What are the value and principles of the early years sector and explain how they can affect your work with children and parents?

Answer 1

the values and principles of the early years sector is to keep a child safe and healthy and to care for them in every way possible. the parents like this because then they are getting feed back from the practioner at the end of the day and can join in with the practioners at the work place

Principles

• The welfare of the child and young person is paramount

• Workers contribute to children's care, learning and development and safeguarding and this is reflected in every aspect of practice and service provision

• Workers work with parents and families who are partners in the care, learning and development and safeguarding of their children, recognising they are the child's first and most enduring carers and educators.

Values

• The needs, rights and views of the child are at the centre of all practice and provision

• Individuality, difference and diversity are valued and celebrated

• Equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice are actively promoted

• Children's health and well-being are actively promoted

• Children's personal and physical safety is safeguarded, whilst allowing for risk and challenge as appropriate to the capabilities of the child

• Self-esteem and resilience are recognised as essential to every child's development

• Confidentiality and agreements about confidential information are respected as appropriate unless a child's protection and well-being are at stake

• Professional knowledge, skills and values are shared appropriately in order to enrich the experience of children more widely

• Best practice requires a continuous search for improvement and self-awareness of how workers are perceived by others.

. Staff working at higher levels should have an awareness of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Answer 2

I'm not religious, however 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you' still has some power behind it. This one rule shows that sharing and being kind to one another is important while name calling and hitting isn't the most fun or kind thing; especially if it happens to you.

Answer 3

In the early years people were required to be honest and respectful of their elders or leaders. They were supposed to live according to the laws of the land and respect their culture.