CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care CHCECE002 Ensure the health and safety of children Student Name: XXXXXX Student Number: XXXXXX Assessment Number: 31864/02 All terms mentioned in...

CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
CHCECE002 Ensure the health and safety of children
Student Name: XXXXXX
Student Number: XXXXXX
Assessment Number: 31864/02
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Getting started
The assessment activities in this booklet have been designed to allow you to provide evidence that demonstrates your competence in the unit CHCECE002 Ensure the health and safety of children.
Your trainer will:
· answer any questions that you might have about the assessment
· assess your competence as required by the unit of competency, by making judgments about the evidence you have presented in line with the rules of evidence: validity, authenticity, cu
ency and sufficiency
· provide feedback on the outcomes of the assessment process.
Introduction
You are required to complete two assessment tasks for CHCECE002 Ensure the health and safety of children.
In completing the final assessments, you will show evidence of your ability to:
· support each child’s health needs
· provide opportunities to meet each child’s need for sleep, rest and relaxation
· implement effective hygiene and health practices
· supervise children to ensure safety
· minimise risks
· contribute to the ongoing management of allergies
· contribute to the ongoing management of asthma.
    Assessment numbe
    Assessment deliverables
    31864/01
    Written assessment
    31864/02
    Project
31864/02 Project
This project is in two parts. You must complete each part.
Part A: Common Childhood illnesses
Student instructions
· Complete the table that follows by identifying the typical signs and symptoms of each identified common childhood illness, and by outlining an appropriate response or action you could take in an early childhood setting. In the column provided, also indicate whether the illness is known as a notifiable disease or not (a disease that must be reported to government authorities).
· Ensure to include in your answer when and how this information would be recorded and shared with the child’s parents or guardians, and whether a service’s exclusion policy will need to be enacted on in the action required.
· To help you answer co
ectly refer to the key resource for this Unit:
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC) 2012, Staying Healthy: Preventing infectious diseases in early childhood education and care services. 5th ed. NHMRC, Canbe
a.
· You may also refer to sample early childhood education and care service policies and procedures. When refe
ing to policies and procedures please submit with your assessment to support your answer.
Sample early childhood education and care service policies are available in the online resource li
ary of PSC Alliance. To locate sample policies go to the PSC Alliance website, ipspli
ary.net.au/.
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    Please provide responses in table below
    Common childhood illness
    Typical signs of illness
    Appropriate action
esponse to be taken in an early childhood setting
    Notifiable
Yes/No
    Common cold
    
    
    
    Conjunctivitis
    
    
    
    Constipation
    
    
    
    Dia
hoea and vomiting (gastroenteritis)
    
    
    
    Chicken pox
    
    
    
    Ear infections
    
    
    
    Fever (39 degrees and above
    
    
    
    Head lice
    
    
    
    Hand, foot and mouth disease
    
    
    
    Whooping cough
    
    
    
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Assessor Feedback
    
Trainers Name, Date
Part B: Oral health and hygiene
Student instructions
· Access an oral health/ dental hygiene policy and procedure from an early childhood education and care service. If you are unable to obtain an applicable policy from a service, undertake a search on the web. You may wish to use key words such as ‘dental policy’, or ‘oral hygiene procedures in child care’ in your search to help you locate a suitable policy.
· Check requirements under the National Quality Framework, including the Education and Care Services National Regulations to identify any links to the policy.
· Undertake research on the Web to find out cu
ent recommended practice in relation to promoting good dental hygiene habits in young children. Ensure the recommendations are from an Australian recognised health authority.
· Analyse the policy against cu
ent recommendations and requirements. In particular check:
· the purpose or goals of the policy
· applicable legislation referenced or refe
ed to in the policy
· strategies for educators to implement in an early childhood setting to promote good habits and prevent tooth decay in young children
· signs, such as visible decay or gum swelling, and incidents that should to be reported to parents and guardians
· first aid to be rendered in the case of any dental trauma, for example when a tooth is knocked out or chipped in a child
· what type of activities or experiences should be included in the cu
iculum to encourage and reinforce good dental and nutritional behaviours in children
· the sourcing of the policy.
· Lastly, write a short report (approximately 200 words) outlining the updates needed to align the policy to cu
ent recommended practice and requirements. Your report should clearly outline the revision needed to each area of the policy, such as the goals and/or strategies.
If no changes are needed to the policy, state why this is the case and provide supporting evidence.
· Submit the reviewed policy with your report.
    (Enter Response Here)
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Assessor Feedback
    
Trainers Name, Date
    Office use only
Assessment Feedback
    
    Trainer & Assesso
    
    Date
    
    Result
    
    Assessor Comments and Marking
    
    
Withheld or Incomplete comments ONLY section: