Values of care Flashcards
The welfare of the child
The welfare of the child is paramount, children’s opinions should be listened to, behaviour management should emphasise positive expectations, a child should never be shaken, smacked, slapped or humiliated.
Keeping children safe and maintaining a healthy environment
Preventing accidents, protecting health, sticking to emergency procedure and protecting children from abuse.
Working in partnership with parents/careers, families or other professions
Care workers must not try take over a parents role immediantly, parents and family should be treated as an expert with their own children, always share informations, respect different cultures.
Childrens learning and development
Children learn most in their early years therefore care, independence and education at this stage is very important, children should be offered a range of activities and be encouraged to take part, planned activities should support areas of a child’s development
Equality of opportunities
Children should be treated as individuals, stereotyping should be avoided, workers should demonstrate valuing of all children.
Anti-discrimination
Workers shouldn’t discriminate and should encourage children not to be prejudice.
Celebrating diversity
Contributions made to society’s from different cultural groups, should be shown in a positive light.
Children should be helped to develop a sense of culture/social/race and identity and how to work around others.
Working with other professionals
Advice and support should be sought, information should be shared when nessesary (need to know basis) respect should always be shown to other roles.
The reflective practitioner
Reflect on practice and use information to develop, seeking advice and support should be seen as positive , opportunities for training and development should be maximised
