Information
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Document No.
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Audit Title
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Client / Site
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Conducted on
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Prepared by
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Location
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Personnel
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Student's Name
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Supervisor's Name
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Qualification being assessed
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Enrolment Type
- Apprentice
- External
- Fee For Service
- Full Time Class
- Trainee
- School Based Trainee
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Assessment conducted by:
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THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ARE TO BE ANSWERED IF ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED BY EMPLOYER BASED ASSESSOR
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Employer Based Assessor's Name
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Completed Qualification held by Employer Based Assessor
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Have you worked in a supervisory position in the children's services industry (for example child care centre director or family day care co-ordinator) for a period of at least six months
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Have you read, and understood, the Practical Skills Checklist that you are assessing?
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Are you aware that the student will see a copy of this report?
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Are you willing to be contacted should further verification of this statement be required?
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What is your relationship to the student?
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How long have you worked with this student?
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How closely do you work with the student in the area being assessed?
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Elements and Performance Criteria
Element 1 - Encourage children's independence and autonomy
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1.1 Plan and provide opportunities to develop self help skills and independence
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1.2 Provide opportunities for children to make choices, in appropriate ways
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1.3 Encourage children to accept responsibility for their own actions
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1.4 Empower children to make their own decisions and to participate in broader decision-making
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1.5 Involve children in increasingly more significant decision-making
Element 2 - Foster children's self-esteem and developing self concept
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2.1 Plan opportunities for children to experience individual strengths and success
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2.2 Select experiences that present a challenge within children's emerging skills and capabilities
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2.3 Monitor children's confidence while attempting more challenging activities
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2.4 Provide acknowledgment and support if a child experiences frustration and encourage children to see 'mistakes' as opportunities to learn
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2.5 Acknowledge and appreciate children's individual and group achievements
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2.6 Design experiences to explore issues of self image and identity in ways that are appropriate to the children's level of development
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2.7 Choose learning and play resources to provide positive, non stereotypical images of children
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2.8 Provide opportunities for children to build on and extend achievements
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2.9 Provide children with opportunities to initiate and assume leadership roles
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2.10 Promote and support the transition to school for children of an appropriate age
Element 3 - Create opportunities and provide experiences that encourage children to express their feelings, needs and ideas
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.1 Identify and monitor children's emotional development and expression of feelings
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3.2 Listen to and respond to children's expression of feelings and ideas
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3.3 Ensure expectations about how children express their feelings are related to child's stage of development
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3.4 Encourage and demonstrate socially appropriate ways for children to express their feelings and needs
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3.5 Provide opportunities for children to release feelings and express emotion through suitable experiences
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3.6 Encourage children to appreciate one another's achievements
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REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
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This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit.
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Essential knowledge:
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The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role
These include knowledge of:
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Theories of children's emotional and psychological development which may include: - attachment
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- psychosocial development
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- temperament and personality
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- relationship between brain development and social and emotional development
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- family systems
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A broad range of theoretical perspectives on human and learning development which may include but is not limited to: Bronfenbrenner, Erikson, Piaget, Vygotsky, Gardner, Maslow, Bowlby
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Interaction between aspects of social development, physical development and psychological development and cognitive development
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Importance of language that is selected and used
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Different beliefs about social development due to culture, community, family beliefs
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Organisation standards, policies and procedures
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Children's emotional development
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Importance of culture in the development of self
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Contextual factors which influence the children's emotional and psychological development
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Events or crises which can challenge children's emotional and psychological development, such as: - separation and stranger anxiety
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- fears
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- self-esteem and self concept
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Factors which enhance the development of self-esteem and self identity
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Awareness of the following national child health and well being core competencies as they apply to all who deliver care to children: - core principles of child development and the key developmental tasks faced by young children and their implications for practice
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- cumulative effects of multiple risk and protective factors and the developmental implications of the balance between them
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- environmental conditions and the experiences known to have positive effects on prenatal and early childhood
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- environmental conditions and experiences known to have adverse effects on prenatal and early childhood development
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- factors that support or undermine the capacity of families to rear young children adequately
The following knowledge underpinning national child health and well being core competencies (contd):
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features of a family's immediate social environment that are important for family functioning and young children's development and well being
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features and qualities of communities that help or hinder families in their capacity to raise young children adequately
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core needs that all children and families have in common, and how to provide inclusive child and family services
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understanding of particular backgrounds, experiences and needs of children and families in exceptional circumstances or with additional needs
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Essential skills:
It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to:
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Provide opportunities for children to interact positively with other children and to accept individual differences, giving due regard to age, cultural, and development of children
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Evaluate the emotional and psychological stage of the child and to plan activities which will enhance their development
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In addition, the candidate must be able to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role
These include the ability to:
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Demonstrate application of skills in:- acceptance of each child's rate of development, needs, interests and strengths
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- planning
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- interpersonal skills
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- team building skills
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- time management
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- active listening
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- empathy
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- organisation
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- valuing of differences among children - stage of development, needs, interests, strengths
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Apply the following skills identified as underpinning national child health and well being core competencies, where they are applicable to the work role: - implement effective evidence-based service delivery
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- coordinate service delivery to families with an interdisciplinary teamwork approach and where possible collaborative interagency practice
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- support infants and toddlers to master key developmental tasks
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- early identification of emerging trends in children's needs and how to address them
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- manage children's health needs, eating behaviours and physical activity
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- provide environments and relationships that are safe for young people
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- engage and work with parents/carers and families
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Comments
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EMPLOYER DECLARATION: I declare that a fair, valid, reliable and flexible assessment has been conducted with this student, and I have provided appropriate feedback
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STUDENT DECLARATION: I declare that I have been assessed in this unit, and I have been advised of my result. I am also aware of my appeal rights.
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BRIGHT FUTURES TRAINING COLLEGE ASSESSOR DECLARATION
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I have reviewed this process for assessment of this student's DEMONSTRATION OF PRACTICAL SKILLS and I deem the outcome to be:
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Bright Futures Training College Assessor Signature
