The values of care in childcare 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’s learning and development
• valuing diversity
• ensuring equality of opportunity
• anti-discriminatory practice
• maintaining confidentiality
• working with other professionals

Question 2

Give two examples of applying welfare of the child paramount

Answer 2

• having a safeguarding policy and protection procedures in place such as having a child protection officer
• all staff or volunteers working with children must have a DBS check

Question 3

Give two examples of applying keeping the children safe and maintaining a healthy environment

Answer 3

• having security measures in place to control access such as staff lanyards and visitor badges
  -the food that is provided by the care setting should meet healthy eating guidelines

Question 4

Give two examples of applying working in partnership with parents, guardians and families

Answer 4

• daily diaries for the nursery children can be kept by staff to keep the parents informed on what their child has done each day
• parents should be invited to discuss any issues or problems, this will help parents to be involved with what is happening with their child at school or nursery

Question 5

Give two examples of applying encouraging children’s learning and development

Answer 5

• the care setting should provide a range of activities that are appropriate for the children’s ages and abilities
• the children’s progress should be monitored to allow support or extension activities to be provided

Question 6

Give three examples of applying valuing diversity

Answer 6

• displays and toys in childcare settings should reflect different cultures and beliefs
• a range of festivals should be celebrated with the children such as Diwali
• food options should come from a range of cultures and meet dietary needs

Question 7

Give two examples of applying ensuring equality of opportunity

Answer 7

• tasks and activities should be differentiated to meet children’s individual needs which allows children to progress and reach their potential
• ensure that all areas of the setting are accessible for the children by making adaptions such as wheelchair ramps

Question 8

Give two examples of applying anti-discriminatory practice

Answer 8

• all children should be treated fairly and any discriminatory actions by parents or staff should be challenged
• ensure that no one is excluded from activities and make them accessible for all

Question 9

Give two examples of maintaining confidentiality

Answer 9

• private information should only be shared on a need-to-know basis and only to those who are involved in the child’s care
• children’s information must be kept securely such as in a locked filing cabinet

Question 10

Give an example of working with other professionals

Answer 10

• in some circumstances information will need to be shared openly but sensitively with other practitioners that are involved in the child’s care