Ethics, policies and procedures common to early childhood education and care services, position
descriptions detailing an educator’s duty of care responsibilities, and/or other sources such as
professional readings along with the course textbook and identified key resources.
 Ensure you acknowledge and cite your sources accordingly. This is important whether you use
your own words or quote the author’s words. For more information on referencing and
plagiarism, refer to the ‘Academic reference guide’ in the Student Handbook.

Short Answer questions and model answers
1. Complete the table below by outlining how the components of the National Quality
Framework (NQF) listed influence educators practice, in an education and care setting.
Key components of the National Quality
Framework (NQF)
How does each component influence
educators practice in an education and care
setting.
1. Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) This is nationally approved learning framework.
This framework approved through Australian
National Quality framework. Early years
learning framework influence educator to
practice within education and care setting
through helping educator to pick up children's
interest and plan programming. This can
depends on children's interest along with
recording observation through used in learning
outcome.
2. National Quality Standards This influence educator for the education and
care setting within seven quality areas to meet
the all services. This allows to ensure about
providing better education to children for their
better future. National quality standard enable
educator to ensure about safeguarding and
promoting children's health and safety. Educator
should also ensure about the minimizing risk
and protecting children from injury harm along
with infection.
3. The Education and Care Services National
Law Act 2010
NQS is used by Education and Care Services.
Together they set the standard for nation for
longest day care for kindergarden and
preshchool, outside school, family day care by
delivering all services. This law ensures about
better education to children. This is nationally
approved law for better response. This describes
about educator practices within education and
care setting where educator should ensure about
children's health, safety and well-being during
attending education and care services.
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Assessor Feedback
Thank you, Rosy; your response outlines the influence of each component of the National
Quality Framework

You might like to consider information in:
TOPIC 1.1.2 Identify, access and interpret sources of information about the legal
requirements that apply to the work role.
Such as: EYLF
 Every approved early childhood service in Australia must provide a
curriculum/program that is approved by the National Quality Framework.
 The Early Years Learning Framework is the nationally approved learning
framework.
 By gaining an understanding of The Early Years Learning Framework, the educator
can develop effective and helpful programs for children.
Such as: NQS
 The NQS influences educators in an education and care setting by clearly laying out
the seven quality areas that must be met by all services.
 Each service is rated on all seven quality areas using the national quality and
assessment rating process.
Such as The Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010l
 The NQF is underpinned by the Education and Care Services National Law
(‘National Law’) and Education and Care Services National Regulations (‘National
Regulations’).
 Together they set the National Quality Standard and the regulatory framework for
most long day care, preschool/kindergarten, family day care and outside school
hours care services in all states and territories.
Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 20th December 2021
2. Please include responses to points A & B
A) In your own words, define ‘duty of care’
Duty of care refers to being responsible for children's safety and their well-being within care
and it also ensure about diligence for minimizing any possibility of harm. It can also relates
with not only action but can cause harm and injury.
Correct
Duty of Care is an integral part of our daily practice with young children and is a huge

responsibility.
B) Complete the table below by explaining two ways you could exercise your duty of care in an
education and care setting, in relation to the situations described.
Situation Description of ways to exercise duty of care in an education
and care setting
1. Safe equipment In this, there is need to ensure about the safe use of equipment
and their placement within premises. This can allow for better
safety and avoid the risk of harm.
2. at snack and meal times They should ensure that every child get their proportion of
daily food consumption.
Educator should also ensure that every child should get
fulfilled their specific needs.
3. when supervising outdoor
play.
Educator should maintain accountability for every child safety.
They should ensure that every child should be in observation
and there is no risk of neglect.
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This question is asking you to explore what your duty of care would be in each scenario.
Duty of Care is an integral part of our daily practice with young children and is a huge
responsibility.
Refer to Learner Guide Topic 1:1.4 Adhere to legal requirements in work practice
according to policies and procedures and scope of role
Access LINK 14 for an excellent reading.
For instance:
Our duty of care when setting up the indoor environment involves many aspects such as:
*** Supervision
*** safe equipment
*** educators being engaged with children to maintain purposeful play

