CHCECE002 - Ensure the health and safety of children
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CHCECE002 Ensure the health and safety of children
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Version 1.0 Issue Date: April 2024
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to ensure the health and safety of children.
This unit applies to educators working in a variety of education and care services.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
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Evidence Required
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ELEMENT
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements define the essential outcomes.
Performance criteria specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Support each child’s health needs
1.1 Communicate with families about children’s health needs
1.2 Maintain confidentiality in relation to children’s individual health needs
1.3 Assist others to implement appropriate practices when administering medication
1.4 Check the written authorisation form to administer medication from the parent or guardian
1.5 Check the medication does not exceed the use-by date, is supplied in its original packaging and displays the child’s name
1.6 Store medication appropriately
2. Provide opportunities to meet each child’s need for sleep, rest and relaxation
2.1 Ensure sleep and rest practices are consistent with approved standards and meet children’s individual needs
2.2 Provide appropriate quiet play activities for children who do not sleep or rest
2.3 Respect children’s needs for privacy during any toileting and dressing and undressing times
2.4 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
2.5 Share information about individual children’s rest and sleep with families as appropriate
3. Implement effective hygiene and health practices
3.1 Consistently implement hygiene practices that reflect advice from relevant health authorities
3.2 Support children to learn personal hygiene practices
3.3 Implement the service health and hygiene policy and procedures consistently
3.4 Ensure that service cleanliness is consistently maintained
3.5 Observe and respond to signs of illness and injury in children and systematically record and share this information with families
3.6 Consistently implement the service policies for the exclusion of ill children
3.7 Discuss health and hygiene issues with children
4. Supervise children to ensure safety
4.1 Supervise children by ensuring all are in sight or hearing distance at all times
4.2 Adjust levels of supervision depending upon the area of the service and the skill, age mix, dynamics and size of the group of children, and the level of risk involved in activities
4.3 Exchange information about supervision with colleagues to ensure adequate supervision at all times
5. Minimise risks
5.1 Assist in the implementation of safety checks and the monitoring of buildings, equipment and the general environment
5.2 Consistently implement policy and procedures regarding the use and storage and labelling of dangerous products
5.3 Follow service procedures for the safe collection of each child, ensuring they are released to authorised people
5.4 Assist in the supervision of every person who enters the service premises where children are present
5.5 Discuss sun safety with children and implement appropriate measures to protect children from over-exposure to ultraviolet radiation
5.6 Check toys and equipment are safe for children and safe to use in their proposed area
5.7 Remove any hazards immediately or secure the area to prevent children accessing the hazard
6. Contribute to the ongoing management of allergies
6.1 Identify and recognise signs, symptoms and key characteristics of allergies and anaphylaxis
6.2 Apply organisational risk-management strategies for children with severe allergies
6.3 Follow organisational policies and legislative requirements in relation to medication for anaphylaxis
7. Contribute to the ongoing management of asthma
7.1 Identify signs, symptoms and triggers of asthma
7.2 Identify children who have an asthma management plan and follow that plan
7.3 Follow organisational policies and legislative requirements in relation to medication for asthma
Submission Requirements
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Assessment Tasks
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ELEMENT
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements define the essential outcomes.
