Early Years Practitioner

When setting out on a career as an Early Years Practitioner, you will need to know about the requirements of your new job role and how you fit in to the early years setting overall as part of a team.

These include the importance of

• good communication.

• being the tallest member of staff to reach items on high shelves.

• being the life and soul of the party.

One of the key behaviours you will need to have is to be able to act as a positive role model. This means showing children how to behave through your own behaviour. Children need adults to guide them so that they learn how

• to count to five on their fingers.

• to speak French.

• to behave in an acceptable way.

Young children are demanding and caring for them on a daily basis can be tiring and challenging. You should be able to remain calm and speak quietly to children so that you

• can tell them to shut up.

• can soothe them when they are upset or distressed.

• can hand them over to someone else to look after them.

As an Early Years Practitioner you will be working as part of a team. This means knowing when to share information and knowledge which will help will help others, as well as knowing and respecting confidentiality when necessary. This means that it is appropriate to share information about a child or their family

• When shopping at Asda.

• when chatting to another child's parent or carer.

• following the settings confidentiality policy and procedures.

Health and safety is everyone's responsibility in an early years setting

• True

• False