Assignment Title: Children's Health and Safety
Assignment Part A:
Problem 1: You are required to demonstrate how to access the following in relevance to ensuring the health and safety of children in the workplace:
- the National Quality Framework
- the National Quality Standards
- the relevant approved learning framework
Problem 2: In your role as an Early Childhood Education and Care worker, you will need to check toys and equipment for potential risk and hazards that may cause harm to children.
a) Explain in detail the steps involved in conducting a risk analysis on toys and what you would be checking for at each step.
b) Explain what steps you would take if you identified a toy or piece of equipment that presented a WHS hazard with an extreme risk.
c) Which policy, procedure would you refer to for advice on WHS issues?
Guidance: Include reporting procedures and the designated person that you would report to according to organizational procedures. Refer to the Hierarchy of Control.
Problem 3: In your role as an Early Childhood Education and Care worker, you will need to implement effective hygiene and health practices in many aspects of practice.
a) Fill out the table below and explain the importance of maintaining a clean and healthy environment and the risk associated with each of the following areas:
The centre (overall)
Kitchen
Outdoor Environment
Indoor Environment
Toilets
Guidance: Make sure you discuss the risks associated with not maintaining these environments and associated risks.
b) Identify which sections in the following frameworks provide information and/or guidance on WHS and/or hazards and risks. Education and Care Services National Regulations.
National Quality Standards (NQS)
Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)
Framework for School Aged Care in Australia (FSAC)
Guidance: You need to review these frameworks and identify which section, standard or outcomes, address WHS requirements, policies and procedures.
Problem 4: Complete the table below explaining the cleaning procedures for each, and provide one reason for the importance of the cleaning procedure.
Problem 5: List two (2) personal hygiene policies or procedures that you must follow to limit cross-contamination when preparing food, and explain why they are important in relation to Work Health and Safety.
Problem 6: As a child care worker, you will need to help provide suitable rest and sleep environments for children. For each of the following points, describe why these are important and what you would check to ensure the rest environment is set up appropriately:
a) Ventilation
b) Lighting
c) Heating/cooling
d) Hygiene
e) Safety
7 Problem: As an Early Childhood Education and Care worker, you are required to ensure that sleep and rest opportunities are provided for, and that there are appropriate opportunities to meet each child's need for sleep, rest and relaxation.
a) Which standards in the NQS relate to sleep and rest?
b) What section of the National Regulation covers sleep and rest
c) Outline the Six ways to promote safe sleep for babies and reduce the risk of sudden Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Guidance: Refer to the SIDS and Kids Website.
Problem 8: Describe in your own words the type of information you would share with the children's family about individual children's rest and sleep.
Problem 9: It is a requirement that centers must provide appropriate quiet play activities for children who do not want to sleep or rest. Describe five (5) alternative activities.
Problem 10: In an Early Childhood Education and Care setting, you must respect children's needs for privacy during any toileting and dressing and undressing times. Describe three (3) ways in which you would maintain this.
Problem 11: You are required to ensure children's and families' individual clothing needs and preferences are met, to promote children's comfort, safety and protection within the scope of the service requirements for children's health and safety.
a) List three (3) examples of instances where you would inform parents of clothing that the centre considers to be inappropriate or unsuitable for children to wear while attending the centre?
b) List two (2) examples of ways in which staff can ensure that children are dressed appropriately for Indoor/Outdoor Environmental conditions and temperatures.
Problem 12: When children are playing or travelling outdoors you must ensure they are safe at all times.
a) Describe the sun protection/safety procedures that are in place at your centre and explain what makes it sun safe for children.
Guidance: If you have not been to a child care centre yet, examine the sun protection policy on the Sparkling Stars Childcare Centre intranet.
b) How would you explain sun safety to children using the most recent sun safe promotional campaign resources?
Guidance: Refer to the Cancer Council Website.
Problem 13: As a child care worker, you will be required to set up a variety of play environments for children.
a) List five (5) checks you should perform when setting up a play environment.
b) Describe the considerations when choosing equipment that is suitable for the age group of children you're working with.
Problem 14: Children must be supervised by ensuring that they are in sight or hearing distance at all times.
a) What are the ratios for supervising children in an Early Education and Care setting across all age groups?
b) What process would you follow if you found that you have children with additional needs in your care i.e. skills, age mix, dynamics and size of the group of children, and as a result, the level of risk involved in activities was high?
c) List four (4) ways that you can ensure there is adequate supervision at all times?
Guidance: Describe how you would liaise with colleagues to ensure there was adequate supervision at all times.
Problem 15: Describe how you can explain hazards in the environment to children.
Guidance: Include in your answer how awareness of these hazards is very important in relation to a child's health and safety, hygiene and general well- being.
