1. Unit 1.3 Support physical care routines for children

2. Learning Outcomes LO1 Understand the physical care needs of children.
AC 1.3 Identify situations in which non-routine physical care is required.
AC 1.4 Describe benefits of working in partnership with parents/carers in relation to individual physical care routines.
Learning Outcomes

3. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.3)
Time: 10 mins
Discuss with a partner what might be your worst fear when meeting individual care needs of a baby or young child.
Consider:
Runny noses
Soiled nappy or clothes
Vomit
Hands that are dirty with an unknown substance
Messy eaters
What will you do if you find a situation difficult to handle by yourself?
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4. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.3)
Non-routine physical care needs
There will be times throughout the day where a child may have non- routine physical care needs. This could include:
A runny nose due to a cold or allergies – a baby or young child will not be able to wipe their own nose so will require a practitioner to ensure this physical care need is met.
Wet or soiled clothes due to a toileting accident – a child should never be left in wet or soiled clothes, so a practitioner will need to change the child’s clothes as soon as possible.
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5. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.3)
Non-routine physical care needs
A child needing comforting due to being unwell – if a child becomes unwell during their time in the setting, they will need a practitioner to comfort them and meet any physical care need, such as giving them a drink of water or cleaning them up. This will need to be done until their parent/carer arrives to collect them.
A child needing to wash their hands because they have touched something sticky or messy – a child may have played in the mud or spilt some paint and may need reminding or assisting to wash their hands.
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6. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.3)
Time: 15 mins
Discuss situations where you have had to deal with non-routine physical care needs.
Consider:
Which physical care need or needs did you have to support?
Why did the child need this help?
Were you asked to do it or did you use your own initiative?
What was the outcome of the situation?
Have you all had similar experiences?
Were you able to deal with the situation in a calm manner?
Learners should discuss their involvement in meeting non-routine physical care needs:
Identify situations when this may occur
Discuss the importance of meeting non-routine physical care needs quickly and effectively
Remaining positive and calm
Asking for help if needed
Feeding back to supervisors where necessary.
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7. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.4)
Working in partnership with parents/carers
Parents/carers provide the primary care for their child.
They know their child’s individual physical care needs.
Partnership is vital in meeting the individual needs of the child in the setting.
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8. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.4)
Time: 15 mins
A parent/carer knows their child best. What might a parent/carer be able to tell you about their child that would support you to care for their individual physical care needs in the setting?
Consider:
Changes in habit or routine
Developing new skills
Situations affecting the child
The health and happiness of the child.
The following two slides have suggestions, but learners should be able to identify situations such as:
A child moving from a bottle to a cup, or starting to feed themselves
Growing independence during toileting
Sleep pattern changes
Circumstances outside the setting that may affect routine, i.e. a new baby or a grandparent coming to stay
A child who has been unwell and who needs more support than usual.
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9. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.4)
Working in partnership with parents/carers
Parents/carers will be able to give practitioners important information about their child. For example:
Sleep or nap preferences – whether they have a dummy or a comforter and how they go to sleep at home.
Feeding – likes and dislikes and how independent the child is.
Toilet training – how they are doing at home.
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10. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.4)
Working in partnership with parents/carers
By working closely with parents/carers, everyone will be able to work together to meet all the physical care needs of the child.
Partnership working will enable to child to develop and progress. For example:
Toilet training – practitioners will be able to tell parents/carers how the child has done during the day in the setting and the parents/carers will explain how they are doing at home. They can then work in partnership to support the child to become dry.
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11. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.4)
Time: 15 mins
How can practitioners work in partnership with parents/carers to support the physical care needs of the child during meal times?
Consider:
Likes and dislikes
Independence
Social skills.
Learners should reflect on their own setting:
Information sharing, i.e. ‘At nursery today, Billy ate a tomato for the first time.’
Talking to parents/carers about dislikes at home, i.e. ‘Does Husnaa eat apples at home?’
Identifying how we know when a child is full up
Discussing roles during meal times, i.e. laying the table, serving and clearing away
Encouraging children to talk and listen during meal times.
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12. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.4)
Working in partnership with parents/carers
All settings will communicate with parents/carers about how their child is progressing.
For babies and young children some settings may have home books or diaries where important information is written down.
This may include:
How long they have slept
What they have eaten
What they have had to drink
How many times they have had their nappy changed
Whether or not they have soiled their nappy.
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13. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.4)
Time: 15 mins
Design a chart that could be used to inform parents/carers about how their child’s physical care needs have been met in the setting during the day.
Consider:
Layout and design
Sleep
Food
Drink
Nappies
Any other important information.
The group should create one chart between them, of any style and any size.
They need to consider:
How easy it would be to use
What parents/carers may want or need to know
The benefits of partnership working
Whether it supports the development of the child
Continuity of care.
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14. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.4)
Working in partnership with parents/carers
When practitioners work in partnership with parents/carers to support individual care routines, everyone will benefit.
Parents/carers will benefit, as they will know what their child has been doing throughout the day.
Practitioners will benefit, as they will have received vital information about the child from the parent/carer that will support their individual physical care needs.
The child will benefit, as they will be getting continuous and consistent care.
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15. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.4)
Time: 15 mins
Ask your supervisor what questions parents/carers are asked about the physical care needs of their baby or young child when they first start at the setting.
Find out if they are asked about:
Sleep
Toileting
Nappies
Food and drink preferences
What other questions are they asked that will help practitioners to support their physical care needs in the setting?
Learners should ask to see the admissions form or settling-in information sheet, and link any of the information given to supporting individual physical care needs while in the setting.
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16. 1. Understand the physical care needs of children (1.4)
Time: 15 mins
Create a bold, eye-catching leaflet that could remind parents/carers to inform the setting of any changes to their child’s individual physical care needs.
Consider:
All the physical care needs previously discussed
The importance of sharing information
Meeting the holistic needs of the child
Supporting development
The benefits of working in partnership.
This could be a leaflet or a poster, but it should show why it is important for parents/carers to talk to practitioners about changes in their child’s physical care needs:
Babies and young children may become confused or upset if they have one thing at home and another at the setting
Demonstrates the importance of partnership working
Enables the child to move on to their next stage of development and independence when dealing with individual physical care needs.
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17. Practitioners need to be aware of non-routine physical care needs.
All individual physical care needs must be met whether they are part of the daily routine or not.
Sharing information about individual physical care needs will support partnership working.
Summary

18. Plenary Name three non-routine physical care needs a child may have.
Describe two situations where sharing information will support the individual care needs of a child in the setting.
Name one benefit of partnership working in relation to individual care routines.
Plenary