Unit 5. Describe the responsibility of the practitioner in professional relationships

E2 Discuss TWO (2) issues which contribute to maintaining professional relationships with children and adults

Communication is an important issue which contributes to maintaining professional relationships because creating an environment where parents and children feel comfortable enough to communicate with you about anything, whether good or bad is vital to ensure that the children get the most out of their experience in the setting. Without up to date information we would not preserve friendships and gain information. Being able to communicate efficiently with other professional’s benefits the child immensely and also supports them. Children can pick up on bad relationships between adults or between peers and can cause them to be anxious and they will become unsettled. In my placement the staff members all have a pigeon hole where parents can place any type of letters or notes in them, they could be complaints or praise and the staff always try and respond to the parents at the end of the day or if they can’t at the end of the day then the next day. This shows a form of communication between parents and staff members. Confidentiality is also an essential way to help with maintaining professional relationships because it shows the other person that they can trust and confide in you with all of the important information. If you break a confidentiality agreement, it can immediately shatter the trust that your client’s places in you and by doing this you can also place the child and their family in instant danger and can cause themselves to be harmed. As a practitioner you should always respect the child and their families just as they respect you. Maintaining confidentiality ensures that the child can always be at their best and always get the best also maintaining confidentiality means that parents feel much more comfortable talking to you about issues which then you as a practitioner can support them and the child through.

 E3 Explain the value of a multi-professional approach when working with children and parents

Write about benefits to the:

• Child
• Parents and
• Practitioners 

…Working in a multi-professional approach. You need to clearly explain how this relates to each of the three areas.

This could include:

Improving outcomes

• Early intervention
• Single point of contact
• Holistic approach
• Providing children/ families with what want/need
• Job satisfaction
• Professional development…

Other

E6 Explain the importance of valuing children’s interests and experience

Write about reasons why it is important to value children's interests and experiences. Reasons may include:

• Supports identity
• Self esteem/confidence
• Respect
• Learning/development
• Planning appropriate activities/experiences
• Meeting individual needs
• Effective working relationships
• Other

Do not forget to include:

Link to practice

E8: Shown an understanding of diversity and inclusive practice

E9: References to back you up

It is important to show children that you as a practitioner care about them. By asking children the most simplest of questions tells them that you value their thoughts and feelings, for example if you ask a child what they would like to play with rather than setting out what you think they should play with, it gives them a sense of responsibility and its telling them that you respect and value what they feel. It makes them feel more comfort table around you and this can not only benefit them but it can also benefit you as a practitioner as well

A1 Evaluate how the current research can support practitioners’ professional practice

ICAN is a charity for children and its main purpose is to support children who have speech and language difficulties. This type of charity supports practitioners immensely as it gives practitioners the understanding of a child with a speech or language development and it helps practitioners to know how to support the child. This charity shows practitioners how to support a child - with a speech or language difficulty - in the best possible way and in the best manner available. This has an impact on the setting because it helps the setting to provide the needs and requirements for the children with speech and language difficulty. The main target of the More Great Childcare research is to construct a workforce that is much more able, stronger and beneficial to children, practitioners and the setting itself by adding more constructive and careful training and also accumulating more qualifications. This links to practice in many ways because practitioners are being suggested to go to these training sessions as it will support them in their effort to support the child and build on their professional status. When the practitioners obtain the accurate skills to work with the children it makes it significantly easier to support and work with the children and their families. Play England’s aim is for al all children to have the freedom, opportunity, space and funds to play throughout their childhood and teenage lives. Some of their aims are to ensure that the neighbourhoods where people live are child friendly so this helps children to regularly play outside, another aim of Play England is to make certain that the importance of play is well recognized throughout England. This links to practice because in an early year setting it is important that children are always given the chance to play whether outdoors or indoors. Playing outdoors means bikes, climbing frames and developing their gross motor skills, playing indoors could mean painting, drawing and expanding their fine motor skills.