Problem 16: As a childcare worker, it is important to ensure that play environments are clean and safe for children.
a) Briefly explain two strategies you can use to communicate the rules for safe play to the children in the group.
b) Give an example of how you implement the rules for safe play.
Guidance: include how you discuss health and hygiene issues in relation to safe play.
Problem 17: As a child care worker, you will sometimes have to deal with children who are unwell.
a) Who is the first person you should inform if you suspect a child is sick?
b) Identify the documentation that needs to be completed when a child in your care has been unwell.
c) What policies/procedures relate to who can see this documentation?
d) Does the parent need to sign the form?
Problem 18: You are required to consistently implement the service policies for the exclusion of ill children.
a) Name five (5) infectious diseases that would cause the centre to exclude an ill child.
b) List three (3) precautions you should take if you suspect the child is infectious.
Problem 19: As a child care worker, you will often have to deal with children who have allergies/anaphylaxis or asthma.
a) Write a brief description of what anaphylaxis is.
b) Write a brief description of what asthma is and describe the associated signs and symptoms.
c) Identify three (3) other common allergies that may affect children in a centre.
d) Describe what should happen when enrolling a child in a centre, who has anaphylaxis/asthma or other allergies.
e) List five (5) signs and symptoms that indicate a child is having an anaphylactic reaction.
f) Describe how you would use an adrenalin auto injector for anaphylaxis.
g) What are the triggers for asthma? (Provide three (3) below).
Problem 20: As a child care worker, you will sometimes be required to assist in administering medication to children.
a) List six (6) things you will need to check before you administer medication to a child.
b) How is medication stored safely at the centre?
c) Describe which documentation must be completed when you administer medication.
Problem 21: Fill out the table below and explain what action you would take to reduce the risk associated with each of the hazards listed in the table below.
Problem 22: The National Quality Standard (NQS) Quality Area 2.2 states that "each child is protected" and Element 2.2.1 states that "At all times, reasonable precautions and adequate supervision ensure children are protected from harm and hazard". It is critical that staff ensure that all children are in sight or hearing distance at all times.2.3 states that "each child is protected" and Element 2.3.1 states that "Children are adequately supervised at all times". It is critical that staff ensure that all children are in sight or hearing distance at all times.
Guidance: Refer to the National Quality Standard (National Law and National Regulations)
a) Explain how you would follow service procedures for the safe collection of each child, ensuring they are released to authorized people.
b) What must occur if a child is missing or cannot be accounted for?
Problem 23: List three (3) ways in which you can safely manage the use, storage and labelling of dangerous products.
Guidance: Refer to your Learning Resource
Problem 24: Understanding your role in fire safety is an important factor in keeping children safe in Early Childhood Education and Care.
Using the table below, explain in your own words the following aspects of basic home fire safety:
Assignment Part B:
Problem 1: Research and access the following legislation, in relevance to promoting and providing healthy food and drinks:
a) the National Quality Framework
b) the National Quality Standards
c) the relevant approved learning framework
Guidance: Once you have done the appropriate research, fill out the table below in the spaces provided.
Problem 2: Describe two (2) different activities you can do with children to help them learn about healthy eating.
Problem 3: Describe how you can ensure children are provided with sufficient healthy food and water in the below situations:
a) Meals are provided for the children by the centre
b) Families provide food for the children
Guidance: In your answers, discuss how you will ensure individual children's dietary and calorie intake needs are met.
Problem 4: As a childcare worker, it is important to act as a role model in implementing healthy eating and nutrition practices during meal times.
a) Explain why it is important to interact with children during mealtimes.
b) Describe four (4) ways you can ensure that furniture and utensils are suitable to encourage children to be positively involved in, and enjoy mealtimes.
Problem 5: List three (3) strategies you could use to help educate families about healthy eating.
Guidance: Provide an example of one of the strategies you suggested.
Problem 6: In a child care service, you will need to cater for children's individual dietary needs.
a) Explain how the centre obtains information regarding children's specific dietary needs, food allergies or intolerances and who the information comes from.
b) Once this information has been obtained, describe the process for identifying children who have specific dietary needs, food allergies or intolerances.
c) Explain why it is important that these children be identified.
d) Explain what you would do if there was no policy to identify, manage and monitor children who have special dietary needs.
Problem 7: Describe how children's oral health, including signs of tooth decay impacts on their general health and well-being.
Problem 8:
a) Describe the recommended steps in preparing formula.
b) What is the 'Standards of Infant formula' in Australia?
c) What is the WHO code and how does it affect staff in an Early Childhood Education and Care service?
d) What are the recommended sterilization methods for preparing infant feeding equipment? Describe the steps for each method.
e) What are the recommended formula requirements for feeding infants?
f) Allergies and food reactions in infants and children are common and may be associated with a variety of foods including adapted cow's milk formula. Parents often consider using special infant formulas for preventing or treating allergic disorders. What types of formula are available in these circumstances and are they effective in reducing allergic reactions?
g) What are the recommendations for minimizing the risk of allergy in infants with a family history of allergies?