*** hazards being inaccessible to children
*** knowing where first aid is if required
Our duty of care can also extend to ensuring that each child is emotionally safe and the
resources are appropriate.
Consider that meal times are a great opportunity for socialisation for young children.
We as adults love to chat with our friends over a meal!
Conversation and discussions should be encouraged.
Creating different learning areas outdoors is a good way to ensure physical and emotional
health and safety of the children, and therefore our commitment to our duty of care.
Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 20th December 2021
3. Instructions
For this question, please refer to the resource kit activity in your learner guide in 3.1 Identify
situations where work practices could be improved to meet legal and ethical responsibilities and
3.3 Identify and take opportunities to contribute to the review and development of policies and
protocols.
A. Explain why it is important for educators to understand the policies and procedures of
their workplace
It is important perform an active role for contributing along with participating to meet the
legal requirement that can help to improve the quality of care within workplace.
This have the legal requirement of services in which staff should act consistently to fulfil
the purpose by following policy and procedures.
This is a clear explanation of the value of policies-thank you
This is because they are a legal requirement of a service; the staff must all act
consistently within the policy and procedures for compliance purposes.
B.
(i) How often should policies and procedures be reviewed?
Policy and procedure should be reviewed on regular basis, usually every year. Here, it
refers to NQS where policies should be reviewed annually as regular basis.
Yes, this is correct-the the online learning outlines this at section:
1.3.1 Identify situations where work practices could be improved to meet legal

and ethical responsibilities and it states:
that “It is an NQS that policies should be reviewed on a regular basis, usually
annually
(ii)Who is involved in the review of the policies and procedures?
Senior staff member and all other staff should be involved in review of policy along with
procedures. Through following standard guidelines can help to develop and update policies
without stress. This requires to includes all the staff members while implementing policies.
This can help to provide sense of ownership, less dissatisfaction and commitment regarding
implementation.
Yes, these are the relevant stakeholders; there is usually a group of staff
responsible for this. The link from the learner guide to the resource “How to
develop and update policies without stress” states the following:
The most effective approach to creating or updating policies is to include all staff
as they will be implementing the policies on a daily basis. Their involvement will
promote a sense of ownership, less dissatisfaction and greater commitment to
implementation.
It may not be possible to have the entire team involved but, at a minimum, all
current staff members should sign-off on the final document to ensure their
awareness and understanding of the content.
(iii) Why do we consult with others when reviewing the policies and procedures of the
service?
This can be help to get ensure that these draft policies help to allow for testing that can help
to meet the changes to meet the identified requirements. This can allow to reach the high
quality outcomes for children.
It provides an opportunity to develop best practice policies that meet high quality
outcomes for children.
C. Explain the procedure for reviewing policies and procedures.
In your answer consider:
- who should be involved in the policy review
- how you can contribute to the review.
Procedure of reviewing the polices and procedure may include
 First gathering team of educators along with appointing leader educator.
 Then after reviewing the service philosophy to ensure about the relevant and
current.
 Then there is need to create policy review schedule.
 Breaking the task within manageable portions which can enable to work within

small team for others to review along with consolidating.
 Gathering feedback from families and staff members.
 Testing the policies.
Director, families, children and staff member should be involved in this policy review.
I can contribute in this policy review by volunteering time for the development along
with evaluation for policies. Reflecting own practices in area of development.
Contributing for continuous improvement. Participating within team meetings.
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Assessor Feedback
C. Rosy, this is asking for a review process and how you can contribute to this review.
I refer you to the online learning at the section 1.3.1 Identify situations where work
practices could be improved to meet legal and ethical responsibilities
Here is a great resource to SAVE: How to Develop and Update Policies Successfully
(without the stress) page 18 of
how to series Policies approved v2.indd (acecqa.gov.au)
I would anticipate a competent response to look like the following:
The procedure for reviewing policies is:
 first gather a team of educators and appoint a Lead Educator
 Review the service philosophy to ensure it is relevant and current
 create a policy review schedule,
 break the task into manageable portions that can be worked on by a small team and
referred back to others for review and consolidation.
 Feedback to staff and families
 Test the policies
The people who should be involved are:
 The Director, staff, families and children
I could contribute to this review by
 volunteering your time for the development or evaluation of policies
 reflecting on your own practices and identifying areas for improvement
 contributing to continuous improvement

 participating in team meetings
 keeping up to date with legislation and recommended care practices.
Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 20th December 2021
4. (i) Explain the process you would follow to make an ethical decision.
There is need to use the problem solving techniques which may include the essential skill
within workplace. This can be effective through guiding individual for resolving ethical
dilemma within workplace. There are some of the steps which can ensure about resolving
issues and making decision. These steps may include-
 Defining problems
 Thinking of possible solutions
 Considering pros and cons of every possible solution
 Choose best solution
 Planning
 Act and evaluating
Please resubmit here
Assessor Feedback V2
(ii) Identify and cite 2 sources relevant to your work role that would guide you in making
responsible ethical decisions in your work role.
Following policy and procedure and code of ethics are some of the sources which are relevant
to work role for guiding for making responsibilities in ethical decision.
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Assessor Feedback
(i) Rosy this is asking for a process for making ethical decisions.
I am curious to know if the Online Learning was accessed.
The online learning at section 1.2.6 Use effective problem-solving techniques when
exposed to competing value systems provides a detailed process to support making
ethical decisions
Please access this information to provide the correct response-please resubmit part (i)
(ii) The code of ethics and the policies and procedures are correct
Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 20th December 2021