HSC 3045: Promote positive behaviour Understand how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies relate to positive behaviour support.
1.1 Explain how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies related to positive behaviour support are applied to own working practice.
All aspects of my job role are regulated by policies and current legislation. The mandatory training that we attend has been designed to cover all aspects of legislation such as the Children's Act, which provides a Code of Practice to enable us provide the best possible care and support for children and young people. We also have inspections from OFSTED who ensure we are meeting, not only care standards, but also those relating to behaviour and
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If the young person or staff involved have sustained any injuries during the incident this is recorded on the incident report and on a body map as well as the accident book and RIDDOR guidelines will be followed.
1.5 Explain why the least restrictive interventions should be used when dealing with incidents of challenging behaviour.
As explained before physical intervention should not be used unless it can be clearly justified why it was used, it is not always neccessary. When dealing with challenging behaviour you can use restrictive intervention such as language which may result in the young person changing their behaviour before it even leads to an incident. For example there is a young person in my care who we have observed that responds well to humour, so if he is beginning to display negative/challenging behaviour we try to make jokes with him and sometimes tickle him. This turns his mood around and prevents an incident even taking place. It is important to use the least restrictive interventions where possible as if you didnt it could lead to further dilemmas such as verbal abuse, physical abuse, damage to property etc.
1.6 Describe safeguards that must be in place if restrictive physical interventions are being used.
It is important to ensure that the young people and staff are all safeguarded. Any staff that will be using physical interventions should have attended the mandatory training, risk assessments should be in
This legislation places a duty on employers for the health and safety of their employees and anyone else on the premises. This includes responsibility for the teachers, non-teaching staff, children, visitors and contractors. In my
1.1 explain how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies relating to positive behaviour are applied to own working practice
1.1 Legislation is a set of laws that have been created by the government to make sure all childcare settings are run correctly. To promote positive behaviour, legislation’s such as the Children Act 1989, Human Rights Act 1998, Every Child Matters 2004, Equality Act 2010 and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 are followed by the setting. These Act’s include rules and regulations that a setting is required to follow in order to promote positive behaviour.
A significant element of a practitioner’s role in protecting themselves would be to read policies and procedures that are put in place to safeguard them and children or young people in their care. In a care setting a professional can protect themselves by:
In all aspects of my role I am regulated by my company’s policies and government legalisation. I have been trained in mandatory training courses that cover the Human Rights Act making sure that I understand the legal policies in place to provide the best care for the elderly people I support. I have also been trained in Team Teach which is a course that focuses on positive handling techniques and de-escalating behaviour. This is a effective behaviour management policy that is undertaken by all staff, allowing staff to be consistent in their approach to challenging behaviour and their confidence in dealing with it. By following the team teach policy I am able reinforce good behaviour and develop good skills in listening and learning as well as helping the elderly people feel safe and secure knowing that I am able to deal with their behaviour if it arises. I am responsible for recording and logging any incidents of challenging behaviour as well as logging and discussing the support that was given to the elderly person. My place of work is also inspected regular by CQC who check that our team is following the correct care standards as well as how we encourage positive behaviour. Following this we also have an in-house monthly check where again we are assessed on how well we follow the national
There is no one piece of legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people in the United Kingdom but there are countless that are constantly being reviewed, changed or updated. From these many legislations, child care settings develop policies, according to the Oxford online dictionary a policy is ‘A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organisation or individual’.
Give examples of how the Behaviour and actions of individuals could affect others within the workplace.
Legislation, policies and codes of practice provide clear guidelines as to the as to the rights and responsibilities of care workers and these should be adhered to at all times. Care workers duties are clearly laid out in documents al well as their contract
All of these policies legislations and codes of practice relate to my job as a nursery nurse as it sets the expected standards to which I must abide by and provides a legal framework in which to work. The government legislation sets out the guidelines to which the setting where I work Little Acorns Nursery School must follow it protect me as an employee, those who I work with and the children from discrimination. The codes of practice are in place for guidelines to which to work by. It is my responsibility to update my training and ensure that my standards are high, that I respect the individuality of the children that we are responsible for. The policies and procedures at Little Acorns are set out to protect staff and children and to have
This may be achieved by adopting a functional approach. (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, 2013 ; Ducharme, & Shecter, 2011) In fact, functional assessment is an important element of a school-based positive behaviour program. It involves three steps: collecting data about the child’s behaviour in a variety of classroom contexts, identifying ways to address challenging behaviours and developing a positive behavioural intervention plan. In the case of the focus child teachers would first need to carefully observe and record instances of disruptive behaviour such as biting, swearing and spitting. The second step would be to identify likely triggers for these behaviours. For instance, does the children bite or spit at other children because he/she wants to play with a certain toy? The final step is the development of an intervention
The government, local authority and independent organisations are making every effort to safeguard vulnerable adults, children and young people by introducing new policies and procedures in workplace. With no exemption in care home setting, company policies and procedures are reviewed and updated regularly as a result of the change of laws, regulations and quite commonly from recommendations after serious case reviews and inquiries particularly. There are few serious case reviews and inquiries have had impact on the change of policies and procedure in recruitment process.
In a previous role as Senior Youth Worker, I adhered to a approximately over 20 departmental and organisational policy and Service practice frameworks , guidelines, agreements and practices when competing daily task . Several include Implementation the service level agreement for case management , duty of care, drugs testing policy , internal , Work Place Health and Safety Policy, and Leave and Scheduling Policy, state and federal legislation. Within the framework of Department of Children’s safety a Western Australia. It is important I follow these guidelines for several reasons, including , transparency, service reviews , auditing to name but a few. This ensure the Youth Worker is aware of responsibilities and legal obligations as
I will like to comment on your post as I have brought attention of using a wraparound method to implement interventions/strategies to target the behaviors and modify them in order to help the student become successful. It is important to understand a student with an aggressive, defiant, and/or disruptive behavior, the teacher is not going to eliminating the behavior, as a therapist, I am not able to eliminate a behavior. Regardless, of the effort, the only strategy a teacher is capable of doing is modifying the behavior for the student to understand the reason behind their action. This will take the teacher communicating with the student’s parents to get a background history, researching information of an atypical versus typical student to
Students with severe mental health issues or developmental disorders display problem behaviors that put themselves and/or others at risk of injury. In these cases should restrictive interventions such as restraint or seclusion be implemented? The prevalence rate of these behaviors among students with developmental disabilities has been reported to range from 2-28% for aggression and 10-31% for self-injury (Borthwick-Duffy, 1994). When all less restrictive interventions have failed and students are at risk of injuring themselves or others can we justify restrictive treatment method? Restrictive treatment methods such as restraint
Information should always be recorded clearly and accurately and should be signed and dated by the first aider. Some accident report forms use body diagrams to help in the descriptions of specific injuries, for example, showing exactly where bruising appeared or the particular area where a child feels pain.