LO2 Flashcards

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What are the values of care

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Promote equality and diversity

Maintain confidentiality

Promote individuals rights and beliefs

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Applying the values of care ensures that service users

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Are treated fair and with respect

Know their rights and are maintained

Are safe and protected from harm

Have their needs met

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Applying the values of care ensures that practitioners and care workers

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Provide effective care

Use good practice

Provide a consistently high standard of care

Prevent discrimination and reduce inequalities

Follow legal requirements

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Health care settings

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Clinic
Hospital
Drop in centre 
Pharmacy 
Health centre 
Nursing home 
Opticians 
GP surgery 
Medical centre 
Dental practice
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Social care settings

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Retirement home
Lunch or breakfast club
Day centre 
Residential care home 
Social services department 
Support group 
Community centre
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Early years Care and education settings

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Nursery 
Parent and toddler group
Primary school
Nursery school
Preschool
Children’s home
Kindergarten 
Children’s centre 
 Child minder
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What does promoting equality and diversity mean

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Understanding the basis of discrimination
No discriminatory behaviour
Understanding and valuing diversity

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How to promote equality

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Use non discriminatory language
Avoid being patronising
Meet individual needs regarding communication, mobility, dietary needs and support cultural needs

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How to promote diversity

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Accept and respect individuals differences

Provide activities resources and food that ref,etc different cultures

Celebrate a range of religious and non in the care setting

Ensure access to all activities for those less mobile

Support all communication needs eg Braille

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Types of diversity

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Age, race, language, dress, food, music, religion, sexuality and culture

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What does it mean to maintain confidentiality

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Preventing unauthorised people from accessing personal info

Meeting legal requirements for keeping and using personal info

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What does it mean to promote individuals rights and beliefs

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Valuing all individuals
Acting in the best interest of the service user
Freedom from discrimination
Treating individuals with respect and dignity

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How to promote individuals rights and beliefs

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Give service users a choice
Maintain privacy- knock on door bed for entering
Provide an advocate for an adult sign learning disabilities
For those with religious beliefs provide a prayer room or transporT to church or mosque

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The early years value of care (9)in early years

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Ensure the welfare of the child is paramount
Keep children safe and Maintain a healthy and safe environment
Work in partnership with parents Guardians and families
Encourage children’s learning development
Value diversity
Ensure equality of opportunity
Practice anti discrimination
Ensure confidentiality
Work with others, including professionals

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Ways to keep kids safe and maintain a healthy and safe environment in early years

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Follow health and safety procedures 
Protect children from abuse- DBS checks 
Provide meals that meet healthy eating guidelines
Ensure a clean and hygienic environment 
.train staff in first aid
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Ways to work in partnership with parents/ guardians and families in early years

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Regular parent evenings
Open days inviting parents to see kid working
Inciting parents in to discuss progess or issues like behaviour
Regular progress reports
Newsletters and emails sent home

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Ways to encourage children’s learning and development in early years

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Provide a range of activities
Offer different worksheets for different abilities
Monitor children’s progress

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Ways to value diversity in early years

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Teach about different traditions and cultures
Provide books in different languages
Welcome signs in different languages
Invite guests to speak about different cultures
Offer food options to suite different diets such as vegetarian, gluten free and halal

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Ways to ensure equality of opportunity in early years

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Provide each child to work towards their potential
Ensure all resources are available for children
Make setting accessible
Use non discriminatory language
All students treated fairly and staff should have no favourites

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Ways to practice anti discrimination in early years

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Don’t discriminate on gender basis, school background or anything else
Challenge any discriminatory comments of actions
Ensure no one is excluded from activities
Challenge stereotypic views such as boys will be boys
Be a good role model by demonstrating inclusive behaviour

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Ways to ensure confidentiality in early years

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Share info in a need to know basis only 
Keep children’s personal info secure 
Never gossip about child’s family circumstances 
Never discuss children in public area 
Ensure meetings w parents are private
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Ways to work in partnership with parents in early years

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Work with other agencies that support children such as school nurse, social worker, health visitor, gp and police
Info should be shared openly but sensitivity between practitioners directly involved in caring for the child

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State the importance of applying the value of cares in early years

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Children feel safe, feel valued, are kept safe, individuals needs met, children treated fair, special needs are provided for, trust, children are respected, legislation followed and children don’t feel stupid or patronised

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Ways in which care workers empower service workers

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Promoting anti discriminatory practice
Maintaining confidentiality
Providing personalised care 
Supporting individuals rights 
Keeping individuals safe 
Supporting personal beliefs
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What does empowerment mean

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Empowerment is the process that enables individuals to take control of their lives and make their own decisions. Giving someone confidence in their own abilities.

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What is a reflective practitioner

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A reflective practitioner is someone who regularly looks back at the wok they do and how they do it to consider how they can improve their practice

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4 main aspects to being a reflective practitioner

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Exploring your training and development needs

Evaluating specific incidents or activities

Identifying what might be done better next time to improve

Identifying what went well

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Examples of a reflective practitioner Ik for an early years care worker- exploring training and development needs

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Exploring training and development needs- care worker critically evaluated their own performance
Training needs are identified to improve their knowledge, skills and understanding eg training in first aid

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Examples of a reflective practitioner Ik for an early years care worker- evaluating specific incidents or activities

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Evaluating specific incidents or activities- care worker investigates a breach of confidentiality or an incident in the early years setting

The appropriateness of set tasks and activities is evaluated against the children’s progress

Reflections are shared and discussed with other practitioners

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Examples of a reflective practitioner Ik for an early years care worker- identifying what might be done better next time to improve

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Eg if a child is unable to fully take part in an activity or gets bored within an activity:
Identify specific needs of the individual so activities are accessible and entertaining

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Examples of a reflective practitioner Ik for an early years care worker- identifying what went well

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Asking questions 
What were the children doing?
What were they learning?
Was it worthwhile?
What should they do next?
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Examples of values of care not being applied

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Staff gossiping about kids 
Failure to carry out risk assessments
No provision for special diets
No provision for different cultures 
No safeguarding procedures 
No planning of activities 
Lack of communication with parents or other professionals
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Physical effects when individuals fail to apply values of care

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Dehydration and malnutrition - eg if a person doesn’t like the drinks they are given without consultation

Self harm due to depression, lack of stimulation or social interaction or mental health issues

Existing I’ll illnesses get worse due to non proper treatment

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Intellectual effects when the values are not applied

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A child with learning difficulties who is not given support and leaning activities Matched to their special needs: 
Lack of skills development 
Limited ability to communicate 
Lack of knowledge 
Lack of achievement 

For care home residents left in the front room in front of the tv all day or a child not being engaged encouraged and stretched by lessons:
Lack of mental stimulation
Loss of focus
Lack of interest

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Emotional effects when the values are not applied

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Feeling disempowered
They feel unwanted and not important
Feel a Lack of control in their life
May feel betrayed if confidentiality broken

Loss of self confidence:
Lack of support restricts opportunities available to individuals which prevents them from gaining self confidence and doesn’t empower them
Develop low self esteem and feel they can’t achieve anything
May feel frustrated because they are not allowed to do any thing for themselves

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Social effects of values are not met

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Living alone and being socially isolated and feeling lonely
Becoming anti social or withdrawn
Behavioural problems
Social exclusion