External Audit - Quality Area 2

[stephanie5892]

You have recently had an external audit on the regulated and educational care service you work at. Most areas scored quiet well but there are a number of areas that improvement can be gained.
The manager has made an action plan and allocated different areas for each staff member to research and find improvements to present back to the staff at the next staff meeting in 3 weeks.
Your area is standard 2.3 Each Child is protected from Quality Area 2: Children’s Health and Safety and standard 6.3 The service collaborates with other organisations and service providers to enhance the children’s learning and wellbeing.
Specifically, your manager wants you to create a list of how you would ensure compliance with child protection regulations, legislation and duty of care responsibilities to refresh staff.
Your manager has also asked to create a list of local community resources that can provide information and support for children, families and educators as examples of “child-focused work practices”. Select those that focus on protective strategies and building on a family’s strengths such as those that:
- provide therapeutic and support services for families, children and young people at risk of abuse or neglect
- deliver health and education services, including maternal and child health services, schools, and specialist services for at-risk children and young people and their families.
Last but not least, the manager also wants you to create a list of risk factors for “At risk children” to share with all staff.

[stephanie5892]

could someone please HELP

[Lorina]

The following may help:

Guide To The NQS

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Lorina

[Lorina]

QR_BBPOST Specifically, your manager wants you to create a list of how you would ensure compliance with child protection regulations, legislation and duty of care responsibilities to refresh staff.

For this, you will need to have a look at your child protection regulations for your state as well as the duty of care responsibilities for educators... You could possible do a checklist or a questionnaire...

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Lorina

[stephanie5892]

are you able to give an example of some sort there more to the list as well, this is one assignment I'm struggling majorly with

[Lorina]

Maybe something like this:

- Staff will be informed about the issues of abuse and neglect by attending training sessions.
- Encouragement will be given to staff and parents to attend child abuse prevention programs.
- Staff will be required to have a police record check prior to commencing employment and at 3 year intervals.
- Parents are required each day to sign their child in and complete the sign-in form which requires details of the drop off time, the expected pick-up time and the contact phone numbers for the day. The child must also be signed out, giving the actual time collected, and staff informed of the child's departure. No-one is permitted to take a child from the Centre unless there is prior written notification by the parents

Reference: Child Protection Policy

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Lorina

[stephanie5892]

thank you heaps this was very helpful

[Lorina]

You're welcome!

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Lorina