Problem 9: Consider a mother who wants to continue breastfeeding her baby whilst attending your child care service.
a) Suggest 3 ways you can support the mother breastfeeding her baby at your child care service.
b) Explain the benefits of breastfeeding.
c) What are the recommended steps for storing breast milk under the Infant Feeding Guidelines.
Problem 10: Complete the table below:
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Breast milk status
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Storage at room temperature (26°C or lower)
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Storage in refrigerator (5°C or lower)
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Storage in freezer
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Freshly expressed into sterile container
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Previously frozen (thawed)
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Thawed outside refrigerator in warm water
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Infant has begun feeding
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Problem 11: List the three (3) key points to consider when introducing solid foods to infants.
Problem 12: Describe two (2) ways you, as an assistant educator, can contribute to the healthy eating/nutrition policies and procedures at your child care service.
Problem 13: Safe food handling is paramount in Early Childhood education and care services.
a) Describe the clothing/PPE that must be worn when preparing food. Guidance: At least two must be provided.
b) List three (3) personal health symptoms that would prevent you from preparing food at a centre.
c) Provide a list of eight (8) procedures you need to follow to ensure you prepare food safely.
d) Explain how you would respond if you saw a colleague not following safe food handling practices.
Problem 14: Below are dietary guides of two foods.
Write a paragraph to explain which food is the healthier choice.
Guidance: From the two options, pick the healthier choice in respect to:
Saturated Fat Content
Salt Content
Sugar Content
Fibre Content
Problem 15: List four (4) procedures that should be in place to protect children from exposure to food allergens.
Problem 16: What are the 'Five Guidelines' from the Australian Dietary Guidelines.
Problem 17: Label the different sections of the graph below indicating the recommended portions of food groups we should eat each day.
Guidance: This graph was sourced from "The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating"
Problem 18: From the table determine the minimum number of daily serves for each of the selected children.
a) How many daily sample serves of Meat, Fish, and Poultry should be provided to a five year old child?
b) How many daily sample serves of Bread should be provided to a ten year old child?
c) How many daily sample serves of Fruit should a Breastfeeding Women have?
Problem 19: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the ECA Code of Ethics relate to codes of practice that should be followed when working with children.
a) Outline the section in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child that refers to ensuring children's health and safety, in relation to food and water.
b) Outline the section in the ECA Code of Ethics that relates to creating safe and healthy environments for children.
Guidance: Refer to the United Nations Rights of the Child website and the ECA Code of Ethics website.
Problem 20: Give an example of each of the points below and describe in your own words why it is important to address the individual dietary needs and preferences of children in respect to:
a) Specific cultural requirements
b) Religious requirements
c) Health requirements
Assignment Part C:
Problem 1:
a) Provide the definition of a risk.
b) Describe the risk involved with one of the hazard examples you provided in question 2c above and how you would manage that risk.
Problem 2: It is every educator's responsibility to help ensure the environment is safe for themselves, their colleagues and the children and visitors attending the centre. Give three (3) examples of how you can fulfill this responsibility.
Problem 3: As a child care worker, you will need to participate in regular emergency and evacuation drills.
a) List two different types of emergencies that may occur at your centre and describe what would need to occur to keep the children safe and secure. (Guidance - If you are not currently working at a child care service, refer to the Emergency Management Plan for Sparkling Stars Childcare Centre)
b) Describe an evacuation procedure at the centre.
c) Provide a brief description of how you could discuss fire evacuations with children.
Problem 4: There are a number of Workplace policies and procedures that will relate to WHS. Fill out the table below, identifying the main policy that would be observed in a centre and one (1) practice for each.
CASE STUDIES - PART A:
You have been assigned the task of devising a menu at Sparkling Stars Childcare Centre.
You are required to:
a) Present your menu in an attractive, easy-to read format and submit it.
b) Choose an item from your menu that contains an ingredient that may trigger a reaction from a child who has coeliac disease. Submit the recipe for that menu item.
c) Alter the recipe for the menu item so that it would be suitable for a child with coeliac disease.
d) Pick one lunch offering and explain how this meets the Australian Dietary Guidelines.
CASE STUDIES - PART B
Case Study 1: Sleep and Rest
1.1 Your task: Ensure sleep and rest practices are consistent with approved standards and meet the children's individual needs by creating a checklist that you can use for the children described.
1.2 Your Task: Provide three (3) options for appropriate quiet play activities for Tim by creating a plan that outlines the steps you need to take as well as the resources you will require to implement the plan.
Case Study 2: Providing Children Supervision
2. Your Task: You are required to provide detailed instructions to Jenny, the educator who will be taking the lead while you are away, and Michelle, the assistant educator you have been working with.
