CACHE Level 3 Award/Certificate/Diploma in Child Care and ...

Section 4
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Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child
Care and Education Course Handbook
Unit 4 Assignment – Keeping children safe
This assignment provides the assessment for the unit.
The completed assignment MUST be submitted and marked as a whole and not in
separate sections.
Assignment task: What do I have to do?
The whole task must be completed in order to achieve the unit.
1. Explain how strategies to establish and maintain healthy, safe and secure environments
in early years settings are supported by legislation.
2. Describe the environment and procedures necessary to keep safe a child who:
• receives a bump on the head
• has an asthma attack
• has sickness and diarrhoea
• shows symptoms and signs of meningitis
3. Plan the care for a child aged 1 year and a child aged 3 years for a full day in the
setting AND:
• consider ways to maintain the security and privacy of the children and to respect
their wishes
4. Write a handout for a staff meeting to consider how the practitioner can provide an
enabling physical environment for children. The handout should include:
• the issues that affect the planning of a challenging environment for children
• an evaluation of TWO (2) initiatives that influence the provision of challenging
environments for children
• the importance of helping children to manage risk and challenge in their
environment
5. Include in the handout an explanation of the ways that meeting the care needs of
children can affect practitioners and possible sources of support for practitioners.
Throughout the assignment you should ensure that you address diversity and inclusive
practice where it is appropriate to the task.
Your completed work should not exceed 3,500 words. There is no lower word limit. Work
that is more than 10% above the word limit will not be marked. References and
quotations within the text are not included in the word limit.
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