Understand how day-to-day care routines promote children’s well-being
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Case Study
Mark, a childminder, has four children in his care: a baby aged 7 months, a young child of 26 months, a 7 year old at school during term time in the day, and a 9 year old also at school during the day.
In the afternoons Mark takes the baby in the car with him to go and pick up the two older children from school, at 4 p.m. He then takes them to a football club two evenings a week, before they all come back to his home for 5.30 p.m. All the children are then picked up by their parents at 6pm to go home.
When the young baby’s mum chose Mark as her childminder there were no older children, and while she fully understands that he needs to earn money by having more children, she also feels that her baby is being disadvantaged because of the two older children’s needs.
Mum reads up on the EYFS and sees that it says “Any care provided for older children must not adversely affect the care of children receiving early years provision”.
- What can Mark do to help the baby’s mum?
- What should the mum say to Mark?
- Is the baby being disadvantaged in any way?
- Is there a solution to this problem?
It is rare that there is just one way to respond to a scenario or situation, so do not consider that the response you have chosen to this scenario will be judged as right or wrong. Share your scenario with a work colleague and ask them to tell you if they think you have responded appropriately. Ask them to challenge your response if necessary. You do not need to submit this task for assessment unless asked to do so by your tutor.