EYP 1 - End of unit knowledge test

Explain the skills required for the role of the Early Years Practitioner

• Committed to working with children 

  
  

• Communication skills 

  
  

• Patience & Understanding

• Be able to keep children safe

• Create a positive and inclusive environment

Explain the knowledge required for the role of the Early Years Practitioner

• Understand the EYFS

• Know current legislation

• Know how to monitor children’s progress

• Know about confidentiality

• Know how to be rude to parents if needed

Explain the behaviours required for the role of the Early Years Practitioner

• Positive attitude

• Not to shout and speak politely

• Be a positive role model

• Be professional

• Be warm and welcoming

Identify settings which provide early years education and care

• Preschools

• A neighbour

• Nurseries

• Childminders

• Family relative

limits and boundaries required of the Early Years Practitioner

• Not letting your personal values and beliefs influence children, parents and carers or your own work. 
  

• Offering to look after a child from your setting -out of work hours

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  Keeping working relationships with children, parents and carers professional.

• Professional boundaries are the limits to the relationship of a member of staff and a person in their care which allow for a safe, therapeutic connection between the staff member and that parent, nominated family, carers and friends, protecting both staff and patient/family.
  

• Going out with the parents to party at the weekends

 roles and responsibilities may include

• Sleep when the children are having a sleep

• Safeguarding children and reporting any concerns

• Upload the children's day to social media

• Monitoring children’s progress, keeping records and reporting back to parents

• Ensuring children are safe, secure and protected
  

A working relationship

• is different from a personal relationship because it is based on your professional environment and your support of others in the workplace.

• requires you to have a good working relationship with colleagues, parents and carers and external professionals who come into the setting.

• It is important to have a positive working relationship with all so you are able to communicate with them and work together for the benefit of children

• Keeping yourself to yourself

• Not communicating with others as everything has to be kept secret.

an effective communicator is

• who avoids communicating

• someone who delivers their message well

• who is open to others' ideas and suggestions

• quietly spoken

• someone who speaks in a clear, direct manner

How do we communicate with colleagues

• ignoring their ideas as they are never any good

• Hold face-to-face meetings.

• Don't just hear: listen

• Combine verbal and non-verbal communication.

What is reflective practice

• Reflective practice is when you review how you did something, but realise nothing needs altered and you do not need to carry it out ever again.

• Reflective practice is when you avoid reviewing your work as time is of essence

• Reflective practice is when you look at your practice and review how you did something, how you might change it, what you might do differently next time and generally how well it went. 

  
  

• Reflective practice isn't needed