Child care

Assignment one – Child protection Under the child care act 1991 a child is defined as a person under the age of 18 years, excluding a person who is or been married. The aim of Children First National Guidance 2011 is to promote safety and well being of children and also deals with recognition, reporting and management of child safety concerns. Parents and caregivers should have the primary responsibility for care and protection of children. Same parents are not able to provide proper care of…

Foster care are like toy stores, every foster child symbolizes a toy who has put on the shelf and has been labeled used, damaged, and/or out of date. Still they have the same dreams and aspirations as the new models, to go home with someone who will love, and cherish them with all their overflowing stuffing, missing button eyes, matted fur, and uneasy temperament because too often have they been thrown about and trampled on. Too long for any child or toy to sit and hope for something better to…

I could be their counselor. I think that my calling in the future since I decided not to go to college anymore I think I would want to be a babysitter or childcare worker when I have free time or when I am not doing anything. The duties that a child care worker has is to monitor and supervise the children to make sure they stay safe, prepare and organize meals and snacks for the children, help the children maintain a good hygiene, if you are watching a baby or toddler they have to make change…

Child welfare was created with the intention of protecting and strengthening families. It began to take root in the 1870s after cases of child abuse such as the case of Mary Ellen triggered the attention of the public by making them realize there were little to no laws in place to protect children from abuse (McGowen). As child welfare developed the Children’s Aid Society was founded in New York by Charles Loring Brace with the intention of getting children off of the street and into homes. The…

attend child care centers have better learning And educational development than children who are cared for at home? This question has been debated for many years, however while a study by the National Institute of Child Health And Human Development (NICHD, 2002) has shown that children who are exclusively cared for by their mothers showed that parent and family characteristics were strongly linked to learning and educational development more so than children who were cared for by child care…

then there are some situations that push them into this ‘child in care’ system. This system is very supportive of children, young people and it's useful for most of the time, some children do not have the same mentality to take this situation easy which impacts on their behaviour or their attitude towards life. Children are precious unfortunately, not all women can have them so the ones that do have children should treat them with utmost care and love.Children get very attached to their parents…

the foster care system. The “best practice” is a way of doing things that will contribute to improving the way an agency runs. The best practices use and apply the knowledge of what works best in different situations. The most important thing to ensure in the foster care system is safety, the best practices usually have safety first in mind. Practices that ensure safety include screening and assessment for foster care families, recruitment of foster families, training for foster care families,…

national child care strategy. The Royal Commission on the Status of Women first recommended the introduction of a national day care act in early 1970s. However, it has been 40 years since then, and we are still awaiting a universal, accessible and affordable national child care. After the 2006 elections Prime Minister Harper terminated federal-provincial agreements that were going to form the basis for Canada’s first national child care program. Instead the government introduced Universal Child…

‘How Three Young Toddlers Transition From an Infant to a Toddler Child Care Classroom: Exploring the Influence of Peer Relationships, Teacher Expectations, and Changing Social Contexts’ - 2012 This study by Recchia and Dvorakova (2012), followed three infants over a nine-month period at Columbia University based childcare centre in the USA. The age of the children began of at 19 months old (Demetri), 21 months old (Amy) and 23 months old (Jeremiah). These three children were all beginning…

‘The Commonwealth government introduced funding for community based child care in 1972 and extended it to private/ for-profit commercial child care in 1991 What do you see as strengths and weaknesses in the Commonwealth funding approach since 1972, especially since 1991?’ This essay commences with a brief explanation of the Child Care Act that commenced in Australia on the 2nd of November in 1972 (Australian Government, 2012) and the political context surrounding its components that were…