Performance criteria specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Support each child’s health needs
1.1 Communicate with families about children’s health needs
1.2 Maintain confidentiality in relation to children’s individual health needs
1.3 Assist others to implement appropriate practices when administering medication
1.4 Check the written authorisation form to administer medication from the parent or guardian
1.5 Check the medication does not exceed the use-by date, is supplied in its original packaging and displays the child’s name
1.6 Store medication appropriately
2. Provide opportunities to meet each child’s need for sleep, rest and relaxation
2.1 Ensure sleep and rest practices are consistent with approved standards and meet children’s individual needs
2.2 Provide appropriate quiet play activities for children who do not sleep or rest
2.3 Respect children’s needs for privacy during any toileting and dressing and undressing times
2.4 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
2.5 Share information about individual children’s rest and sleep with families as appropriate
3. Implement effective hygiene and health practices
3.1 Consistently implement hygiene practices that reflect advice from relevant health authorities
3.2 Support children to learn personal hygiene practices
3.3 Implement the service health and hygiene policy and procedures consistently
3.4 Ensure that service cleanliness is consistently maintained
3.5 Observe and respond to signs of illness and injury in children and systematically record and share this information with families
3.6 Consistently implement the service policies for the exclusion of ill children
3.7 Discuss health and hygiene issues with children
4. Supervise children to ensure safety
4.1 Supervise children by ensuring all are in sight or hearing distance at all times
4.2 Adjust levels of supervision depending upon the area of the service and the skill, age mix, dynamics and size of the group of children, and the level of risk involved in activities
4.3 Exchange information about supervision with colleagues to ensure adequate supervision at all times
5. Minimise risks
5.1 Assist in the implementation of safety checks and the monitoring of buildings, equipment and the general environment
5.2 Consistently implement policy and procedures regarding the use and storage and labelling of dangerous products
5.3 Follow service procedures for the safe collection of each child, ensuring they are released to authorised people
5.4 Assist in the supervision of every person who enters the service premises where children are present
5.5 Discuss sun safety with children and implement appropriate measures to protect children from over-exposure to ultraviolet radiation
5.6 Check toys and equipment are safe for children and safe to use in their proposed area
5.7 Remove any hazards immediately or secure the area to prevent children accessing the hazard
6. Contribute to the ongoing management of allergies
6.1 Identify and recognise signs, symptoms and key characteristics of allergies and anaphylaxis
6.2 Apply organisational risk-management strategies for children with severe allergies
6.3 Follow organisational policies and legislative requirements in relation to medication for anaphylaxis
7. Contribute to the ongoing management of asthma
7.1 Identify signs, symptoms and triggers of asthma
7.2 Identify children who have an asthma management plan and follow that plan
7.3 Follow organisational policies and legislative requirements in relation to medication for asthma
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist
Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice
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Comments/feedback
Communicate with families about children’s health needs
Maintain confidentiality in relation to children’s individual health needs
Assist others to implement appropriate practices when administering medication
Check the written authorisation form to administer medication from the parent or guardian
Check the medication does not exceed the use-by date, is supplied in its original packaging and displays the child’s name
Store medication appropriately
Ensure sleep and rest practices are consistent with approved standards and meet children’s individual needs
Provide appropriate quiet play activities for children who do not sleep or rest
Respect children’s needs for privacy during any toileting and dressing and undressing times
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
Share information about individual children’s rest and sleep with families as appropriate
Consistently implement hygiene practices that reflect advice from relevant health authorities
Support children to learn personal hygiene practices
Implement the service health and hygiene policy and procedures consistently
Ensure that service cleanliness is consistently maintained
Observe and respond to signs of illness and injury in children and systematically record and share this information with families
Consistently implement the service policies for the exclusion of ill children
Discuss health and hygiene issues with children
Supervise children by ensuring all are in sight or hearing distance at all times
Adjust levels of supervision depending upon the area of the service and the skill, age mix, dynamics and size of the group of children, and the level of risk involved in activities
Exchange information about supervision with colleagues to ensure adequate supervision at all times
Assist in the implementation of safety checks and the monitoring of buildings, equipment and the general environment
Consistently implement policy and procedures regarding the use and storage and labelling of dangerous products
Follow service procedures for the safe collection of each child, ensuring they are released to authorised people
Assist in the supervision of every person who enters the service premises where children are present
Discuss sun safety with children and implement appropriate measures to protect children from over-exposure to ultraviolet radiation
Check toys and equipment are safe for children and safe to use in their proposed area
Remove any hazards immediately or secure the area to prevent children accessing the hazard
Identify and recognise signs, symptoms and key characteristics of allergies and anaphylaxis
Apply organisational risk-management strategies for children with severe allergies
Follow organisational policies and legislative requirements in relation to medication for anaphylaxis
Identify signs, symptoms and triggers of asthma
Identify children who have an asthma management plan and follow that plan
Follow organisational policies and legislative requirements in relation to medication for asthma
Communicate with families about children’s health needs
Maintain confidentiality in relation to children’s individual health needs
Assist others to implement appropriate practices when administering medication
Check the written authorisation form to administer medication from the parent or guardian
Check the medication does not exceed the use-by date, is supplied in its original packaging and displays the child’s name
Store medication appropriately
Ensure sleep and rest practices are consistent with approved standards and meet children’s individual needs
Provide appropriate quiet play activities for children who do not sleep or rest
Respect children’s needs for privacy during any toileting and dressing and undressing times
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
Share information about individual children’s rest and sleep with families as appropriate
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