Identify the people that practitioners work in partnership with?

[tamanaariq]

Using the table below I would like you to identify the people that practitioners work in partnership with and explain the support that each provides to both the child and their family and the setting. You will need to add additional columns to the table. (1.3)

Individual/Professional Type of support/service they provide
can someone please help with this question, I am completely lost.
thanks a lot.

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi, a very warm welcome to the site. Knowing which professionals your setting works with will be excellent information so do ask.

Page 146 of this level 3 Early Years Practitioner handbook will also help (search inside the amazon preview for the words 'child psychiatrist'):

Individual or Professional and the support or service they provide

Social Worker: Works to support families who are judged to be in need because of welfare concerns or because a child has a disability. Social workers also work with children who have been taken into local authority care and may be in foster care or care homes.

More information on healthcareers.nhs.uk

Speech and language therapist: Works to maximise and support children's communication, speech and language. May provide information to settings on how to support an individual child's spech or language.

More information on Afasic.org.uk
Physiotherapist: Works to maximise and support children'd physical movements and may provide earlyu years settings with advice about how best to support an individual child's progress through a programme of physical movements.

Police liason officer: Works closely with socail workers when there are concerns about a child'sm welfare or directly with families who have been victims of crimes.

Dietician: Works to provide advice about individual children's diets, including helping families who have children with food allergies and medical conditions, such as diabetes. Children will also be reffered to a dietician when there are concerns about their weight.

More information on the BDA website

Sensory impairement team: Works with childrne and families who have sight and /or hearing problems. The sensory impairement team visits early years settings and provides advice and equipment so that children can be supported in the setting.

Search google to find out about your local sensory impairement services

Family doctor (GP) Works in the community treating illness and medical conditions. Family doctors also have a role preventing diseases and so will provide advice as well as immunisations.

More information on General Practitioners

Paediatrician: A doctopr who specialises in the medical cae of young children and who is usually based in a hospital. Children with a medical problem will be reffered to a paediatrician via their family doctor.

More information about paediatrics on NHS health careers

Health visitor: Supports the health and welfare of children by visiting families or being available at clinics. They provide information and advice about a range of health topics, such as weaning, sleeping and immunisation. Health visitors monitor children's development as well as health. Many health visitors work closely with family doctors.

More information on NSH health careers The role of Health Visitors

Child psychiatrist: Works with children and their families when children show signs of having mental health difficulties, such as depression. Refferal is usually made through the family GP. Child psychiatrists may liase closely with play therapists.

More information on NHS Health Careers - Child and adolescent psychiatry

Play therapist: Works with children to help them deal with traumas through the medium of play. Children may be referred via a family doctor, paediatrician, police liason officer or a child psychiatrist.

More information on the National Careers Service website: What do play therapists do

Educational psychiatrist: Works to advise and support parents and other professionals about how best to progress children's learning and behaviour. Individual children are often referred by a SENCO or family doctor *with parent's consent) when their learning or behaviour seems atypical.

SENCO:A member of staff in early years settings and schoold with the responsibility of coordinating the support for children with additional needs.

Early Years Teacher: Trained as a teacher to work with children of nursery and reception age.

Family outreach workers: Works to support families who may need help with a range of issues, including parenting, life skills and child developemnt. Family outreach workers are often based in Children's Centres.
Early years advisors: Works to support settings to improve and develop their practice. They are usually employed by the local authority, but day care chains and academies may have their own team in this role.

Best wishes xx