Essential skills: It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to: Work effectively with young children within a historical and philosophical framework of child care delivery Select appropriate experiences and materials to support all areas of children's development Interact effectively with children to holistically support development and learning Provide culturally appropriate experiences and celebrations 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: Communicate with children Reflect on own practices Apply understanding of the relationship between brain development and early childhood cognition, language and health development Observe children to recognise, report and record emotional and psychological difficulties Identify indicators of emotional, social and psychological difficulties Engage with children to ensure psychological and emotional development experiences are appropriate for their developmental age Support culturally appropriate celebrations of special occasions 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 coordinate service delivery to families with an interdisciplinary teamwork approach and where possible collaborative interagency practice support infants and toddlers to master key developmental tasks early identification of emerging trends in child needs and how to address them manage children's health needs, eating behaviours and physical activity provide environments and relationships that are safe for young people engage and work with parents/carers and families |