You have to make sure that your instructions contain all the essential information needed to ensure the children have adequate supervision at all times. Use the templates provided below to document the instructions you provide Jenny and Michelle:
Case Study 3: Awareness of Safety
As an early childhood educator, it is also your responsibility to raise the children's awareness of safety. The centre ensures that there are enough programs and activities that promote safety awareness among the children in the centre.
Your Task: Create a poster to help promote safety awareness among the children in the centre. You may choose any topic or theme relevant to child safety or promoting safety awareness among children. Below are some examples of topics or themes you may use for your poster:
Stranger danger
Safety in the kitchen
Safety in the bathroom
Safety in the park
Safety in the beach
Safety in crossing streets
Hand washing
Case Study 4: Ensure the health and safety of children
4.1 Your Task: You know that Sophie takes Allegra for acute allergic episodes. However, you also know that she is due for her Advair treatment in the next 30mins. Make a video recording of yourself administering the right medication to Sophie. To ensure your successful completion of this task, please see the guidelines provided below:
have a volunteer act as Sophie in your video recording
you must include in your demonstration the following:
following the standard protocol for medication administration (Guidance: a checklist is provided in the Allergy and Asthma Awareness Policy)
administration of the correct medication
(Guidance: the assessor will know which medication you administered by the administration procedure you will demonstrate in the video)
the correct administration procedure
(Guidance: you must follow the prescribed administration procedure for your chosen medication to administer to Sophie)
correct storage of the medication
(Guidance: your video should also show how you store the medication after administration, including proper labelling of the medication, keeping it in a storage that is inaccessible to children, and other relevant considerations )
Print the Authorisation to administer medication for Sophie Lancaster, and fill out the relevant section at the end of the form (Child Care Program Record of Medication Administration) accordingly after your recorded demonstration. You will be required to submit this form after all tasks relevant to the case study have been completed.
4.2 Your task: Make a video recording of yourself following Sophie's asthma management plan for acute asthma attacks. To ensure successful completion of this assessment task, take note of the guidelines provided below:
- Administer Sophie's asthma medication
Follow proper administration procedure (i.e., check medication name, check medication expiry date, etc. Guidance: complete guidelines provided in the Allergy and Asthma Awareness Policy)
Follow proper storage procedure
Fill out relevant fields in the authorization to administer medication form.
4.3 Your task: Make a video recording of yourself demonstrating the successful completion of the following tasks:
4.3.1 Providing first aid to Sophie as prescribed in her asthma care plan
4.3.2 Provide instructions to the assistant educator on how to administer the first aid medication while you contact the ambulance
Case Study 5: Anaphylaxis
5.1 Your task: Make a video recording of yourself responding to Billy's anaphylactic emergency. Follow the prescribed in Billy's action plan for anaphylaxis provided in the link below:
Action Plan for Anaphylaxis - Billy Johnson
To ensure successful completion of this task, take note of the following guidelines:
- Have a volunteer act as Billy in the recording
- Demonstrate how you survey the area and remove the hazard/s immediately
- Provide first aid intervention for anaphylaxis as prescribed in the anaphylaxis handbook:
Lay Billy flat. Do not allow him to stand or walk. If breathing is difficult in this position, allow him to sit
Give EpiPen (use a makeshift EpiPen)
Phone ambulance
Phone family/emergency contact
5.2 Your task: Complete the relevant forms to document the incident. Review the centre's Incident, Accident and Trauma Policy to ensure you are compliant with the centre's relevant workplace policies and procedures: Incident, Accident and Trauma Policy
5.3 Your task: Apply the risk management plan for Billy by completing the checklist provided in the link below. Complete the column "Detail how this will be implemented and any additional strategies" by answering according to the organizational risk-management strategies from your relevant work experience in childcare centers/vocational work experience.
5.4 Supplementary Question: The physician prescribed 6ml of dipenhydramine every hour for six hours. All required authorization are complete. The child's parent supplied the medication in its original packaging as well as the measuring cup for the medicine. However the bottle only has 30ml left in it.
Will you have enough medicine to follow the doctor's prescription? Explain your answer.
5.5 Which of the two snack options is most appropriate for Billy?
a. Snack option A
b. Snack option B
5.6 Supplementary Questions: dietary requirements
Give an example of a common dietary restriction for children with type 1 Diabetes (Juvenile diabetes):
Give an example of a common dietary restriction for Jewish children:
Give an example of a common dietary restriction for Muslim children:
Case Study 6: Meal Planning
1.1 Your Task: Create a meal plan for Johnny outlining a cycle of menus, detailing the food that will be provided to him for a week. The meal plan should include breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner for five days.
1.2 Your Task: Create a one-page guide for Lucas' mother to assist her with expressing breast milk by hand and it at home to ensure food safety procedures are followed according to the relevant prescribed guidelines.
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