eCPD Resource Package, Policies & Procedures

Childcare

Policies and Procedures

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This activity will take place within the first month of your

placement in your setting.

You need to familiarise yourself with the policies and

procedures of the setting, to support you in understanding

the importance of completing tasks in a certain manner.

Your activities will include:

• Reviewing the policies/procedures to identify the key

phrases

• Highlighting the key points within each policy

• Highlighting the procedures that you do not have training

for

Once you have completed the task discuss this with your

workplace mentor.

Reviewing policies and procedures

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Equipment

Learning

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Equipment

It would be useful to have the following tools:

• A dictionary

• A pen or pencil, two different coloured highlighting pens and an eraser

There is a section at the back of this section for any notes you want to make.

Learning

In this task you will be covering the areas detailed below:

• Children and Young People’s Workforce:

• Basic understanding of the settings particular policies and procedures

• Basic understanding of legislative requirements

• Training in skills that you may need to develop

Functional Skills English

• Read and understand different types of text in detail

• Identify the main points and how they are presented in a variety of different

types of texts

• Write clearly and coherently, including an appropriate level of detail

• Ensure written work includes generally accurate punctuation and spelling and

the meaning is clear in more than one type of text.

Children and Young Peoples Workforce

Task 1

Ask your manager for your placement’s policies and procedures and review the text to find out the key

points and phrases within them.

You need to read the text to identify the key points and phrases.

1. Highlight the key phrases. What is a key phrase?

2. Summarise the policies

3. Chose one key phrase and describe why you have identified it as important.

Use the notes page overleaf to write down your ideas and plan your summary.

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Notes

Policies and Procedures

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Task 2

Using the research carried out about policies find the procedure linked to it.

Match the correct policies to the appropriate procedure.

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Policy Procedure

Illness Confidentiality

Safeguarding Children Handover

Security Special Dietary Needs

Managing Behaviour Application

Health & Safety Medication

Equality Opportunities Time Out

Admissions Nappy Changing

Task 3

Identify activities in the setting where you need to know the relevant procedure or policy. Tick, on

the table on the next page, which activity requires prior training and then identify the required

procedure.

Provide your own examples (below the examples) on the next page.

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Activity Procedure Training Required

e.g Nappy Changing

e.g Preparing Food

e.g. Bottle Feeding

e.g Reporting safeguarding

concerns

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Notes

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Childcare Job Application - Policies and Procedures

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