All the early care setting should have equality policies and procedures in order to avoid any form of discrimination. The UN Convention on the Rights of the child 1991, states that each country should protect children from discrimination and to promote children rights. Equality policies and procedures should include children, staff members and families. Each setting should set up their own policies and procedures in relation with the current legislative framework – The Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004. Policy is a strategy, rule, plan or guideline proposed by an organization/individual in order to help taking decisions and action in achieving organization’s goals. Procedures are actions, steps taken in order to apply the policies in the setting. …show more content…
The aims of equality policies and procedures in early child care and education is to encourage children and adults to achieve their full potential, making the environment a place where everyone feels valued and respected. The staff working with children should improve their knowledge about culture, beliefs and disabilities, in order to prepare children to live in a diverse society. Having written policy and procedures in the setting will help the staff to provide a high quality childcare practice. Staff and parents meetings should be used also for discussion about discrimination and prejudice concerns in order to be solved and to create new strategies and programme to use for making children understand the equality and
Task 2 2.1 Explaining the implementation of policies e.g. confidentiality, every child matters; legislation- Care Act 2014, regulations by Care Quality Commission (CQC) and codes of practice that are relevant to Rachel finding a care home for her mother Current Policies e.g. Confidentiality and every child matters Act- the every child matters involves the health and social care workers ensuring that all the young people and children achieve the five outcomes that include being healthy, stay safe, to make positive contribution, enjoy and achieve the economic well being (Goodpaster and Nash, 2000). Confidentiality policy ensures that personal information is not accessed by the unauthorised persons. These policies will thus assure that Rachel his young person’s rights are respected and he mother’s confidential
Here at this child care we strongly feel and are committed in encouraging children and families from all social class, religion, race and disability to achieve his/her full potential. We are very aware of just how important it is to share awareness of diversity and cultural experiences to help others become aware of
able to recognise and challenge it. Practitioners and children and young people’s organisations generally aim to be inclusive and welcoming to all children and families who wish to use their services, despite this, overt discrimination does sometimes occur, this can be the result of, Individual staff members favouring some children and families or treating others in a less favourable way because of prejudices that they hold
an inclusive workplace is the best way to combat stereotyping, if a childcare setting has a mixture of different cultures, races, ages and sexes. Languages from around the world can be displayed around the setting and pictures of children with disabilities, different faiths and ethnic backgrounds. Also the setting could have recipes from around the world based on the ethnic backgrounds of the users of the
Working together to safeguard children (2013)- Outlines the legal requirement for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people , the roles and responsibilities of professionals and how organization and individual should work together to keep children safe from harm. The munro review of child protection; moving towards child centered system (2012)- Outlines a more child—focused system in safeguarding childrenâ€TMs welfare and explores how the right wishes, feeling and experiences of children and young people inform and shape the provision of services . The safeguarding and welfare requirements of the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage (2014)- Outlines the responsibilities of registered providers for children aged 0-5 years to safeguard children, promote good health, ensure the suitability of adults who have contact with children and maintain records, policies and
• Engage in ongoing learning and reflective practice in order to become culturally competent. • Demonstrate behaviours and attitudes that reflect the values and principles of the service regarding cross-cultural relationships. • Consider the rights and best interests of the children, as they are paramount. • Acknowledge that children are competent and capable learners. • Engage in practices that reflect equity, inclusion and diversity.
Anti-discriminatory practice is to help support all work with children, young people and their families. It is important that settings promote anti-discriminatory practice by offering equality of opportunity and being inclusive to all children who attend the setting. Anti-discriminatory practice is also all about the implementation of the work settings equal opportunities policy in all aspects of the setting such as the curriculum which members of staff have to follow in order to plan, deliver and evaluate daily. It is important that members of staff in a work setting make sure that each individual child has an opportunity to take part and participate in all activities whether it is indoors or outdoors in order to achieve their learning potential of what is expected of them according to their age development. It is important that when working with children all members of staff and practitioners must have a
My practice adheres to the Equality Act 2010, to ensure that children are not discriminated and furthermore to help achieve equal opportunities. (Equality Act 2012). And The United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (1983), Article 28 states “ children have the right to a good quality education “ and Article 29 states “ your educator should help you use and develop your talents and abilities “. (UNCRC
Assignment: Outline how legislation, policies and procedures relating to health, safety and security influence health and social care settings. Go on to describe how those legislation, policies and procedures promote the safety of individuals in your health or social care setting. Policies, procedures and legislation are found in every establishment. They are required to have them in place in order to protect and keep the employers, employees and service users safe. Legislations in an establishment are a groups of laws set by the government that must be followed otherwise an individual will be prosecuted.
Throughout history, there have been many extraordinary people that have made a great impact on our society. These important people have changed the way people look at social issues. Society is forever changing and many people resist change. Resistance is counterproductive and does not allow people to progress. Many visionaries have been assassinated and these assassinations have limited the power that individuals have to make a difference; whether it’s their natural rights, their death or how they influenced society.
INTRODUCTION This tasks is about issues of inequality in early childhood in a childcare setting. It also addresses the legislation and official guidance in equality and special education needs that relate to ethical practice in early childhood. Also, it draws on theories and applicable suggestions that relate to identity development and its influence on children and adults. The areas I will focus on the issues of inequality are: disabilities/special educational needs, cultural and identity development and offer recommendations and conclusions on the task.
From a very young age, I have always had my eye set on helping the disadvantaged or the unfortunate, and for this reason being an Equality and Diversity Officer seems like the perfect job for me. An Equality and Diversity officer helps promote good relations and practices for different minority groups. They cover different equality related fields such as- age, gender, disability, economic background, race, religion or sexual orientation. People in this field work in many areas such as the community, the local work place, universities, schools, social welfare organizations and many more. Some of the responsibilities of the job include- running training sessions, promoting and applying different diversity initiatives, raising awareness in different
As I role model and leader for the children in my setting I demonstrate a positive attitude and behavior towards all the children in my setting. Center for Studies on Inclusive , Armstrong and Moore, (2004). Suggests that “ It is critical that every child is provided with equal opportunities to learn about and experience their culture and that they face no barriers to their learning.” Alongside this statement Every Child Matters Green Paper,(2003) also suggests that “It is also equally important that children are taught the skills that enable them to remain safe and healthy, to achieve everything that they are
Also, equality is very important in the workplace. It is common in businesses for employers to treat their employees unequal (Rosen, n.d.). If a male and a female is doing the same job, the male should not be paid a higher salary. Also, everyone should have equal opportunities and shouldn’t be denied a promotion or training because of discriminatory reasons. The enactment of the Equal Pay Act 1963 was for the purpose of ensuring that all employees are treated fairly at all stages of the employment process.
In an Early Childcare setting us as practitioners must value diversity and leave our own perceptions and stereotypes outside of the workplace. As humans we categorise