EYP 13-
PA R T N E R S H I P
S WORKING
I N E A R LY
YEARS
20/6/24
EYP 13- WORKING
I N PA R T N E R S H I P S
(1.1)
• Sharing ideas and experiences
• Providing expertise
• Building and enhancing relationships
• Consistency and shared approach
• Shared systems
• Ensuring important information is shared
• Sharing Costs and workload.
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1 . 2 - D E S C R I B E PA RT N E R S H I P W O R K I N G
I N R E L AT I O N T O C U R R E N T F R A M E W O R K .
Share information
about their childs
progress
Communicating
Ways of working regularly in
Encouraging with partnership different ways to
children to come with parents suit parents
into your setting
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2.1- EXPLAIN THE
ROLES OF OTHERS
I N V O LV E D I N
PA RT N E R S H I P
WORKING
•Meeting children’s additional needs .
•Safeguarding children .
•Supporting children’s transitions .
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Type of Transitions How to support the child
through partnerships
Starting at an early years setting
Starting School
Birth of a sibling
Family breakdown /new step-
parent
Moving house
2.1 – TRANSITIONS 5
I N P A I R S – C R E A T E
A M I N D M A P O N
B E N E F I T S O F
W O R K I N G I N
P A R T N E R S H I P S
W I T H P A R E N T S
/ C A R E R S
2 . 2 E X P L A IN T H E
B E N E F I T S O F
W O R K I N G I N
P A R T N E R S H I P S
W I T H
P A R E N T S / C A R E R S
.
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C A S E S T U DY
M E L I SS A -
• Melissa is an Early Years Practitioner who works with Zach , who is
fourteen months old . She has a positive relationship with the
parents in the setting and encourages them to her about their
children’s development at home. One morning at drop off , Zach’s
father tells her that he has had a great evening the night before and
has taken a his first few steps . He also says he will send her a
photo.
• Questions
1) Why do you think that Zach's father has mentioned this to Melissa
?
2) How will this help Melissa in planning for Zach’s
3) Why might it be helpful for Melissa to have a photo of Zach doing
this time ?
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3.1 – EXPLAIN THE
ROLES OF COLLEGUES
AND TEAM MEMBERS
I N A N E A R LY S E T T I N G
• Do it task –
• Create an organisation chart showing the staffing
structure of your setting and stating the different job
titles and roles within it?
• Use A3 paper
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Openness
3.2- Clear communication
C O L L A B R AT E
WITH OTHERS
TO Mutual respect
D E M O N S T R AT E
TEAM
PRACTICES Common goals
WITHIN THE
E A R LY Y E A R S .
Commitment
Working together
Respecting confidentiality
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Do it task !
Create an information leaflet for parents setting out ways in which they can support the work
of the setting at home with their child. This could have sections for different age groups or
be divided by the areas of learning and development , or health and care needs. You might
decide to include ;
Advise on warning
Support with sleeping and nap times
Potty training
3.3 & 3.4 How to support early reading and writing
Developing speaking and listening in young children
Supporting physical skills . Include images and make it colourful .
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4.1 4.2
BARRIERS
AND Create a poster
OVERCOMING
BARRIERS
WHEN
WORKING IN
PA RT N E R S H I P Things to include possible
S .
barriers for each barrier to
working in partnerships give
ways that you can overcome
stated barriers .
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• Transitions
• Behaviour
4 . 3 – G I V E
E X A M P L E S O F • Speech and language
S U P P O R T W H I C H
M AY B E O F F E R E D • Sleep
T O
PA R E N T S / C A R E R S • Toilet training
• Learning and development
• Weaning and feeding
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4.4 – IDENTIFY SKILLS AND
APPROACHES NEEDED FOR
R E S O LV I N G C O N F L I C T
• Case study – Chloe
• Chloe works in a large nursery which ahs recently made some members of staff redundant . She
is an Early Years Practitioner but has recently been asked more often to cover in the office , carry
out office tasks, answer the phone and administer medication.
• One day her early years supervisor calls her over and asks her if she can work in the office at the
end of the day . Chloe does not say anything in front of the children but is angry about
repeatedly being asked; she the has to work beyond her contracted hours and is taken away from
her own job role .
• She goes to speak to her early years supervisor as soon as she can . She reacts angrily to what
has been asked of her , casusing her to say some things she regrets .
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QUESTIONS
1) what could of Chloe done in this situation ?
2) Could Chloe or the early years supervisor have
handled this in a more sensitive way ?
3) What is the way forward now ?
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5.1- IDENTIFY RECORDS TO BE
C O M P L E T E D I N R E L AT I O N T O
PA R T N E R S H I P W O R K I N G
Type of Record Purpose
Registration forms /
entry records
Learning journey's and
samples of work
Observations of
children
Records for children
with send
Child protection
/safeguarding records.
Accident
records/medication
records.
Records of attendance
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5.2- EXPLAIN REASONS
F O R A C C U R AT E A N D
COHERENT RECORD
KEEPING.
• Settings are accountable for the information they
collect and produce.
• Information that they collect and produce may be
needed by needed to be read later by third party.
• Records that might relate to safeguarding or child
protection .
• Records might relate to the child’s health and medical
records.
• No ambiguity.
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5.3 EXPLAIN THE REASONS FOR
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY WHEN
M A I N TA I N A N D S T O R I N G R E C O R D S .
It is a legal
requirement of GDPR To ensure that they
Information can only
2018 for any one only use the
be collected
who has access to information for
lawfully .
this type of legitimate purpose.
information
Purpose limitation – Data minimisation –
Accuracy – data
information only can no more data should
must be accurate
be used for purpose be collected than
and kept up to date.
it was collected for. necessary.
Storage limitation –
Integrity and
data should not be
confidentiality – data
kept for any longer
must be protected.
than needed.
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