The values of care in child care services

Question 1

What are the 9 values of care in childcare services?

Answer 1

• Making the welfare of the child paramount
• Keeping children safe and maintaining a healthy environment
• Working in partnership with parents, guardians and families
• Encouraging children learning and development
• Valuing diversity
• Ensuring equality of opportunity
• Using anti-discriminatory practice
• Maintaining confidentiality
• Working with other professionals

Question 2

What does ‘Making the welfare of the child paramount’ include?

Answer 2

• Ensuring safeguarding procedures are in place
• Staff must have DBS checks
• Children should never be humiliated, abused or smacked

Question 3

What does ‘Keeping children safe and maintaining a healthy environment; include?

Answer 3

• Staff members wear lanyards
• Visitors wear visitor lanyards
• Ensure CCTV is in place
• PAT testing on equipment
• Risk assessments are in place

Question 4

What does ‘ Working in partnership with parents, guardians and families’ include?

Answer 4

• Praise certificate
• Daily diary of children outcomes
• Parents evening

Question 5

What does ‘Encouraging children learning and development’ include?

Answer 5

• Providing a range of activities which are accessible for all children
• Learning/ teaching about different festivals
• Games and toys should be accessible

Question 6

What does ‘Valuing diversity’ include?

Answer 6

• Display toys and resources in nurseries to reflect on different cultures and beliefs
• Wide range of food choices from a range of cultures
• Wide range of festivals should be celebrated e.g. Diwali, Christmas

Question 7

What does ‘Ensuring equality of opportunity’ include?

Answer 7

• Activities should be differentiated to meet children needs
• Ensure all activities and settings are accessible to all children
• Ensure all children are able to take part in the activities

Question 8

What does ‘Using anti-discriminatory practice’ include?

Answer 8

• Children should be treated fairly
• Staff shouldn’t have favourites
• Any discriminatory actions by staff, children or parents/guardians should be challenged
• Staff should show inclusive behaviour

Question 9

What does ‘Working with other professionals’ include?

Answer 9

• Sharing information sensitively to police, GP, social workers
• Example: staff members may have safeguarding concerns of a child at home so the school may have to work with the police and social workers to ensure the child is safe