Unit 003 - Professional Practice as an Early Years and Childcare Worker

6 August

These digital and print-based resources provide an important foundation for learners to gain knowledge to give learners an understanding of the role, responsibilities, accountabilities and professional standards of an early years childcare worker including working in partnership with others and as part of a team.

Documents

Understand the role, responsibilities and accountabilities of an early years and childcare worker

Know how to develop and maintain effective partnership working with others in early years and childcare

Know how effective team working supports good practice in early years and childcare, play and health and social care (team meeting elements refer to those working within a team and would not include those working alone, e.g. childminders)

Know how to handle information in early years and childcare

Understand the importance of upholding the profession of early years and childcare worker

Know how continuing professional development contributes to professional practice

These resources are intended as a starting point for your teaching and learning and are in no way indicative of what will be covered in an exam. These should be blended with other content to provide students with a fully rounded learning experience.

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Unit 003 - Professional Practice as an Early Years and Childcare Worker

Documents

Understand the role, responsibilities and accountabilities of an early years and childcare worker

Professional responsibilities with the context of relevant legislative frameworks, standards, codes of conduct and professional practice

The scope and purpose of the early years, childcare and play sector

The purpose of job descriptions and person specifications for defining expectations, recognising and adhering to limitations and responsibilities and seeking additional support

The purposes of policies and procedures and how to find out about and follow policies and procedures

Why it is important to report practices that are unsafe or conflict with Codes of Conduct and Professional Practice and what is meant by duty of care and why it’s important to be honest

Conflicts and dilemmas that may arise between duty of care and the rights of children and their families/carers

Accountability for quality of own practice

The importance of reflection

The term ‘confidentiality’, how it can be maintained and circumstances when confidential information must be passed on and to whom

Know how to develop and maintain effective partnership working with others in early years and childcare

The principles of working in partnership with others and importance of multi-agency working

Range and roles of workers and professionals

Developing good relationships when working with other workers and families in ways that build trust

Respecting diversity and recognizing cultural, religious and ethnic differences

Know how effective team working supports good practice in early years and childcare, play and health and social care (team meeting elements refer to those working within a team and would not include those working alone, e.g. childminders)

Types of team working and structure, core principles that underpin effective team working and the way they contribute to the well-being of children and their families

Know how to handle information in early years and childcare

Handling information, data protection, legislation and Codes of Conduct and Professional Practice that relate to handling and storing information

Secure systems used for recording and storing information, why it’s important for recording and storing information and manual and electronic information storage systems

What information needs to be recorded, reported and stored, ways to record written information with accuracy, clarity, relevance and detail

The difference between fact, opinion and judgement and understanding this when recording information about children and sharing recorded information with individuals

Understand the importance of upholding the profession of early years and childcare worker

Positive role modelling, importance of behaviour in the workplace, the relationship between use of social media and personal conduct and misuse and implications of this on practice

Why it’s important not to form inappropriate relationships with children and their families and recognise the power that comes from your role and not abuse this power

Know how continuing professional development contributes to professional practice

The term ‘continuing professional development’

Legislative requirements, standards and codes of conduct and professional practice that relate to continuing professional development

The Welsh Language Standards

How to evaluate own knowledge, understanding and practice, and the responsibilities of employers for continuing professional practice

Learning opportunities available to employers and workers and how these can be used to improve knowledge and practice

Why it’s important to seek and learn from feedback on practice from children, families, carers, colleagues and others

The principles and use of reflective practice and the importance of effective supervision, reflective practice and learning opportunities on the well-being of children and their families

Professional Practice as an Early Years and Childcare Worker The purpose of supervision and appraisal and the role and responsibilities of employers and workers for undertaking supervision and appraisal

Areas of work where literacy, numeracy, and digital competency skills are needed to support professional practice and ways to develop own literacy, numeracy and digital competency

Ways to develop own Welsh language skills to support the language choice of children and their families/carers