Why Is Early Childhood Safety Important

Introduction
The Ministry of Education has the role of ensuring that early childhood settings are safe for children, teachers and non-teaching staff. The Act on Occupational, health and safety, 2007 notes that heads of early childhood settings have the responsibility of ensuring that children, teachers and workers stay in a safe environment while in early childhood settings (Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2007). In this regard, this report is a guide on how early childhood settings can create a conducive learning and working environment for children and workers respectively. This report was written after undertaking a one-day inspection of early childhood settings in Australia. To come up with conclusive information all the buildings, playground and all facilities in early childhood settings were carried out. Carrying out an inspection of early childhood settings gives an overview of the problems and …show more content…
The Occupational Safety and Health Act states that all early childhood settings must put in place minimum safety guidelines to reduce and prevent injuries among children and employees (Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2007). The Ministry of Education and the State Department of Education must ensure that all early childhood settings have enough, financial, physical and human resources to create a safe environment. Furthermore, teachers must make sure that children are aware of all the risks and how to combat these risks (OH&S, Health and Safety In Early Childhood, Health and Safety in Early Childhood Services, 2006). Therefore, this report provides an in depth analysis of risks and comes up with solutions on how to deal with these