Your Assignment Type: Case Scenario
Currently Working in Childcare? Yes
Your knowledge: Beginner
Your Question?
SCENARIO:
*you are an unqualified educator in the 3-5 age group at a children's education and cer service*you have twins in your room with parents that were both very involved with their children and both signed the enrollment forms when first enrolled a year ago. since then, the parents have separated and have drawn up a formal parenting plan which lists both parents as legal carers.one day the mother confides in you that she is in a new relationship. she asks that you dont allow the childrens father to pick them up from care anyore, and to only let the children go with her or the new partner. she explains that she feels that this is better to establish the new family relationship.
QUESTION:
What are the legal and ethical responsibilities with regard to the mothers request for the new partner to be added?
What is your answer so far or What have you done so far as an attempt to solve this question?
My ethical responsibilities would be to listen to families, in order to support them in their role of nurturing children, develop positive relationships based on mutual trust and open communication, develop partnerships with families and engage in shared decision making where appropriate, acknowledge the rights of families to make decisions about their children, be sensitive to the vulnerabilities of children and families and respond in ways that empower and maintain the dignity of all children and families and lastly maintain confidentiality and respect the right of the family to privacy.
My legal responsibilities would be to act in the best interests of the children involved,
Description and Message:
now i am struggling with the legal responsibilities and finding the right documentations/legeslation/etc to guide my answer!
any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks in advance
