Understand How to Work With Children in Home-Based Care

Unit aim

The aim of this unit is to support the learner to understand how to work in homebased care. This unit supports learners to understand the value of home-based care and to be aware of how to establish a safe and healthy home-based environment for children.

The unit will enable the learner to develop an understanding of how to provide play for differing ages and how to meet the personal, social and emotional needs of children in a home-based childcare environment. Finally, the unit looks at the role of parents and/or carers and other agencies as partners in home-based childcare.

Learning outcomes

1 Understand the value of homebased care for children and families

1.1 Explain the importance of consistent care for children and families

1.2 Identify the benefits of flexible home-based care

1.3 Identify the benefits of siblings being cared for together

1.4 Explain the benefits to a child of care in a smaller group

1.5 Explain the importance of home-based care during periods of transition

2 Understand how to establish a safe and healthy homebased environment for children

2.1 Explain the importance of managing risks within the home-based childcare environment

2.2 Explain the safeguarding policies and procedures relevant to the home-based childcare environment

2.3 Explain the procedure for safe recruitment of staff

2.4 Explain the issues concerning confidentiality within the home-based childcare environment

2.5 Evaluate the impact to a lone worker of a child protection issue occurring on:

Self

Own family

Business

2.6 Explain how to promote healthy lifestyles in a homebased childcare setting

3 Understand how to provide play for differing ages of children in a home-based environment 

3.1 Explain how to recognise the play needs of different children

3.2 Evaluate the importance of play to child development

3.3 Explain how to measure and record children’s progress during play

3.4 Evaluate the importance of planning children’s play activities

3.5 Explain the importance of early intervention to children’s development

3.6 Explain how to use everyday activities to support play

3.7 Explain how to encourage children of different ages to participate in different types of play at the same time

3.8 Evaluate the importance of balancing child-initiated and adult-led play

3.9 Explain how to show children that their play is valued

4 Understand how to meet the personal, social and emotional needs of children in a home-based childcare environment

4.1 Explain the importance of recognising the individual needs of children in a group setting

4.2 Explain methods of forming secure relationships with children 

4.3 Explain the potential impact that new relationships with children may have on other children in the home-based childcare environment
 
4.4 Explain the importance of including children in decision making

4.5 Explain how to meet the emotional needs of children in the home-based childcare environment

4.6 Explain how to manage behaviour in the homebased childcare environment

4.7 Evaluate the importance of inclusion in the home-based childcare environment

5 Understand the role of parents and/or carers and other agencies as partners in home-based childcare

5.1 Explain the benefits of working with parents and/or carers as partners in homebased childcare

5.2 Explain how to support parents and/or carers with the early identification of needs

5.3 Evaluate the importance of making links with home learning

5.4 Explain the benefits of working with other agencies to support children and parents and/or carers

5.5 Explain how to establish links with other settings

5.6 Analyse the importance of boundaries when working with parents and/or carers

5.7 Explain the importance of understanding individual children’s ethnicity