3.3 Safeguarding
The consideration of male practitioners working with EYFS/ Primary sector age group may raise safeguarding issues as research has shown over 50% of male practitioners are worried about others views and the peer pressure when working with children under five, voicing concerns about potential allegations being made, for instance: when changing a child’s nappy, a view not upheld when a father has a child (Baker, 2012b), so why in the case of childcare is this seen negatively? However the case of Vanessa George highlights how females can also by guilty of abusing children (Savill, 2010) and from the case review the recommendation of risk assessments upon nappy changing considering no-one working alone within that situation was …show more content…
Therefore a recommendation to ensure quality care could potentially be for all co-workers to give support towards new male practitioners, promoting valuable qualities, skills and anti-bias judgements and views in order to influence men to become practitioners, preventing stereotypes in society, ensuring quality teaching regardless of gender (Johnson et al, 2010; NUT, 2015). Furthermore it is the employers role to ensure the ‘right’ person is employed, as the requirement for a gender-balanced workforce of teachers within childcare has been said to support behavioural development in children (Cameron, 2001), although it is argued that female practitioners may have a negative impact on behaviour, especially boys, due to the incorrect form of discipline (Coutler and Greig, 2008). However a male practitioner is viewed as a superior role model for introducing no-nonsense ruling over various behaviour types, promoting risky-play and taking risks, challenging the stereotypes of the feministic ‘profession’ (Rolfe, 2006; Sandseter, 2013; Smedley,
The consideration of male practitioners working with EYFS/ Primary sector age group may raise safeguarding issues as research has shown over 50% of male practitioners are worried about others views and the peer pressure when working with children under five, voicing concerns about potential allegations being made, for instance: when changing a child’s nappy, a view not upheld when a father has a child (Baker, 2012b), so why in the case of childcare is this seen negatively? However the case of Vanessa George highlights how females can also by guilty of abusing children (Savill, 2010) and from the case review the recommendation of risk assessments upon nappy changing considering no-one working alone within that situation was …show more content…
Therefore a recommendation to ensure quality care could potentially be for all co-workers to give support towards new male practitioners, promoting valuable qualities, skills and anti-bias judgements and views in order to influence men to become practitioners, preventing stereotypes in society, ensuring quality teaching regardless of gender (Johnson et al, 2010; NUT, 2015). Furthermore it is the employers role to ensure the ‘right’ person is employed, as the requirement for a gender-balanced workforce of teachers within childcare has been said to support behavioural development in children (Cameron, 2001), although it is argued that female practitioners may have a negative impact on behaviour, especially boys, due to the incorrect form of discipline (Coutler and Greig, 2008). However a male practitioner is viewed as a superior role model for introducing no-nonsense ruling over various behaviour types, promoting risky-play and taking risks, challenging the stereotypes of the feministic ‘profession’ (Rolfe, 2006; Sandseter, 2013; Smedley,