CACHE Level 2: Unit 5. The 4 aspects of professional practice that I have chosen are: Non-judgemental approaches to practice Time keeping and attendance Short and long term planning Supporting colleagues

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D1. The 4 aspects of professional practice that I have chosen are:

Non-judgemental approaches to practice
Time keeping and attendance
Short and long term planning
Supporting colleagues

D2. The reasons why the 4 aspects of professional practices are important because:

Non-judgemental approaches to the practice is very important because you can’t just be pointing fingers at anyone in the setting because you feel that you are right because the same thing might happen to you and you would not like to be blamed for something that you did not do.
Good time keeping and the attendance is very important because so many people rely on you to be carrying out your responsibilities this includes the team, the parents and the children.
Short and long term planning is important because you will need to use the plan for certain amount of months or years like a short term plan could be for a child or keyworker who just started in your setting and will only be there for a few months that is when the short term plan comes in but if the child or the keyworker will be there for several years or more that is where the long term plan will come in.
Supporting colleagues is important because you are a team and if you were to need help your colleagues would think back to the time that you helped them and help you to. When helping colleagues this would also mean during the setting and also probably outside the setting as well.

D3. When developing the knowledge or skills that will improve aspect of professional practice the practitioner would have to cooperate with each aspect of the professional aspect:

When developing the knowledge and skills of Non-judgemental approach in the practice the practitioner would have to always find evidence linking to a crime and the person who committed the crime before pointing fingers at a person. When taking a non-judgemental approach in the setting this shows a positive aspect of work and also that the practitioner is ready to commit to their work in the setting, the practitioner has also shown positive attitude by not using a judgemental approach in the nursery setting. E.g. Practitioner C’s favourite pen goes missing during lunch and practitioner A says that it was practitioner B that took it because they were in the staff room where the pen was last seen practitioner B says that it was not them and feel disgraced and embarrassed for being accused of stealing but during another break practitioner C finds their pen in their store locker and apologizes to practitioner B for any hardship cause during the situation practitioner A also apologizes.
When developing knowledge and skill of good time keeping and attendance in the practice the practitioner would have to always plan ahead of time when ever giving a task to complete, have a time chart so that they may highlight their day and what time they are scheduled to do everything e.g. Your nursery is attending a trip to the museum and you as the practitioner have been told that due to the low amount of staff members you will have to accompany the nursery you the practitioner have told your manager that you will attend but the day of the trip you do not turn up because you have overslept. In order for this not to happen to you the practitioner would have to have set out your day before the trip get your clothes and any equipment needed ready, set and alarm for 30 minutes before your usual time of waking up for work so that you will keep up attendance and time keeping.
When developing knowledge and skill of short and long term planning in the practice the practitioner would have to always remember to carry a diary around with them so that they may date their tasks and another things that happened during the day that they feel must be dated. Long term planning is when you have planned something from a very long time like from 2011-2012 and as for short time planning when you only have a short period of time to plan an activity in your setting e.g. The practitioner has 5 days to plan a focus activity for a group of 3-4 year old children this is what is known as a short plan so first the practitioner would have to consider what each child prefers when finding this out the practitioner should also find out the children’s strongest and weakest points so that the practitioner can figure out how to improve their weakest points.
When developing knowledge and skill of supporting the colleagues in the practice the practitioner would have to always be supportive to their colleagues during hard times and good times because when the practitioner is supportive towards the colleagues the practitioners colleagues e.g. Your colleague has just been through a rough divorce and child custody battle and is having a hard time getting back on their feet so in order for you to help you help by reducing their work load at the work place meaning helping them when you can, helping them out of the work placement as well as in the work placement when you do this for your work colleagues they would feel grateful and would also offer help when you need it and you will also gain more closeness with their work colleagues.

D4. When communicating effectively with children and their parents practitioners would have to:

Make sure that their conversation is within confidential space meaning that only you the practitioner with the child and the parent.
If you are writing a letter to the parent of the child you will have to make sure that the information is clear. Spelling, punctuation and grammar must be accurate. Consider word processing them.
If talking to the parent over the phone make sure that no one else can hear your conversation.
When speaking to the parent the practitioner should also remember to speak ...

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D4. When communicating effectively with children and their parents practitioners would have to:

Make sure that their conversation is within confidential space meaning that only you the practitioner with the child and the parent.
If you are writing a letter to the parent of the child you will have to make sure that the information is clear. Spelling, punctuation and grammar must be accurate. Consider word processing them.
If talking to the parent over the phone make sure that no one else can hear your conversation.
When speaking to the parent the practitioner should also remember to speak in appropriate manner e.g. tone of voice used during the conversation.

D5. When maintaining confidentiality in work with the children and their parents the practitioner would have to:

Make sure that all written reports about the child should be kept in a safe and secure place where only the practitioner handling the child has access to the documents.
Make sure that they follow the policies and procedures of their work setting e.g. maintain confidentiality within the work placement.
When sharing information to people the practitioner has to make sure that they are giving the correct information to the correct person and that it says in confidentiality meaning that no one other than the parent, the child, the practitioner and the other candidate that the practitioner believes should know about the situation.

D6. When preparing for employment and finding information about professional development the candidate would have to

First: know where to look for the advertisements

Corner shop windows
Newspapers
Internet
Job centre
Internet cafe

Second: Find out more about the setting

Call up the setting to ask about them
Look the setting up on the web
Visit the setting

Third: Prepare letter(s) of application(s)

Get at least 5 copies of the application in case of mistakes
Ask a friend to help you fill out the information
Ask the place of employment if any other documents are needed or your application e.g. a regularly updated CV (see below)
summary of exam, project and assessment results
copies of written projects, reports and published papers
regularly updated career aspirations, strengths and weaknesses, and current
views on your professional development; you could use the forms in
Appendices 2 and 3, designed for this purpose
details of skills you have which are relevant to professional development

Fourth: Practise interviewing techniques

In front of a mirror
In front of a friend(s) or colleague(s)
With family

Fifth: Finding relevant further training and development opportunities

On the internet
On the TV
Newspapers
Corner shops

D7.

D8.

D6: pg. 21 (Third: Prepare letter(s) of application(s) last 7 bullet points)
D4: Child care and education 4th edition Penny Tassoni pg. 185`1

C1. Developing knowledge and skills in each selected aspect will improve professional practice because:

When non- judgemental approach is used in the work setting everyone feels at peace knowing that another co-worker would not blindly accuse them of something without evidence first it also helps because the children are learning from it because they see that practitioners as their role models.

When good time keeping and attendance is used appropriately in the work setting every worker knows what is expected of them and would not feel the need to begin to slack on their work department.
When short and long term planning is used in the work setting it helps the practitioners with time management as they know that at a particular time they would have to use their planning sheets in their work setting.
When other practitioners support their colleagues the children will also want to support their pairs and this would be good because they would be doing the same thing at home making their parents proud and it could in their folder that the child has learned to support its pairs.

B1. This is a development on questions D4.

Although I did not know immediately the answer to the question that the parent had asked me, the parent was satisfied because I was honest and said that I would find out by a certain date and get back to them and also keep an eye on their child in case of improvement in activities and behaviour. The parent was pleased with the new date and asked to set up another meeting for them and also asked for a written report at the next meeting.

B2. It is important to maintain confidentiality when working with children and their parents because

Your professional responsibility as the child’s key worker
Building trust between you, the child, and the parent(s)
Following the policies of the work setting
Maintaining the rights of the children and families
The welfare of the children especially those in the foster care system

A1. The benefits of preparing for employment and being able to find out further relevant professional development would be:

You have more information than the rest of the other applicants
You will have better confidence during your interview
The employers will think that you are better suited for the job
You would have had further training than the other applicants.

Toyosi Tijani

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